Orton apologises for light obstructing view in his match

[héad.casé]

"For the live crowd that saw this tonight during my match at #WM #wrestlemania at Met Life Stadium tonight, I would like to apologize on behalf of WWE for screwing up and shining a bright light in your eyes for 95% of our match. You missed a really great f***ing match."


www.instagram.com/p/Bv-5wY4BfIX/ (not embedding due to uncensored swear)

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I thought it was cool of Orton to post that. I think they're going to do a rematch tomorrow to make up for it.

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That was some grade A bullshit on the WWE’s side. They should really check all of these things out before the show. Like staring into the sunset.

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Am glad WWE eventually fixed the issue at least. Much better than having spent most of Mania 33 watching the screens to avoid having a blue light straight in my face.

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

Man, Orton took the idea of “burn in my light” a little too literally for a second there, huh?

[mattperiolat]

Apr 8, 2019 17:41:01 GMT -5 @dax said:

I thought it was cool of Orton to post that. I think they're going to do a rematch tomorrow to make up for it.

Unfortunately, no.

[Mister Pigwell]

I could see it contributing to the match not being as good as it could have been. They couldn't respond to the crowd as performers correctly because they couldn't tell what was working and what wasn't with a good portion of the crowd booing the lighting production.

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Apr 8, 2019 17:49:43 GMT -5 mattperiolat said:

Apr 8, 2019 17:41:01 GMT -5 @dax said:

I thought it was cool of Orton to post that. I think they're going to do a rematch tomorrow to make up for it.

Unfortunately, no.

Hope it's nothing serious, but AJ could use a little time off.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Apr 8, 2019 17:49:43 GMT -5 mattperiolat said:

Apr 8, 2019 17:41:01 GMT -5 @dax said:

I thought it was cool of Orton to post that. I think they're going to do a rematch tomorrow to make up for it.

Unfortunately, no.

This is why he looked off during the match huh?

Shit, Shango's at it again...

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

Makes sense now

Being there at the show, that's the direction that was doing the majority of the noise and chanting

[Chiral]

I remember when I went to TLC a few years ago the lighting was REALLY annoying, there was a constant glaring light right at us the whole time.

[Mister Pigwell]

Apr 8, 2019 17:49:43 GMT -5 mattperiolat said:

Apr 8, 2019 17:41:01 GMT -5 @dax said:

I thought it was cool of Orton to post that. I think they're going to do a rematch tomorrow to make up for it.

Unfortunately, no.

Update the Papa Shango thread. Dammit.

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I saw the match and it was anything but “really f***ing great”

I’d say it was your standard Randy Orton match. Slow, methodical and boring. Surely that isn’t the best Randy and AJ can do.

If you want a “really f***ing great match”, check out Cole/Gargano from Takeover. Hell... check out Dream/Riddle from Takeover. Infact, do yourself a favor and don’t watch any of this Wrestlemania if you haven’t already. Cause Takeover shat all over it in terms of quality and entertainment.

(Purely my opinion)

[Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite]

Apr 8, 2019 18:52:09 GMT -5 @negan said:

I saw the match and it was anything but “really f***ing great”

I’d say it was your standard Randy Orton match. Slow, methodical and boring. Surely that isn’t the best Randy and AJ can do.

If you want a “really f***ing great match”, check out Cole/Gargano from Takeover. Hell... check out Dream/Riddle from Takeover. Infact, do yourself a favor and don’t watch any of this Wrestlemania if you haven’t already. Cause Takeover shat all over it in terms of quality and entertainment.

(Purely my opinion)

It's not like the crowd THERE would be able to call Orton out on his lie since they couldn't actually SEE what happened anyway.

He should have went all the way with it and claimed he WON the match

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Apr 8, 2019 18:54:45 GMT -5 Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite said:

Apr 8, 2019 18:52:09 GMT -5 @negan said:

I saw the match and it was anything but “really f***ing great”

I’d say it was your standard Randy Orton match. Slow, methodical and boring. Surely that isn’t the best Randy and AJ can do.

If you want a “really f***ing great match”, check out Cole/Gargano from Takeover. Hell... check out Dream/Riddle from Takeover. Infact, do yourself a favor and don’t watch any of this Wrestlemania if you haven’t already. Cause Takeover shat all over it in terms of quality and entertainment.

