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* SanitySlippage: In Randy's feud with {{Christian}} was focused on Randy's [[UnstoppableRage anger]] [[HairTriggerTemper management]] [[BerserkButton issues]]. Instead, it's came off as Randy actually being [[UpToEleven more unhinged than usual]], [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes and seemed to enjoy his own pain and that of others.]]
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* SanitySlippage: In Randy's feud with {{Christian}} was focused on Randy's [[UnstoppableRage anger]] [[HairTriggerTemper management]] [[BerserkButton issues]]. Instead, it's came off as Randy actually being [[UpToEleven more unhinged than usual]], [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes and seemed to enjoy his own pain and that of others.]]
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!!'''Tropes associated with Randy Orton:'''
* AntiHero: Compared to most of the smiling, rule-abiding faces in the organization, Orton definitely fits this.
** YMMV on the extent, he can be seen as anywhere from type III-V.
* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, CodyRhodes, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}} also qualify.
* AntiHero: Compared to most of the smiling, rule-abiding faces in the organization, Orton definitely fits this.
** YMMV on the extent, he can be seen as anywhere from type III-V.
* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, CodyRhodes, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}} also qualify.
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* AntiHero: Compared to most of the smiling, rule-abiding faces in the organization,
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**JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds.
** TheUndertaker for the period when he tried to break "The Streak", even proving he was {{badass}} enough, by turning heel again, since leaving Evolution, but giving his girlfriend Stacy Kiebler an RKO.
** His feud with CMPunk was an two year long wait on the behalf of Punk, who previously had to vacate his title after being punted by Orton, and thus couldn't defend it on the ''Unforgiven PPV'' in 2008. This lead to Punk taking over leadership of TheNexus, and using its members to weaken Orton for their match at WrestleMania 27.
** After {{Christian}} won the World Heavyweight title in 2011, for the first time, and five days later[[note]]actually just two with Smackdown being taped and all[[/note]] had to defend it against Orton, by popular vote by "WWE universe", and losing, their mutual respect for one an other turned sour when Christian turned heel and demanded several re-matches for the title, ultimately winning it back, before losing it back to Orton about a month later.
** His short feud with CodyRhodes stemmed from their days in Legacy, with Rhodes feeling he never got the retribution he needed, and it got very bloody at one point, with Orton hitting Rhodes over the head with the ring bell, necessitating stitches.
** WadeBarrett became a pain for him, when his team won at SurvivorSeries, pinning Orton, and at one point pushing Orton down a flight of stairs, their feud came to an end, a few months after that after Orton winning a No DQ match to settle things, once and for all.
** When Wrestling/{{Kane}}
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* BadassInANiceSuit: During his days in Evulotion .
* BerserkButton: The one thing MITB 2011 taught us about RandyOrton? Don't spit in his face. [[spoiler:Or do, if you're trying to get him disqualified.]]
* BerserkButton: The one thing MITB 2011 taught us about RandyOrton? Don't spit in his face. [[spoiler:Or do, if you're trying to get him disqualified.]]
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* BadassInANiceSuit: During his days in Evulotion .
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* BaldOfEvil
** BaldOfAwesome
* BerserkButton: The one thing MITB 2011 taught us about RandyOrton? Don't spit in his face.[[spoiler:Or Or do, if you're trying to get him disqualified.]]
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* BerserkButton: The one thing MITB 2011 taught us about RandyOrton? Don't spit in his face.
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* PermaStubble: As of April 2011.
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* [[PutOnABus Punted On The Bus]] - Randy's [[MichaelCole patented Punt]] is currently being used to write out wrestlers who are being sent back to developmental, need to be written out due to injuries or just taking a break.
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* [[PutOnABus Punted On The Bus]] - Randy's [[MichaelCole patented Punt]] is currently was being used to write out wrestlers who are were being sent back to developmental, need needed to be written out due to injuries or just taking a break.break.
** He himself has been PutOnABus on a few occasion after getting various injuries, mainly with his shoulder[[note]]having hypermobile shoulders tend to make him more injury pronone[[/note]], and his string of concussions he had in 2011-2012.
** He himself has been PutOnABus on a few occasion after getting various injuries, mainly with his shoulder[[note]]having hypermobile shoulders tend to make him more injury pronone[[/note]], and his string of concussions he had in 2011-2012.
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* TheStoic: RandyOrton is a very cold person, in promos he's quiet and speaks slowly, and in the match he rarely goes berserk.
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* TheStoic: StartOfDarkness: Getting kicked out of Wrestling/{{Evolution}}, something he never really got over, he went from being an arrogant "Legend Killer", to the [[CompleteMonster cold hearted monster]], we all have come to know as "The Viper".
* TheStoic[=/=]TheQuietOne: RandyOrton is a very cold person, in promos he's quiet and speaks slowly, even his entrence reflects this, with him walking slowly to the ering, and inthe match matches he rarely goes berserk.
* TheStoic[=/=]TheQuietOne: RandyOrton is a very cold person, in promos he's quiet and speaks slowly, even his entrence reflects this, with him walking slowly to the ering, and in
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** Unless you're Mr. Kennedy or Kofi Kingston.
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** Unless you're Mr. Kennedy or Kofi Kingston.KofiKingston.
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** Seemed to combine this with BerserkButton at Money in the Bank 2011 when he utterly destroyed Christian when he spat in Ortons face [[spoiler: and getting DQ'ed in the process, losing the title to Christian.]]
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** Seemed to combine this with BerserkButton at Money in the Bank 2011 when he utterly destroyed Christian when he spat in Ortons face [[spoiler: face, and getting got DQ'ed in the process, losing the title to Christian.]]
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* VillainSong: Well when he IS a villain, his theme song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmH_-RxPMk Voices]]" could count.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formed Rated-RKO., and later with CodyRhodes and Ted [=DiBiase=] to form Legacy.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formed Rated-RKO., and later with CodyRhodes and Ted [=DiBiase=] to form Legacy.
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* VillainSong: Well Well, when he IS ''is'' a villain, [[{{heel}} villain]], his theme song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmH_-RxPMk Voices]]" could count.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formedRated-RKO., Rated-RKO, and later with CodyRhodes and Ted [=DiBiase=] to form Legacy.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formed
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'''Randall Keith "Randy" Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Wrestling/{{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
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'''Randall Keith "Randy" Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Wrestling/{{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown [[WWESmackDown SmackDown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
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'''Randall "Randy" Keith Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Wrestling/{{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
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'''Randall Keith "Randy" Keith Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the Wrestling/{{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
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*LightIsNotGood - in his early days with his golden pyro, flickering golden lights and even his theme song "Burn in my Light".
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* PowerStable
** Wrestling/{{Evolution}}
** Legacy
** Wrestling/{{Evolution}}
** Legacy
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* GlassCannon: His career's been rather peppered with various injuries if you look at it very closely. The shoulder problems don't help, either.
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* GlassCannon: His career's been rather peppered with various injuries if you look at it very closely. The shoulder problems don't help, either.help either, thanks to him having hypermobile shoulders.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Orton's character is a CompleteMonster, who is merely borderline when he's a face. Compare that to Orton in real life, who once complained on Twitter that his infant daughter was sleeping when he returned home after several days on the road and he couldn't get a hug from her.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Orton's character is a CompleteMonster, who is merely borderline when he's a face. Compare that to Orton in real life, who life once complained on Twitter that his infant daughter was sleeping when he returned home after several days on the road and he couldn't get a hug from her.
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** Also induced this from time to time, especially during his Heel runs, if for no other reason than the fact that he was such a loose cannon and was liable to [[FinishingMove RKO]] or [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown punt]] anyone that was in his way - that includes his enemies, his ''allies'', [[WouldHitAGirl women]], guys sitting in the first row (just ask JohnCena's father) or...[[CompleteMonster his own grandmother]].
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** Also induced this from time to time, especially during his Heel runs, if for no other reason than the fact that he was such a loose cannon and was liable to [[FinishingMove RKO]] or [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown punt]] anyone that was in his way - that includes his enemies, his ''allies'', [[WouldHitAGirl women]], guys sitting in the first row (just ask JohnCena's father) or...[[CompleteMonster his own grandmother]].grandmother.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: During his days in Evulotion .
