“Time off is your worst enemy” Ric Flair makes bold statement about Randy Orton’s WWE return after career-threatening injury 

Nature Boy Ric Flair let loose his thoughts on Randy Orton's fatal back injury and the challenges a wrestler faces to return from such an injury.

“Time off is your worst enemy” Ric Flair makes bold statement about Randy Orton’s WWE return after career-threatening injury 

Randy Orton and Ric Flair (via The Sun and Catch Newz)

Randy Orton has been absent from WWE television for over a year due to his back injury. The Viper marked his last appearance on the May 20, 2022, edition of SmackDown. RKBro, the team of Orton and Matt Riddle, dropped their tag team titles to The Usos in the same episode. That said, Hall of Famer Ric Flair recently let loose his thoughts on Randy Orton’s fatal back injury. 

Ric Flair recently sat down with YouTuber Chris Van Vliet for an interview. In the said interview, host Vliet pointed out the wild fact that out of all four members of The Evolution, Ric Flair had the most recent wrestling match in July 2022. The other three members of Evolution have either retired or are out due to injury. Chatting with Vliet, Flair recalled his recent conversation with Randy Orton at the late Bray Wyatt’s funeral and stated that “time off” is the worst enemy of a wrestler.

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Randy and I were talking about it in Bray's funeral, it's a, it's tough, all of a sudden you start throwing yourself back in when you have been off for a couple of years, you know the greatest thing in our business of all is time off is your worst enemy cause your skin gets soft, you come back in and you're, you're tearing up your skin, your elbow, your knees.
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Heaping praise on Orton, the 74-year-old stated that the Viper has unlimited skills. Before Randy Orton established himself as a top superstar in WWE, Ric Flair took Orton under his wing. He became an integral part of the villainous stable, “Evolution,” along with Batista. Moreover, the Legend Killer will likely make his anticipated comeback at the WWE Survivor Series in Chicago.

WWE is reportedly planning massive promotional strategies ahead of Randy Orton’s return

Randy Orton’s return to the squared circle is likely just a matter of a few more weeks. Several sources have indicated that the former WWE Champion will make his return at Survivor Series at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. Furthermore, a recent report has revealed that WWE has laid out grand plans to promote the comeback of The Apex Predator.

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Randy Orton (via Koimoi)

According to WrestleVotes on X, WWE has already approved new merchandise and branding for the 43-year-old superstar. In addition, a wide-ranging social media promotion will be carried out. The same report suggests that digital material has already been planned to hype up Orton’s comeback.

Randy Orton has been out of in-ring action for over a year and a half due to a career-threatening back injury. Recently, he was at WWE Performance Center around a month ago, hinting at his impending return.

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