(Purely my opinion)

It's not like the crowd THERE would be able to call Orton out on his lie since they couldn't actually SEE what happened anyway.

He should have went all the way with it and claimed he WON the match

Perhaps I’m being a little harsh.

I thought the build for the match was stellar. I was just expecting them to steal the show and while it was a “good” match... it wasn’t the show stealer like I was anticipating it would be. Then again... it’s Orton. He’s hardly gonna tear the house down like Gargano/Cole/Dream/Ricochet/Ciampa do on the regular. He’s gettig passed out by these guys... nearly everyone is.

Having said all that, I honestly think the match could have been way better. Like a Styles Clash would have been nice but nah... one forearm does the trick. Come on. It’s Wrestlemania. What happened to “pulling out all the stops”? That’s why the Takeovers are so good. They put everything out there. Orton is far too basic to keep up with this style. He needs to adapt and stop winging it on reputation. Even Cena is flying these days.

[Dean-o]

Apr 8, 2019 18:52:09 GMT -5 @negan said:

I saw the match and it was anything but “really f***ing great”

I’d say it was your standard Randy Orton match. Slow, methodical and boring. Surely that isn’t the best Randy and AJ can do.

If you want a “really f***ing great match”, check out Cole/Gargano from Takeover. Hell... check out Dream/Riddle from Takeover. Infact, do yourself a favor and don’t watch any of this Wrestlemania if you haven’t already. Cause Takeover shat all over it in terms of quality and entertainment.

(Purely my opinion)

I completely agree with everything you said. The match felt like it never left second gear.

Also, the WWE really needs to tone down the presentation a bit. This is not the first time audiences have complained about their production affecting their enjoyment of watching it live.

[Friday Night SmackOwn]

Randy may have exaggerated when he said his match with AJ was "f***ing great", but do you really think he'd be all apologetic and say his match "f***ing sucked"?

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

Is this why the crowd was booing at random times?

I did like how Randy tried to bring the crowd back into the match with his posing.

[King Devitt and the Woke Mob]

Apr 8, 2019 18:52:09 GMT -5 @negan said:

I saw the match and it was anything but “really f***ing great”

I’d say it was your standard Randy Orton match. Slow, methodical and boring. Surely that isn’t the best Randy and AJ can do.

If you want a “really f***ing great match”, check out Cole/Gargano from Takeover. Hell... check out Dream/Riddle from Takeover. Infact, do yourself a favor and don’t watch any of this Wrestlemania if you haven’t already. Cause Takeover shat all over it in terms of quality and entertainment.

(Purely my opinion)

Completely agree. Takeover left all the other shows crushed under its mighty boot.
Every single match at NXT TO had pretty great to amazing wrestling.

WM had decent booking, but other than Kofi/Bryan and Miz/Shane it was just boring wrestling with no real heartbeat at all.

Vince relies too much on "spectacle" and not enough on "substance".
Takeover is all about substance, with some spectacle sprinkled in.
And when you do it like that, the spectacle parts mean more.

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Apr 8, 2019 21:40:11 GMT -5 King Devitt and the Woke Mob said:

Apr 8, 2019 18:52:09 GMT -5 @negan said:

I saw the match and it was anything but “really f***ing great”

I’d say it was your standard Randy Orton match. Slow, methodical and boring. Surely that isn’t the best Randy and AJ can do.

If you want a “really f***ing great match”, check out Cole/Gargano from Takeover. Hell... check out Dream/Riddle from Takeover. Infact, do yourself a favor and don’t watch any of this Wrestlemania if you haven’t already. Cause Takeover shat all over it in terms of quality and entertainment.

(Purely my opinion)

Completely agree. Takeover left all the other shows crushed under its mighty boot.
Every single match at NXT TO had pretty great to amazing wrestling.

WM had decent booking, but other than Kofi/Bryan and Miz/Shane it was just boring wrestling with no real heartbeat at all.

Vince relies too much on "spectacle" and not enough on "substance".
Takeover is all about substance, with some spectacle sprinkled in.
And when you do it like that, the spectacle parts mean more.

I remember saying to my brother that WALTER/Dunne was probably the worst match on the card.

It STILL ended up being infinitely better than all the matches at Mania.