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* GenerationXerox: He regularly uses the superplex in his matches; that move was often used by his father "Cowboy" Bob Orton.
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'''Randall "Randy" Keith Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the {{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
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'''Randall "Randy" Keith Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the {{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}} also qualify.
* AssholeVictim: Despite not "killing" anybody, Orton's punt been treated as equal. So when CMPunk faced off Orton for revenge, he was more than justified.
* AssholeVictim: Despite not "killing" anybody, Orton's punt been treated as equal. So when CMPunk faced off Orton for revenge, he was more than justified.
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, CodyRhodes, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}} also qualify.
* AssholeVictim: Despite not "killing" anybody, Orton's punt been treated as equal. So when CMPunk faced off Orton for revenge, he was more than justified.
* AssholeVictim: Despite not "killing" anybody, Orton's punt been treated as equal. So when CMPunk faced off Orton for revenge, he was more than justified.
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*** Considering his age and the fact that his father was in WWF in the mid-80s (and a heel), [[FridgeBrilliance Randy probably grew up watching a lot of mid-80s heels.]]
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*** Considering his age and the fact that his father was in WWF in the mid-80s (and a heel), [[FridgeBrilliance Randy probably grew up watching a lot of mid-80s heels.]] ]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As a face, Orton's wife (who seems to be [[TheOtherDarrin a different woman every time she appears onscreen]] - none of them are his RealLife wife, either) tends to get threatened a lot - and no matter how many voices he's hearing in his head, if his wife's in trouble, he'll put whatever he was doing on hold to go to save her. Some of the more GenreSavvy guys like CMPunk have taken advantage of this in feuds. [[hottip:*:In that case Randy ran back to his trailer in the parking lot only to find CMPunk gone. Punk appears out of nowhere and beats Orton senseless with a wrench.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As a face, Orton's wife (who seems to be [[TheOtherDarrin a different woman every time she appears onscreen]] - none of them are his RealLife wife, either) tends to get threatened a lot - and no matter how many voices he's hearing in his head, if his wife's in trouble, he'll put whatever he was doing on hold to go to save her. Some of the more GenreSavvy guys like CMPunk have taken advantage of this in feuds. [[hottip:*:In [[note]]In that case Randy ran back to his trailer in the parking lot only to find CMPunk gone. Punk appears out of nowhere and beats Orton senseless with a wrench.]][[/note]]
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** He is also a third generation superstar who later became the youngest world (World Heavyweight Champion to be precise) champion in history. [[DwayneJohnson Do You Smell it?]] That makes him a CompositeCharacter of The Rock ''and'' Stone Cold.
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** He is also a third generation superstar who later became the youngest world (World Heavyweight Champion to be precise) champion in history. [[DwayneJohnson Do You Smell it?]] That makes him a CompositeCharacter of The Rock ''and'' Stone Cold.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Orton smashing CodyRhodes in the head with the announcer's bell in their September 2011 match. He cracked Rhodes' head open, and blood was pouring out. Nauseating to look at, and Rhodes required nine staples to stitch his scalp back together.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Orton smashing CodyRhodes in the head with the announcer's bell in their September 2011 match. He cracked Rhodes' head open, and blood was pouring out. Nauseating to look at, and Rhodes required nine staples to stitch his scalp back together.
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* FiveMovesOfDoom: Garvin Stomp, Elevated DDT, Powerslam, Twisting Backbreaker, RKO.
** Recently has added the [[KurtAngle Olympic Slam]] and a Powerbomb to his set.
** Recently has added the [[KurtAngle Olympic Slam]] and a Powerbomb to his set.
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* FiveMovesOfDoom: Garvin Stomp, Elevated DDT, Powerslam, Twisting Backbreaker, RKO.
**RKO.
** Recently has added the [[KurtAngle Olympic Slam]] and a Powerbomb to his set.
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** Recently has added the [[KurtAngle Olympic Slam]] and a Powerbomb to his set.
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-->'''RandyOrton''': I would RKO ''my own grandmother'' if it meant keeping this title[[hottip:*:the WWE Championship; Randy was on WWEMondayNightRAW]]. And then I'd RKO ''your grandmother'' just to see the look on her face!
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-->'''RandyOrton''': I would RKO ''my own grandmother'' if it meant keeping this title[[hottip:*:the title[[note]]the WWE Championship; Randy was on WWEMondayNightRAW]].WWEMondayNightRAW[[/note]]. And then I'd RKO ''your grandmother'' just to see the look on her face!
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Was set to star in the third installment of TheMarine. But due to his past history with the marines (he went AWOL and was dishonorably discharged after serving 38 days in military prison), he was pulled from the movie after some real marines wasn't all that pleased with him starring in the movie. [[hottip:*:He was eventually replaced by TheMiz.]]
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Was set to star in the third installment of TheMarine. But due to his past history with the marines (he went AWOL and was dishonorably discharged after serving 38 days in military prison), he was pulled from the movie after some real marines wasn't all that pleased with him starring in the movie. [[hottip:*:He [[note]]He was eventually replaced by TheMiz.]][[/note]]
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** Building on this, prior to losing the title to Mark Henry at Night of Champions, Orton hadn't lost cleanly since ''before the previous Wrestlemania.''
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** Building on this, prior to losing the title to Mark Henry at Night of Champions, Orton hadn't lost cleanly since ''before the previous Wrestlemania.'' ''
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* {{Red Baron}}/{{Names To Run Away From Really Fast}}: Previously known as "The Legend Killer" and now known as "the Viper" and "the Apex Predator".
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* {{Red Baron}}/{{Names To Run Away From Really Fast}}: RedBaron / NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Previously known as "The Legend Killer" and now known as "the Viper" and "the Apex Predator". Predator".
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* UnnecessaryRoughness: It's kind of Randy's M.O. We could be here all day.
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* UnnecessaryRoughness: It's kind of Randy's M.O. We could be here all day.
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* AwesomeYetPractical: The RKO is devastating, takes all of a second for Orton to hit the move, looks cool, and Orton can hit it from seemingly anywhere - even flat on his back.
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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Viper?]]/PutOnABus: Orton disappeared off television after getting suspended on May 30th, for 60 days after failing a drug test. No storyline injury or explanation was given either.
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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Viper?]]/PutOnABus: Orton disappeared off television after getting suspended on May 30th, for 60 days in the end of May after failing a drug test. No storyline injury or explanation was given either. After his return, all that was mentioned was that he'd been away.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Was set to star in the third installment of TheMarine. But due to his past history with the marines (he went AWOL and was dishonorably discharged after serving 38 days in military prison), he was pulled from the movie after some real marines wasn't all that pleased with him starring in the movie.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Was set to star in the third installment of TheMarine. But due to his past history with the marines (he went AWOL and was dishonorably discharged after serving 38 days in military prison), he was pulled from the movie after some real marines wasn't all that pleased with him starring in the movie. [[hottip:*:He was eventually replaced by TheMiz.]]
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* '''Jerkass''': BIG time as a heel.
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* '''Jerkass''': '''{{Jerkass}}''': BIG time as a heel.
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* '''Jerkass''': BIG time as a heel.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: As a face.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: As a face.
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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Viper]]/PutOnABus: Orton disappeared off television after getting suspended on May 30th, for 60 days after failing a drug test. No storyline injury or explanation was given either.
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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Viper]]/PutOnABus: Viper?]]/PutOnABus: Orton disappeared off television after getting suspended on May 30th, for 60 days after failing a drug test. No storyline injury or explanation was given either.
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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Viper]]/PutOnABus: Orton disappeared off television after getting suspended on May 30th, for 60 days after failing a drug test. No storyline injury or explanation was given either.
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* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formed Rated-RKO.
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* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formed Rated-RKO. , and later with CodyRhodes and Ted [=DiBiase=] to form Legacy.
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* LargeHam: Although Orton's current persona is that of a tweener [[TheStoic stoic]], Orton does have/has had his moments. A prime example is when he was leader of Legacy and attacked CMPunk, who was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time. After a few moments of allowing Legacy to pound on Punk, Orton appears from offscreen, delivers the punt kick to Punk, and shouts, "[[ThisIsSPARTA NOW THAT!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA THAT RIGHT THERE!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA WAS!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA IMPRESSIVE!!!]]"
