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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Sept 30, 2022 15:31:35 GMT -5
Maaaan, this sucks. RKBro era Orton was so good.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 15:33:57 GMT -5
What a shame...I do not think there has ever been a more natural in ring worker than Orton...Even when he just goes into auto pilot he is so smooth
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Post by nisidhe on Sept 30, 2022 15:41:07 GMT -5
Some sad news, but we'll see how it plays out before we talk about retirement.
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Post by lildude8218 on Sept 30, 2022 16:19:21 GMT -5
Instead of the dirtsheets someone should really go to the papers with this information.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Sept 30, 2022 16:33:15 GMT -5
Just remember that Sheamus was basically being forced to retire like 5 years ago with a destroyed back… so hopefully Orton gets better.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 16:34:36 GMT -5
Just remember that Sheamus was basically being forced to retire like 5 years ago with a destroyed back… so hopefully Orton gets better. Here's to hoping Randy comes back and has some of the best matches of his career like Fella! |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 30, 2022 17:45:45 GMT -5
Shawn's back was good to go by '99, he was just such a mess due to drugs and mental health issues that Vince wouldn't let him wrestle. God damn, I had no idea about this until right now. Vince said come back when you've become a church wrestling pioneer. Go take Bryan Danielson's money, then we'll talk. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 30, 2022 17:53:12 GMT -5
What exactly is the nature of the injury? I don't know for certain but I wouldn't be shocked to learn it's wear and tear... I mean his finisher is literally jumping and landing flat on his back If dude acted like he cared more often he'd probably be an S tier wrestler... he just didn't like 98% of the time. However his last few years he was at least firing on all cylinders the majority of the time and if this is it he went out on a hell of a high note. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 30, 2022 18:08:50 GMT -5
Damn, I always said he wouldn't be fully appreciated until he retires and hoping he gets to come back and go out way he wants to but he shouldn't be ashamed otherwise if he can't
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 30, 2022 18:12:44 GMT -5
Just remember that Sheamus was basically being forced to retire like 5 years ago with a destroyed back… so hopefully Orton gets better. I do wonder how much that f***s with his shoulders too since he's basically had those be bad for a long time as well. I don't remember a lot of his major injuries being with his legs. It has been the shoulders, back and I want to say he messed up something just taking the garbage out |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 30, 2022 19:04:05 GMT -5
Just remember that Sheamus was basically being forced to retire like 5 years ago with a destroyed back… so hopefully Orton gets better. I do wonder how much that f***s with his shoulders too since he's basically had those be bad for a long time as well. I don't remember a lot of his major injuries being with his legs. It has been the shoulders, back and I want to say he messed up something just taking the garbage out that was his shoulder/ He has hyper mobile shoulders. |
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Post by asuka007 on Sept 30, 2022 19:09:16 GMT -5
If is indeed a big enough deal that Orton either needs to retire or scale back over it that's definitely unfortunate but he certainly shouldn't feel any regrets over it. Going for 20 years with tons of successes and ending on a hot streak where a lot of it was devoted to putting over someone new, there are a hell of a lot worse ways to go out. He might need to scale back on doing the RKO at least. That cannot be good for a bad back. |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 30, 2022 20:04:44 GMT -5
If is indeed a big enough deal that Orton either needs to retire or scale back over it that's definitely unfortunate but he certainly shouldn't feel any regrets over it. Going for 20 years with tons of successes and ending on a hot streak where a lot of it was devoted to putting over someone new, there are a hell of a lot worse ways to go out. He might need to scale back on doing the RKO at least. That cannot be good for a bad back. Might be a good idea to move to doing it more like a Diamond Cutter of just dropping down, and also possibly shift to the punt as his primary finisher. |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 30, 2022 20:20:07 GMT -5
He might need to scale back on doing the RKO at least. That cannot be good for a bad back. Might be a good idea to move to doing it more like a Diamond Cutter of just dropping down, and also possibly shift to the punt as his primary finisher. Wasn’t that banned? Tho so was the Curb Stomp and they brought that back |
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Post by darbus alan on Sept 30, 2022 20:25:28 GMT -5
Back injuries are one of those things that can really spiral into something worse, especially as the body gets older. Hopefully that isn't the case (and these threads without any sort of cited source in the OP are really sketchy besides). But if Orton has to call it a career, he's certainly had a really prestigious one.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 30, 2022 20:28:09 GMT -5
Might be a good idea to move to doing it more like a Diamond Cutter of just dropping down, and also possibly shift to the punt as his primary finisher. Wasn’t that banned? Tho so was the Curb Stomp and they brought that back It mostly was but he'd still bring it back here and there so it doesn't seem like a hard ban. |
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Sept 30, 2022 22:26:31 GMT -5
Shawn's back was good to go by '99, he was just such a mess due to drugs and mental health issues that Vince wouldn't let him wrestle. God damn, I had no idea about this until right now. Vince said come back when you've become a church wrestling pioneer. And instead he almost had a match with Hayabusa in FMW |
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Post by Instant Classic on Sept 30, 2022 22:33:09 GMT -5
What exactly is the nature of the injury? Spinal.. Mike Tyson joke |
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Post by canceled4truth on Sept 30, 2022 23:20:02 GMT -5
Selfishly I really wanna see him go out on his own terms, but if this is the end for Raaaaaaaaandy, then man, what a hell of a run it was.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 1, 2022 14:07:58 GMT -5
If this is it I hope he at least can come back for one match to at least get a better sendoff then getting brutalized by Roman and the DUI Twins. Something like him and Riddle beating the Usos (who will have hopefully lost the belts by now) on a PPV.
Dude definitely deserves it with the career he has had. Twenty straight years continuously in the WWE while working high on the card for almost literally all of it is an incredible feat that was never done and likely will never be done again.
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