“He was able to take the brunt,” Randy Orton gives full credit to controversially released WWE Superstar for their tag team success while dealing with pain

Randy Orton had one of the best times of his career last year when he was paired with Matt Riddle.

“He was able to take the brunt,” Randy Orton gives full credit to controversially released WWE Superstar for their tag team success while dealing with pain

Randy Orton (via WWE)

The Viper Randy Orton was out of action from WWE for over 500 days due to injury. In his last stint, he was paired with former WWE Superstar Matt Riddle to form a tag team called RK-Bro. He spoke about his experience with the latter in his latest interview.

During a conversation on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, the Viper divulged about his time with Matt Riddle. He stated that the reason he was able to compete in the ring last year was because of the Original Bro. Moreover, the Apex Predator said that Matt used to take all the physicality of the match until he was tagged.

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That last year before I had to leave because of the back, I was in a tag team with former WWE superstar Matt Riddle, and I've gotta give him props because that year we tagged together, I was not able to be in that ring unless I was in there with someone like him, because he was able to take the brunt of the physicality, he'd tag me, I'd come in, do my shit.
Randy Orton on Matt Riddle

Randy and Riddle won the Tag Team Championships together in their run as a team. They achieved great success until Randy was injured last year, which forced him out of action for over 500 days. Later on, WWE due released Riddle due to budget cuts.

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Randy Orton had an interesting conversation with Logan Paul. In addition to Matt Riddle, Orton also praised Dominik Mysterio for his growth. Moreover, Orton and Riddle were a tag team under Vince McMahon’s leadership. The Viper also talked about working under the leadership of Triple H in WWE this time.

Randy Orton gives credit to Seth Rollins for the iconic WrestleMania 31 RKO

Randy Orton has one of the most devastating moves in professional wrestling. His deadliest move is RKO. The Viper has delivered some vicious RKOs. However, the one at WrestleMania 31 against Seth Rollins is one of the most iconic moments in history. Recently, on the Impaulsive podcast, Orton talked about the moment and heavily praised Seth Rollins for the spot.

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Seth Rollins (via WWE)

The Apex Predator stated that all the credit goes to Rollins for giving him enough hangtime to execute the move. He said that he provided the Architect with a base to jump off. However, it was all the magic of the Visionary that helped him deliver one of the best RKOs in history.

When it comes to the timing, I'll take the credit on that. But when it comes to getting there, I gotta give all that credit to Seth, I gave him a base to jump off of, but he had to run towards me, redirect, go straight off the back, and give himself enough hangtime for me to go from being bent way the f**k over to getting out from underneath, seeing him and then dropping him.
Randy Orton on his RKO at WrestleMania 31

Moreover, Orton expressed his praise for Seth, as he said even a second off might have created an issue while executing the move. The Viper has delivered great RKOs in history. However, he gives all the credit to his opponents for helping him out during the execution. The Apex Predator recently delivered an amazing RKO to JD McDonagh in the WarGames match this year.

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