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* LargeHam: Although Orton's current persona is that of a tweener [[TheStoic stoic]], Orton does have/has had his moments. A prime example is when he was leader of Legacy and attacked CMPunk, who was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time. After a few moments of allowing Legacy to pound on Punk, Orton appears from offscreen, delivers the punt kick to Punk, and shouts, "[[ThisIsSPARTA "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis NOW THAT!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA THAT! THAT RIGHT THERE!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA WAS!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA THERE! WAS! IMPRESSIVE!!!]]"
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: His promos somehow manages to combine this with DullSurprise. The results are interesting to say the least. While it kinda sorta worked when he was a heel, as a face its fairly... lackluster.
** Anytime he ''does'' actually raise his voice (see the LargeHam reference) he usually invokes this trope.
** Anytime he ''does'' actually raise his voice (see the LargeHam reference) he usually invokes this trope.
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* ThisIsSparta: His promos somehow manages to combine this with DullSurprise. The results are interesting to say the least. While it kinda sorta worked when he was a heel, as a face its fairly... lackluster.
** Anytime he ''does'' actually raise his voice (see the LargeHam reference) he usually invokes this trope.
** Anytime he ''does'' actually raise his voice (see the LargeHam reference) he usually invokes this trope.
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}}also qualify.
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}}also Wrestling/{{Kane}} also qualify.
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}}.Wrestling/{{Kane}}also qualify.
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Also considered one of the more [[YourMileageMayVary practical/lazy]] wrestlers in the near century-long existence of pro wrestling (counting the carny days), while every other wrestler was coming up with new crazy risky moves to finally put their opponent down, Randy Orton was the one man to go [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim "Why don't I kick him in the head really hard?"]]
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Also considered one of the more [[YourMileageMayVary practical/lazy]] practical/lazy wrestlers in the near century-long existence of pro wrestling (counting the carny days), while every other wrestler was coming up with new crazy risky moves to finally put their opponent down, Randy Orton was the one man to go [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim "Why don't I kick him in the head really hard?"]]
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* DullSurprise /CreepyMonotone: [[YourMileageMayVary Depending on how you view it]], RandyOrton's rather...subdued speaking style either fits his character or displays his complete lack of charisma.
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* UnderwearOfPower: Orton sticks with the bikini briefs of yesteryear. YourMileageMayVary, probably [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet depending on your gender]], if you think this is a [[FanService good thing]] or a [[FanDisservice bad thing]].
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* UnderwearOfPower: Orton sticks with the bikini briefs of yesteryear. YourMileageMayVary, probably [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet depending on your gender]], if you think this is a [[FanService good thing]] or a [[FanDisservice bad thing]].
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena,TripleH. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
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* ArchEnemy: JohnCena,TripleH.JohnCena and TripleH has been his biggest feuds. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
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* SanitySlippage: The latest part of Randy's most recent feud with {{Christian}} is supposed to focus on Randy's [[UnstoppableRage anger]] [[HairTriggerTemper management]] [[BerserkButton issues]]. Instead, it's come off as Randy actually being [[UpToEleven more unhinged than usual]], [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes seeming to enjoy his own pain and that of others.]]
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* SanitySlippage: The latest part of In Randy's most recent feud with {{Christian}} is supposed to focus was focused on Randy's [[UnstoppableRage anger]] [[HairTriggerTemper management]] [[BerserkButton issues]]. Instead, it's come came off as Randy actually being [[UpToEleven more unhinged than usual]], [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes seeming and seemed to enjoy his own pain and that of others.]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:The WWE's Apex Predator]]
'''Randall "Randy" Keith Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the {{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month. He was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). There, Orton held the OVW Hardcore Championship on two separate occasions.
After signing with WWE, Orton became a member of the stable Evolution, which quickly led to his capture of the WWE Intercontinental Championship, his first title with the company. Orton also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting Hall of Famers and physically attacking veterans of the industry outside of appropriate restrictions. In 2004, Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion, when he won the title at the age of twenty-four (he defeated ChrisBenoit to win that title). This win resulted in his departure from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates. In 2006, Orton joined forces with {{Edge}} in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, Orton and Edge held the World Tag Team Championship. After the team disbanded, Orton won the WWE Championship twice in one night in mid-2007 (said title changes being the only time that title changed hands that year) and was the winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble match.
Also considered one of the more [[YourMileageMayVary practical/lazy]] wrestlers in the near century-long existence of pro wrestling (counting the carny days), while every other wrestler was coming up with new crazy risky moves to finally put their opponent down, Randy Orton was the one man to go [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim "Why don't I kick him in the head really hard?"]]
As usual, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Orton That Other Wiki]] has more details on his career.
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!!'''Tropes associated with Randy Orton:'''
* AntiHero: Compared to most of the smiling, rule-abiding faces in the organization, Orton definitely fits this.
** YMMV on the extent, he can be seen as anywhere from type III-V.
* ArchEnemy: JohnCena,TripleH. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestler/{{Kane}}.
* AssholeVictim: Despite not "killing" anybody, Orton's punt been treated as equal. So when CMPunk faced off Orton for revenge, he was more than justified.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: The elevated "spike" DDT he uses from the second rope is really cool and brutal-looking, but if his victim's conscious enough to get his feet off the second rope, it'll get countered. Which WWE seems to recognize, as it's the one of his FiveMovesOfDoom that he never seems to get off on his first try.
* AxCrazy: Hell yes.
* BadassBeard
* BerserkButton: The one thing MITB 2011 taught us about RandyOrton? Don't spit in his face. [[spoiler:Or do, if you're trying to get him disqualified.]]
* BlackAndGrayMorality / StrawmanHasAPoint: During his feud with TripleH over the course of the first half of 2009, Orton was made out to be a DirtyCoward by repeatedly stalking and taunting TripleH, putting 'H's father-in-law VinceMcMahon and brother-in-law ShaneMcMahon in the hospital, knocking out and nearly raping his wife StephanieMcMahon-Helmsley, and using the members of Legacy (CodyRhodes and Ted [=DiBiase=]) to do much of his dirty work and bail him out during matches. But you didn't have to be especially perceptive to point out that the [=McMahons=] [[AssholeVictim partially deserved it]] after insulting Orton's father and [[DisproportionateRetribution firing Orton's ally Chris Jericho simply for speaking rudely to Stephanie]]. (And this doesn't even take into account the fact that Orton and Jericho were right to complain, correctly accusing John "Bradshaw" Layfield of bribing ShawnMichaels to help him win a shot at JohnCena's WWE Championship by unfair means.) Not to mention that TripleH had all this coming for a long time due to the fact that he'd had his Evolution stablemates attack Orton in a jealous rage after Orton won the World Heavyweight Championship in 2004.
** Not that this wasn't noted in KayFabe, Triple H even used the fact he screwed Randy over to goad him into fighting him.
--> Triple H: I'm not a good person, Randy...
* BoringButPractical: Orton wrestles a very simple, but effective wrestling style. Technically there's nothing wrong with that, but if you don't hold an appreciation for that sort of thing his matches tend to be boring as hell.
** The crazy part is that he basically wrestles as a heel from the mid eighties, with his melodramatic knee drops and stomps, combined with his incredibly heelish middle rope DDT. Randy has great WrestlingPsychology...for a methodical heel, even though he's a sociopathic face.
*** Considering his age and the fact that his father was in WWF in the mid-80s (and a heel), [[FridgeBrilliance Randy probably grew up watching a lot of mid-80s heels.]]
** AwesomeYetPractical: His finisher, the RKO. Quick, effective, visually exciting, and most importantly, can be done from literally anywhere in the ring. It can be performed as a surprise attack if Orton is playing possum, used as a counter, and even used on an airborne opponent (the RKO on EvanBourne ''in the middle of a Shooting Star Press'' is the most notable example of this).
*** To bring it back to the boring, the same things were said in {{WCW}} with a similar move: DiamondDallasPage's Diamond Cutter.
**** And the first time Orton used the RKO, it did [[{{Expy}} bear a resemblance to DDP's Diamond Cutter.]] Now, however, Randy's move is more sudden and has a bit more 'snap' to it.
* CaptainObvious: "You might not know this about me, but I have a ''severe'' anger management problem." [[SarcasmMode No Randy, we'd never have guessed]].
* CatchPhrase: "My name is RandyOrton."
** ContinuityNod: His "Randy News Network" vignettes from the first time he was out with injury. He pretty much started every promo with a hi and his name. Between then and now, actually, this was basically the gimmick of Dolph Ziggler.
* CheapHeat: During his feud with ReyMysterioJr, Orton told Rey that recently deceased EddieGuerrero was in Hell. Even for his JerkAss hat that he was sporting at the time, most everyone said that was going ''way'' too far. Even Taz sounded legitimately pissed off about that.
* CherryTapping: In a recent backstage brawl with WadeBarrett, Randy, in the middle of beating the crap out of Barrett, soaked him with a water hose and dumped the contents of a garbage can (although not the garbage can itself) onto his head. [[UnnecessaryRoughness Then he RKO'd him through the roof of a car.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Kicking people really hard in the head.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The 'Viper' gimmick in comparison to his original 'Legend Killer' gimmick.
** Also, he is pushed as a DarkerAndEdgier counterpart to JohnCena.
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually with threats more than jokes. For example, when Ashton Kutcher guest-hosted RAW for his movie ''{{Killers}}'', he told ZackRyder that he put a hit on him. Randy, being called the "Silent Assassin" and the "Legend Killer", was Zack's first suspect, claiming that Orton was trying to end his legend career before it started. Orton's response?
-->Randy: "Zack, if I wanted to take you out, we wouldn't be having this conversation."
* {{Determinator}}: There is ''nothing'' Orton won't try in order to get what he wants. After William Regal refused to grant him a rematch for JohnCena's WWE Championship, Orton proved he was ready to take on Cena again....by ''handcuffing Cena's father and kicking him in the skull''.
* DidntSeeThatComing: RKO out of nowhere- you know it's coming, but ''when''?
* DisproportionateRetribution: While inactive with injury in 2008, he punts CMPunk in the skull before a World Heavyweight Championship defense as the climax to a big beatdown by Legacy. Punk can't defend the championship that night, meaning Orton basically screwed him out of the title. Punk tries to go for revenge immediately but is beaten into the background shortly thereafter. A couple years and turns later, Punk and his [[TheNexus New Nexus]] cost Orton a WWE title match with the Miz because he's never forgotten it. So Orton goes punting New Nexus members for consecutive weeks and threatening to beat Punk so bad he has to eat through a feeding tube. [[MoralDissonance As the[= =]]][[SociopathicHero babyface]][[MoralDissonance [= =]of the feud.]]
** Then again, Punk ''did'' threaten Orton's wife at one point during the feud. That's a quick way to get on Orton's ''really bad side.''
* DullSurprise /CreepyMonotone: [[YourMileageMayVary Depending on how you view it]], RandyOrton's rather...subdued speaking style either fits his character or displays his complete lack of charisma.
** It's a strange character quirk, to be sure, but Orton was much more expressive during his younger days as the Legend Killer.
* MrFanservice: When Orton was in Evolution, his [=TitanTron=] entrance video even included an image of him being fawned over by a bevy of women as he grins lecherously.
** He also posed for Playgirl.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As a face, Orton's wife (who seems to be [[TheOtherDarrin a different woman every time she appears onscreen]] - none of them are his RealLife wife, either) tends to get threatened a lot - and no matter how many voices he's hearing in his head, if his wife's in trouble, he'll put whatever he was doing on hold to go to save her. Some of the more GenreSavvy guys like CMPunk have taken advantage of this in feuds. [[hottip:*:In that case Randy ran back to his trailer in the parking lot only to find CMPunk gone. Punk appears out of nowhere and beats Orton senseless with a wrench.]]
* {{Expy}}: One of the theories beind why Orton is so popular is that many of his heelish antics (randomly attacking people) remind the audience of the antics of StoneColdSteveAustin. The fact that both have [[AnimalMotifs snake motifs]] (Austin is the Rattlesnake, Orton is the Viper) and the RKO has some similarities to the Stunner probably helps towards that.
** Orton is [[BaldOfAwesome currently bald]] too.
*** He now has a beard too.
** It's getting quite obvious now that Randy's stopped doing his signature [[FanNickname "Release the Doves"]] pose and started doing Austin's pose (both arms raised, hands in fists).
*** More like a modified version of his old pose.
** He is also a third generation superstar who later became the youngest world (World Heavyweight Champion to be precise) champion in history. [[DwayneJohnson Do You Smell it?]] That makes him a CompositeCharacter of The Rock ''and'' Stone Cold.
** Alternatively some of his physical mannerisms, the snake-related nickname, and the heel persona of being sadistic and merciless could be seen as a nod to [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]].
** [[OlderThanTheyThink His debut was "hyped" as being the second Third-generation superstar after The Rock.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Orton smashing CodyRhodes in the head with the announcer's bell in their September 2011 match. He cracked Rhodes' head open, and blood was pouring out. Nauseating to look at, and Rhodes required nine staples to stitch his scalp back together.
** Hell, Orton pre-face turn ''lived'' off this trope.
* FatalFlaw: {{Christian}} took advantage of Randy's anger issues in their feud in 2011. [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy He got rather good at it during MiTB PPV.]]
* FinishingMove: The RKO, technically a jumping cutter.
* FiveMovesOfDoom: Garvin Stomp, Elevated DDT, Powerslam, Twisting Backbreaker, RKO.
** Recently has added the [[KurtAngle Olympic Slam]] and a Powerbomb to his set.
** Suddenly the Olympic Slam, Powerbomb, and Twisting Backbreaker have all but disappeared. Now he's left with the running clotheslines, Powerslam, Elevated DDT, and RKO - and if the RKO doesn't work for some reason, he might try the Punt.
* FollowTheLeader: WWE seems intent on trying to make as many RandyOrton clones as possible. Rob Conway tried to copy the "attack senior wrestlers" shtick, and Orton's look appears to be WWE's current gold standard. Crew cut, tribal tattoos, and trunks is practically the standard look in WWE nowadays. Hell, Ken(ny) Dykstra/Doane is a straight-up Orton clone on the indy circuit with moves like the "[=RKDoane=]."
* ForTheLulz: When he was feuding with {{Sheamus}} (Randy as champion), he planned to be very...''liberal'' with his FinishingMove...
-->'''RandyOrton''': I would RKO ''my own grandmother'' if it meant keeping this title[[hottip:*:the WWE Championship; Randy was on WWEMondayNightRAW]]. And then I'd RKO ''your grandmother'' just to see the look on her face!
* FunWithAcronyms: The RKO.
* GenreSavvy: He was fighting DanielBryan. [[StuffBlowingUp Suddenly, there's a huge explosion of fire on the entrance stage.]] Randy abandons Bryan and the match to run to strike the first blow on the approaching Wrestler/{{Kane}}. Of course, he got his ass kicked anyway, but given Kane's penchant for mowing down anyone in his path, it was worth a shot.
** GenreBlindness: Not so much for him, but for his opponents. [[EvanBourne How]] [[{{Christian}} many]] [[CMPunk guys]] have tried [[IHaveTheHighGround top rope moves]] on Randy only to get caught and RKO'd in mid-air? You'd think they would stop doing it by now.
* GlassCannon: His career's been rather peppered with various injuries if you look at it very closely. The shoulder problems don't help, either.
* GroinAttack: A couple of his early feuds saw him getting hit in the nuts a lot. Then again, when one of the guys on the other end of the feud is RicFlair...
** Delivering one also [[ItMakesSenseInContext cost him his title.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: He said it himself that has anger problems. Just ask Christian who spit in his face and received a [[GroinAttack boot to the junk]] in response. Or R-Truth who hit him with a water bottle and received a steel chair.
** Or that time when VinceMcMahon tried to [[{{Kayfabe}} fire him]] a few years back. Randy hit him in the face and then hit him with the [[OneHitKO punt.]] Then there was the time he punted [[ShaneMcMahon Shane.]] StephanieMcMahon tried to tell him off, and guess what? [[WouldHitAGirl She got]] [[FinishingMove RKO'd]], too.
** That's nothing compared to what happened to CodyRhodes who hit him with his mask again. Only this time, Randy kicked out and hits Cody with his own mask. But then, he hit his head with a ''bell'' which accidentally bust his head open! There was uncensored footage when before he RKO'd Cody, he hit him with a steel chair while Cody's face was in a ''bloody mess''! Wow.
* HearingVoices: His current theme song, "Voices" by Rev Theory.
--> ''I hear voices in my head / They counsel me, they understand / They talk to me...''
** Of course, the song was chosen to fit his character, who apparently hears voices while he's in the middle of destroying his opponents.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of the oddest sort. His behavior never changed, the fans just kept cheering him more and more until the WWE apparently threw its hands up and [[SureWhyNot went with it]]. The only thing different now is his choice of targets. Apart from Orton, the only other person to ever really pull that off was StoneColdSteveAustin.
** Along with RicFlair, [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], TheUndertaker, Razor Ramon, [[KevinNash Diesel]], Sabu, Taz, RobVanDam, [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], ChrisJericho, EddieGuerrero, {{Edge}}, & {{Batista}} as well [[OverlyLongGag of course]]...
* HeroKiller: Made a name for himself as a "Legend Killer" kicking the crap out of a bunch of...[[ShapedLikeItself legends]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: At ''Money In The Bank 2011'', Christian provoked Orton into getting himself disqualified & losing the World Heavyweight title due to the stipulations by spitting in his face; something that Orton himself had a habit of doing back in hs Evolution days.
** And on a more meta level, a couple of his feuds have happened because, at some point, Orton didn't know where to draw the line.
* HotDad
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Was set to star in the third installment of TheMarine. But due to his past history with the marines (he went AWOL and was dishonorably discharged after serving 38 days in military prison), he was pulled from the movie after some real marines wasn't all that pleased with him starring in the movie.
* IdiotBall: [[GroinAttack Low blowing]] Christian after he spat on him, when he was warned if he got disqualified Christian would win the world heavyweight title.
* IHaveTheHighGround: ''Loves'' subverting this trope. It's almost to the point where attacking Orton from the top rope is like signing your own death warrant.
* ImportantHaircut: Check his hair from his OVW days to his first injury.
** And again when he went to his 'Viper' gimmick.
* IncrediblyLamePun: In his feud with RicFlair one article had the title [[HortonHearsAWho Orton Hears A Woo.]]
* InvincibleHero: As of September 2010, some of the internet fanbase has started to turn on his push as the top face on Raw after one too many segments and matches that have ended in Orton [=RKOing=] everyone in sight. As of May 2011, it's only gotten worse.
** Building on this, prior to losing the title to Mark Henry at Night of Champions, Orton hadn't lost cleanly since ''before the previous Wrestlemania.''
* ItRunsInTheFamily / WrestlingFamily: Ortons have been appearing on professional wrestling cards for at least the past half-century.
* KarmaHoudini: As a {{face}} Orton never, ever gets paid back for any of the horrible things he does to people, even as a heel he's done numerous things that he never gets punished for.
** Subverted in CMPunk's motivation for making [[TheNexus The New Nexus]] target Orton. (See LargeHam.)
*** A feud that Orton clearly seems to be winning.
*** But then three out of four of Orton's [[TheNexus most recent punt victims]] came back off the bus to beat him down and cost him another shot at the WWE title.
*** He then defeated all of them once again, dominated CMPunk twice in a row, and went on to win World Heavyweight Championship 2 days later in a match he only "earned" via Teddy Long's clear populist favoritism. Opening ''yet another'' clear floodgate of Karma Houdini-ness.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: His secondary finisher, a running punt to the head. Also, he's prone to stomping on his opponents repeatedly to weaken them.
* LargeHam: Although Orton's current persona is that of a tweener [[TheStoic stoic]], Orton does have/has had his moments. A prime example is when he was leader of Legacy and attacked CMPunk, who was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time. After a few moments of allowing Legacy to pound on Punk, Orton appears from offscreen, delivers the punt kick to Punk, and shouts, "[[ThisIsSPARTA NOW THAT!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA THAT RIGHT THERE!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA WAS!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA IMPRESSIVE!!!]]"
** His slow promo style is only a character affect of his Viper persona, while he was the [[HeroKiller Legend Killer]], Orton was quite energetic as a speaker.
* ManlyTears: After winning the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time at ''Summerslam 2004''.
** Also during RicFlair's retirement ceremony the night after WrestleMania XXIV.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Orton's character is a CompleteMonster, who is merely borderline when he's a face. Compare that to Orton in real life, who once complained on Twitter that his infant daughter was sleeping when he returned home after several days on the road and he couldn't get a hug from her.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A possible literal example. After smashing CodyRhodes across the face with his own MaskOfPower and cracking it, the latter seems to have become even more dangerous than he was before.
* OhCrap: After barely beating Wade Barrett who sent Nexus in before the match to take out his leg, Orton slumps against the turnbuckle, hurt and exhausted but still the WWE champion. Then he hears over the loudspeakers: "[[TheMiz AAAAAAAAWESOME!]]" as Miz's music hits and Miz comes to cash in his MITB contract. The look on Orton's face was perfectly understated as he looked into the camera almost as if he was saying [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe "Oh, you're shitting me with this..."]]
** Also induced this from time to time, especially during his Heel runs, if for no other reason than the fact that he was such a loose cannon and was liable to [[FinishingMove RKO]] or [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown punt]] anyone that was in his way - that includes his enemies, his ''allies'', [[WouldHitAGirl women]], guys sitting in the first row (just ask JohnCena's father) or...[[CompleteMonster his own grandmother]].
* OneHitKO: The [=RKO=] is being pushed as this.
** His signature punt kick cranks it UpToEleven, as it seems to be reserved solely for when WWE wants to write someone out of the show for an extended period of time.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFPkz7RUcLw&feature=feedrec_grec_index This.]]
* PermaStubble: As of April 2011.
* PetTheDog: While promoting Summerslam 2010 in Los Angeles, he did a charity appearance for MDA.
* {{Red Baron}}/{{Names To Run Away From Really Fast}}: Previously known as "The Legend Killer" and now known as "the Viper" and "the Apex Predator".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Recently lost his spot in the Elimination Chamber because of a legit concussion sustained in a match against TheBigShow. First off, WWE turned the legit injury into a storyline injury by having Daniel Bryan give Orton a vicious belt shot the RAW before the PPV. Then, the last Smackdown before the PPV saw a massive Battle Royal in which the winner took Randy Orton's spot in the chamber match. And it was thus that [[EnsembleDarkhorse Santino Marella]] found himself in the Elimination Chamber match the following Sunday.
* RefugeInAudacity: Face!Orton's calling card seems to be acting in a way that would usually draw tremendous heel heat, but taking it so far over the top that it his antics end up being entertaining.
** [[DesignatedHero Alternately...]]
* [[PutOnABus Punted On The Bus]] - Randy's [[MichaelCole patented Punt]] is currently being used to write out wrestlers who are being sent back to developmental, need to be written out due to injuries or just taking a break.
* SanitySlippage: The latest part of Randy's most recent feud with {{Christian}} is supposed to focus on Randy's [[UnstoppableRage anger]] [[HairTriggerTemper management]] [[BerserkButton issues]]. Instead, it's come off as Randy actually being [[BeyondTheImpossible more unhinged than usual]], [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes seeming to enjoy his own pain and that of others.]]
* SlasherSmile: Expect a pretty painful move to be set up for his opponent when he sports one of these.
* SociopathicHero: Since turning face again. Orton's pretty much the same extremely violent, entirely unpredictable guy he was, he just attacks heels, smiles a bit more, and says [[CatchPhrase "My name is Randy Orton"]] before every promo.
* TheStoic: RandyOrton is a very cold person, in promos he's quiet and speaks slowly, and in the match he rarely goes berserk.
** [[NeverLiveItDown "STUPID! STUPID!"]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: The announcers usually spend quite a bit of time talking about how good he looks.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* ThisIsSparta: His promos somehow manages to combine this with DullSurprise. The results are interesting to say the least. While it kinda sorta worked when he was a heel, as a face its fairly... lackluster.
** Anytime he ''does'' actually raise his voice (see the LargeHam reference) he usually invokes this trope.
* TranquilFury: In comparison to the psychotic rage he frequently shows in matches, his backstage persona is almost perpetually reserved, stoic and matter of fact.
** Unless you're Mr. Kennedy or Kofi Kingston.
* UnderwearOfPower: Orton sticks with the bikini briefs of yesteryear. YourMileageMayVary, probably [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet depending on your gender]], if you think this is a [[FanService good thing]] or a [[FanDisservice bad thing]].
* UngratefulBastard: Has been known to [=RKO=] people who just helped him win a match, [[MoralDissonance as a face]], including EvanBourne and JohnCena.
* UnnecessaryRoughness: It's kind of Randy's M.O. We could be here all day.
* TheUnsmile: It might simply be because we're so used to seeing him as the Viper, but even when he's [[http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/18200000/randy-orton-smile-randy-orton-18214477-400-267.jpg smiling sincerely,]] something about it looks a little... off.
* UnstoppableRage: His pre-[=RKO=] freak out ground hitting ritual.
** Also, his post-[=RKO=]/victory flailing about.
** Seemed to combine this with BerserkButton at Money in the Bank 2011 when he utterly destroyed Christian when he spat in Ortons face [[spoiler: and getting DQ'ed in the process, losing the title to Christian.]]
** And then CodyRhodes hit him with the mask again and the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that ensues became ExtremeMeleeRevenge.
* VillainSong: Well when he IS a villain, his theme song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmH_-RxPMk Voices]]" could count.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formed Rated-RKO.
* WorthyOpponent: JohnCena, whose feud with him goes back to 2001 and their OVW days. After Cena gave his "retirement" speech on the 11.22.10 Raw, Orton met him in the back and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming they hugged goodbye]].
** John has said multiple times that he respects Randy as a competitor. Randy hasn't said it as much, but he has said it before. Albeit reluctantly.
** {{Christian}} ''was'' one of these, however his increasingly desperate begging for another shot after continuously losing has resulted in Orton getting frustrated with facing him.
* TheWorfBarrage: Ran into this a bit in his 2011 feud with MarkHenry. Easily RKO'd him in a non-match context (the infamous "[=CheeRKO=]" that ended with a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny jumping split and a bunch of posturing]], but when the ''Night Of Champions'' match rolled around, the move that had served as a OneHitKO on so many Superstars (including MarkHenry at points) was suddenly woefully ineffective. End result? Randy pretty much got his ass handed to him.
** Similarly, Randy only needed one RKO to defeat TheUndertaker at ''Summerslam 2005''. At ''Armageddon 2005'', ''three'' [=RKOs=] and [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame a Tombstone]] were not enough, and Randy lost.
* WouldHitAGirl: Just ask [[StephanieMcMahon Stephanie]]...or Stacy Keibler, for that matter. But especially Stephanie.
* WrestlingFamily: Is a third generation wrestler, with his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr, father "Cowboy" Bob Orton and uncle Barry O, have all been in the business.
* WrestlingPsychology: Was trained by [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When he was part of Evolution with TripleH, RicFlair and {{Batista}}, he won the World Heavyweight Championship from ChrisBenoit at SummerSlam. The next night following a rematch, in which he retained, the other seemed to be celebrating with him, only to turn on him and giving him one hell of a beatdown. TripleH tried to force Orton to relinquish the title the following week, only for Orton to spit in TripleH face and run off with the title, thus setting off a (failed) {{face}} turn.
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[[caption-width-right:300:The WWE's Apex Predator]]
'''Randall "Randy" Keith Orton''' (born on April 1, 1980) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to the {{WWE}}, and is wrestling on its [[WWESmackdown Smackdown brand]]. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Bob Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.
Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Orton trained in and wrestled for Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling for a month. He was then sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). There, Orton held the OVW Hardcore Championship on two separate occasions.
After signing with WWE, Orton became a member of the stable Evolution, which quickly led to his capture of the WWE Intercontinental Championship, his first title with the company. Orton also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting Hall of Famers and physically attacking veterans of the industry outside of appropriate restrictions. In 2004, Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion, when he won the title at the age of twenty-four (he defeated ChrisBenoit to win that title). This win resulted in his departure from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates. In 2006, Orton joined forces with {{Edge}} in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, Orton and Edge held the World Tag Team Championship. After the team disbanded, Orton won the WWE Championship twice in one night in mid-2007 (said title changes being the only time that title changed hands that year) and was the winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble match.
Also considered one of the more [[YourMileageMayVary practical/lazy]] wrestlers in the near century-long existence of pro wrestling (counting the carny days), while every other wrestler was coming up with new crazy risky moves to finally put their opponent down, Randy Orton was the one man to go [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim "Why don't I kick him in the head really hard?"]]
As usual, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Orton That Other Wiki]] has more details on his career.
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!!'''Tropes associated with Randy Orton:'''
* AntiHero: Compared to most of the smiling, rule-abiding faces in the organization, Orton definitely fits this.
** YMMV on the extent, he can be seen as anywhere from type III-V.
* ArchEnemy: JohnCena,TripleH. TheUndertaker, CMPunk, {{Christian}}, {{Cody Rhodes}}, WadeBarrett and Wrestler/{{Kane}}.
* AssholeVictim: Despite not "killing" anybody, Orton's punt been treated as equal. So when CMPunk faced off Orton for revenge, he was more than justified.
* AwesomeYetImpractical: The elevated "spike" DDT he uses from the second rope is really cool and brutal-looking, but if his victim's conscious enough to get his feet off the second rope, it'll get countered. Which WWE seems to recognize, as it's the one of his FiveMovesOfDoom that he never seems to get off on his first try.
* AxCrazy: Hell yes.
* BadassBeard
* BerserkButton: The one thing MITB 2011 taught us about RandyOrton? Don't spit in his face. [[spoiler:Or do, if you're trying to get him disqualified.]]
* BlackAndGrayMorality / StrawmanHasAPoint: During his feud with TripleH over the course of the first half of 2009, Orton was made out to be a DirtyCoward by repeatedly stalking and taunting TripleH, putting 'H's father-in-law VinceMcMahon and brother-in-law ShaneMcMahon in the hospital, knocking out and nearly raping his wife StephanieMcMahon-Helmsley, and using the members of Legacy (CodyRhodes and Ted [=DiBiase=]) to do much of his dirty work and bail him out during matches. But you didn't have to be especially perceptive to point out that the [=McMahons=] [[AssholeVictim partially deserved it]] after insulting Orton's father and [[DisproportionateRetribution firing Orton's ally Chris Jericho simply for speaking rudely to Stephanie]]. (And this doesn't even take into account the fact that Orton and Jericho were right to complain, correctly accusing John "Bradshaw" Layfield of bribing ShawnMichaels to help him win a shot at JohnCena's WWE Championship by unfair means.) Not to mention that TripleH had all this coming for a long time due to the fact that he'd had his Evolution stablemates attack Orton in a jealous rage after Orton won the World Heavyweight Championship in 2004.
** Not that this wasn't noted in KayFabe, Triple H even used the fact he screwed Randy over to goad him into fighting him.
--> Triple H: I'm not a good person, Randy...
* BoringButPractical: Orton wrestles a very simple, but effective wrestling style. Technically there's nothing wrong with that, but if you don't hold an appreciation for that sort of thing his matches tend to be boring as hell.
** The crazy part is that he basically wrestles as a heel from the mid eighties, with his melodramatic knee drops and stomps, combined with his incredibly heelish middle rope DDT. Randy has great WrestlingPsychology...for a methodical heel, even though he's a sociopathic face.
*** Considering his age and the fact that his father was in WWF in the mid-80s (and a heel), [[FridgeBrilliance Randy probably grew up watching a lot of mid-80s heels.]]
** AwesomeYetPractical: His finisher, the RKO. Quick, effective, visually exciting, and most importantly, can be done from literally anywhere in the ring. It can be performed as a surprise attack if Orton is playing possum, used as a counter, and even used on an airborne opponent (the RKO on EvanBourne ''in the middle of a Shooting Star Press'' is the most notable example of this).
*** To bring it back to the boring, the same things were said in {{WCW}} with a similar move: DiamondDallasPage's Diamond Cutter.
**** And the first time Orton used the RKO, it did [[{{Expy}} bear a resemblance to DDP's Diamond Cutter.]] Now, however, Randy's move is more sudden and has a bit more 'snap' to it.
* CaptainObvious: "You might not know this about me, but I have a ''severe'' anger management problem." [[SarcasmMode No Randy, we'd never have guessed]].
* CatchPhrase: "My name is RandyOrton."
** ContinuityNod: His "Randy News Network" vignettes from the first time he was out with injury. He pretty much started every promo with a hi and his name. Between then and now, actually, this was basically the gimmick of Dolph Ziggler.
* CheapHeat: During his feud with ReyMysterioJr, Orton told Rey that recently deceased EddieGuerrero was in Hell. Even for his JerkAss hat that he was sporting at the time, most everyone said that was going ''way'' too far. Even Taz sounded legitimately pissed off about that.
* CherryTapping: In a recent backstage brawl with WadeBarrett, Randy, in the middle of beating the crap out of Barrett, soaked him with a water hose and dumped the contents of a garbage can (although not the garbage can itself) onto his head. [[UnnecessaryRoughness Then he RKO'd him through the roof of a car.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Kicking people really hard in the head.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The 'Viper' gimmick in comparison to his original 'Legend Killer' gimmick.
** Also, he is pushed as a DarkerAndEdgier counterpart to JohnCena.
* DeadpanSnarker: Usually with threats more than jokes. For example, when Ashton Kutcher guest-hosted RAW for his movie ''{{Killers}}'', he told ZackRyder that he put a hit on him. Randy, being called the "Silent Assassin" and the "Legend Killer", was Zack's first suspect, claiming that Orton was trying to end his legend career before it started. Orton's response?
-->Randy: "Zack, if I wanted to take you out, we wouldn't be having this conversation."
* {{Determinator}}: There is ''nothing'' Orton won't try in order to get what he wants. After William Regal refused to grant him a rematch for JohnCena's WWE Championship, Orton proved he was ready to take on Cena again....by ''handcuffing Cena's father and kicking him in the skull''.
* DidntSeeThatComing: RKO out of nowhere- you know it's coming, but ''when''?
* DisproportionateRetribution: While inactive with injury in 2008, he punts CMPunk in the skull before a World Heavyweight Championship defense as the climax to a big beatdown by Legacy. Punk can't defend the championship that night, meaning Orton basically screwed him out of the title. Punk tries to go for revenge immediately but is beaten into the background shortly thereafter. A couple years and turns later, Punk and his [[TheNexus New Nexus]] cost Orton a WWE title match with the Miz because he's never forgotten it. So Orton goes punting New Nexus members for consecutive weeks and threatening to beat Punk so bad he has to eat through a feeding tube. [[MoralDissonance As the[= =]]][[SociopathicHero babyface]][[MoralDissonance [= =]of the feud.]]
** Then again, Punk ''did'' threaten Orton's wife at one point during the feud. That's a quick way to get on Orton's ''really bad side.''
* DullSurprise /CreepyMonotone: [[YourMileageMayVary Depending on how you view it]], RandyOrton's rather...subdued speaking style either fits his character or displays his complete lack of charisma.
** It's a strange character quirk, to be sure, but Orton was much more expressive during his younger days as the Legend Killer.
* MrFanservice: When Orton was in Evolution, his [=TitanTron=] entrance video even included an image of him being fawned over by a bevy of women as he grins lecherously.
** He also posed for Playgirl.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: As a face, Orton's wife (who seems to be [[TheOtherDarrin a different woman every time she appears onscreen]] - none of them are his RealLife wife, either) tends to get threatened a lot - and no matter how many voices he's hearing in his head, if his wife's in trouble, he'll put whatever he was doing on hold to go to save her. Some of the more GenreSavvy guys like CMPunk have taken advantage of this in feuds. [[hottip:*:In that case Randy ran back to his trailer in the parking lot only to find CMPunk gone. Punk appears out of nowhere and beats Orton senseless with a wrench.]]
* {{Expy}}: One of the theories beind why Orton is so popular is that many of his heelish antics (randomly attacking people) remind the audience of the antics of StoneColdSteveAustin. The fact that both have [[AnimalMotifs snake motifs]] (Austin is the Rattlesnake, Orton is the Viper) and the RKO has some similarities to the Stunner probably helps towards that.
** Orton is [[BaldOfAwesome currently bald]] too.
*** He now has a beard too.
** It's getting quite obvious now that Randy's stopped doing his signature [[FanNickname "Release the Doves"]] pose and started doing Austin's pose (both arms raised, hands in fists).
*** More like a modified version of his old pose.
** He is also a third generation superstar who later became the youngest world (World Heavyweight Champion to be precise) champion in history. [[DwayneJohnson Do You Smell it?]] That makes him a CompositeCharacter of The Rock ''and'' Stone Cold.
** Alternatively some of his physical mannerisms, the snake-related nickname, and the heel persona of being sadistic and merciless could be seen as a nod to [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]].
** [[OlderThanTheyThink His debut was "hyped" as being the second Third-generation superstar after The Rock.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Orton smashing CodyRhodes in the head with the announcer's bell in their September 2011 match. He cracked Rhodes' head open, and blood was pouring out. Nauseating to look at, and Rhodes required nine staples to stitch his scalp back together.
** Hell, Orton pre-face turn ''lived'' off this trope.
* FatalFlaw: {{Christian}} took advantage of Randy's anger issues in their feud in 2011. [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy He got rather good at it during MiTB PPV.]]
* FinishingMove: The RKO, technically a jumping cutter.
* FiveMovesOfDoom: Garvin Stomp, Elevated DDT, Powerslam, Twisting Backbreaker, RKO.
** Recently has added the [[KurtAngle Olympic Slam]] and a Powerbomb to his set.
** Suddenly the Olympic Slam, Powerbomb, and Twisting Backbreaker have all but disappeared. Now he's left with the running clotheslines, Powerslam, Elevated DDT, and RKO - and if the RKO doesn't work for some reason, he might try the Punt.
* FollowTheLeader: WWE seems intent on trying to make as many RandyOrton clones as possible. Rob Conway tried to copy the "attack senior wrestlers" shtick, and Orton's look appears to be WWE's current gold standard. Crew cut, tribal tattoos, and trunks is practically the standard look in WWE nowadays. Hell, Ken(ny) Dykstra/Doane is a straight-up Orton clone on the indy circuit with moves like the "[=RKDoane=]."
* ForTheLulz: When he was feuding with {{Sheamus}} (Randy as champion), he planned to be very...''liberal'' with his FinishingMove...
-->'''RandyOrton''': I would RKO ''my own grandmother'' if it meant keeping this title[[hottip:*:the WWE Championship; Randy was on WWEMondayNightRAW]]. And then I'd RKO ''your grandmother'' just to see the look on her face!
* FunWithAcronyms: The RKO.
* GenreSavvy: He was fighting DanielBryan. [[StuffBlowingUp Suddenly, there's a huge explosion of fire on the entrance stage.]] Randy abandons Bryan and the match to run to strike the first blow on the approaching Wrestler/{{Kane}}. Of course, he got his ass kicked anyway, but given Kane's penchant for mowing down anyone in his path, it was worth a shot.
** GenreBlindness: Not so much for him, but for his opponents. [[EvanBourne How]] [[{{Christian}} many]] [[CMPunk guys]] have tried [[IHaveTheHighGround top rope moves]] on Randy only to get caught and RKO'd in mid-air? You'd think they would stop doing it by now.
* GlassCannon: His career's been rather peppered with various injuries if you look at it very closely. The shoulder problems don't help, either.
* GroinAttack: A couple of his early feuds saw him getting hit in the nuts a lot. Then again, when one of the guys on the other end of the feud is RicFlair...
** Delivering one also [[ItMakesSenseInContext cost him his title.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: He said it himself that has anger problems. Just ask Christian who spit in his face and received a [[GroinAttack boot to the junk]] in response. Or R-Truth who hit him with a water bottle and received a steel chair.
** Or that time when VinceMcMahon tried to [[{{Kayfabe}} fire him]] a few years back. Randy hit him in the face and then hit him with the [[OneHitKO punt.]] Then there was the time he punted [[ShaneMcMahon Shane.]] StephanieMcMahon tried to tell him off, and guess what? [[WouldHitAGirl She got]] [[FinishingMove RKO'd]], too.
** That's nothing compared to what happened to CodyRhodes who hit him with his mask again. Only this time, Randy kicked out and hits Cody with his own mask. But then, he hit his head with a ''bell'' which accidentally bust his head open! There was uncensored footage when before he RKO'd Cody, he hit him with a steel chair while Cody's face was in a ''bloody mess''! Wow.
* HearingVoices: His current theme song, "Voices" by Rev Theory.
--> ''I hear voices in my head / They counsel me, they understand / They talk to me...''
** Of course, the song was chosen to fit his character, who apparently hears voices while he's in the middle of destroying his opponents.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of the oddest sort. His behavior never changed, the fans just kept cheering him more and more until the WWE apparently threw its hands up and [[SureWhyNot went with it]]. The only thing different now is his choice of targets. Apart from Orton, the only other person to ever really pull that off was StoneColdSteveAustin.
** Along with RicFlair, [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], TheUndertaker, Razor Ramon, [[KevinNash Diesel]], Sabu, Taz, RobVanDam, [[DwayneJohnson The Rock]], ChrisJericho, EddieGuerrero, {{Edge}}, & {{Batista}} as well [[OverlyLongGag of course]]...
* HeroKiller: Made a name for himself as a "Legend Killer" kicking the crap out of a bunch of...[[ShapedLikeItself legends]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: At ''Money In The Bank 2011'', Christian provoked Orton into getting himself disqualified & losing the World Heavyweight title due to the stipulations by spitting in his face; something that Orton himself had a habit of doing back in hs Evolution days.
** And on a more meta level, a couple of his feuds have happened because, at some point, Orton didn't know where to draw the line.
* HotDad
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Was set to star in the third installment of TheMarine. But due to his past history with the marines (he went AWOL and was dishonorably discharged after serving 38 days in military prison), he was pulled from the movie after some real marines wasn't all that pleased with him starring in the movie.
* IdiotBall: [[GroinAttack Low blowing]] Christian after he spat on him, when he was warned if he got disqualified Christian would win the world heavyweight title.
* IHaveTheHighGround: ''Loves'' subverting this trope. It's almost to the point where attacking Orton from the top rope is like signing your own death warrant.
* ImportantHaircut: Check his hair from his OVW days to his first injury.
** And again when he went to his 'Viper' gimmick.
* IncrediblyLamePun: In his feud with RicFlair one article had the title [[HortonHearsAWho Orton Hears A Woo.]]
* InvincibleHero: As of September 2010, some of the internet fanbase has started to turn on his push as the top face on Raw after one too many segments and matches that have ended in Orton [=RKOing=] everyone in sight. As of May 2011, it's only gotten worse.
** Building on this, prior to losing the title to Mark Henry at Night of Champions, Orton hadn't lost cleanly since ''before the previous Wrestlemania.''
* ItRunsInTheFamily / WrestlingFamily: Ortons have been appearing on professional wrestling cards for at least the past half-century.
* KarmaHoudini: As a {{face}} Orton never, ever gets paid back for any of the horrible things he does to people, even as a heel he's done numerous things that he never gets punished for.
** Subverted in CMPunk's motivation for making [[TheNexus The New Nexus]] target Orton. (See LargeHam.)
*** A feud that Orton clearly seems to be winning.
*** But then three out of four of Orton's [[TheNexus most recent punt victims]] came back off the bus to beat him down and cost him another shot at the WWE title.
*** He then defeated all of them once again, dominated CMPunk twice in a row, and went on to win World Heavyweight Championship 2 days later in a match he only "earned" via Teddy Long's clear populist favoritism. Opening ''yet another'' clear floodgate of Karma Houdini-ness.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: His secondary finisher, a running punt to the head. Also, he's prone to stomping on his opponents repeatedly to weaken them.
* LargeHam: Although Orton's current persona is that of a tweener [[TheStoic stoic]], Orton does have/has had his moments. A prime example is when he was leader of Legacy and attacked CMPunk, who was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time. After a few moments of allowing Legacy to pound on Punk, Orton appears from offscreen, delivers the punt kick to Punk, and shouts, "[[ThisIsSPARTA NOW THAT!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA THAT RIGHT THERE!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA WAS!]] [[ThisIsSPARTA IMPRESSIVE!!!]]"
** His slow promo style is only a character affect of his Viper persona, while he was the [[HeroKiller Legend Killer]], Orton was quite energetic as a speaker.
* ManlyTears: After winning the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time at ''Summerslam 2004''.
** Also during RicFlair's retirement ceremony the night after WrestleMania XXIV.
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Orton's character is a CompleteMonster, who is merely borderline when he's a face. Compare that to Orton in real life, who once complained on Twitter that his infant daughter was sleeping when he returned home after several days on the road and he couldn't get a hug from her.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A possible literal example. After smashing CodyRhodes across the face with his own MaskOfPower and cracking it, the latter seems to have become even more dangerous than he was before.
* OhCrap: After barely beating Wade Barrett who sent Nexus in before the match to take out his leg, Orton slumps against the turnbuckle, hurt and exhausted but still the WWE champion. Then he hears over the loudspeakers: "[[TheMiz AAAAAAAAWESOME!]]" as Miz's music hits and Miz comes to cash in his MITB contract. The look on Orton's face was perfectly understated as he looked into the camera almost as if he was saying [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe "Oh, you're shitting me with this..."]]
** Also induced this from time to time, especially during his Heel runs, if for no other reason than the fact that he was such a loose cannon and was liable to [[FinishingMove RKO]] or [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown punt]] anyone that was in his way - that includes his enemies, his ''allies'', [[WouldHitAGirl women]], guys sitting in the first row (just ask JohnCena's father) or...[[CompleteMonster his own grandmother]].
* OneHitKO: The [=RKO=] is being pushed as this.
** His signature punt kick cranks it UpToEleven, as it seems to be reserved solely for when WWE wants to write someone out of the show for an extended period of time.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFPkz7RUcLw&feature=feedrec_grec_index This.]]
* PermaStubble: As of April 2011.
* PetTheDog: While promoting Summerslam 2010 in Los Angeles, he did a charity appearance for MDA.
* {{Red Baron}}/{{Names To Run Away From Really Fast}}: Previously known as "The Legend Killer" and now known as "the Viper" and "the Apex Predator".
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Recently lost his spot in the Elimination Chamber because of a legit concussion sustained in a match against TheBigShow. First off, WWE turned the legit injury into a storyline injury by having Daniel Bryan give Orton a vicious belt shot the RAW before the PPV. Then, the last Smackdown before the PPV saw a massive Battle Royal in which the winner took Randy Orton's spot in the chamber match. And it was thus that [[EnsembleDarkhorse Santino Marella]] found himself in the Elimination Chamber match the following Sunday.
* RefugeInAudacity: Face!Orton's calling card seems to be acting in a way that would usually draw tremendous heel heat, but taking it so far over the top that it his antics end up being entertaining.
** [[DesignatedHero Alternately...]]
* [[PutOnABus Punted On The Bus]] - Randy's [[MichaelCole patented Punt]] is currently being used to write out wrestlers who are being sent back to developmental, need to be written out due to injuries or just taking a break.
* SanitySlippage: The latest part of Randy's most recent feud with {{Christian}} is supposed to focus on Randy's [[UnstoppableRage anger]] [[HairTriggerTemper management]] [[BerserkButton issues]]. Instead, it's come off as Randy actually being [[BeyondTheImpossible more unhinged than usual]], [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes seeming to enjoy his own pain and that of others.]]
* SlasherSmile: Expect a pretty painful move to be set up for his opponent when he sports one of these.
* SociopathicHero: Since turning face again. Orton's pretty much the same extremely violent, entirely unpredictable guy he was, he just attacks heels, smiles a bit more, and says [[CatchPhrase "My name is Randy Orton"]] before every promo.
* TheStoic: RandyOrton is a very cold person, in promos he's quiet and speaks slowly, and in the match he rarely goes berserk.
** [[NeverLiveItDown "STUPID! STUPID!"]]
* StupidSexyFlanders: The announcers usually spend quite a bit of time talking about how good he looks.
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* ThisIsSparta: His promos somehow manages to combine this with DullSurprise. The results are interesting to say the least. While it kinda sorta worked when he was a heel, as a face its fairly... lackluster.
** Anytime he ''does'' actually raise his voice (see the LargeHam reference) he usually invokes this trope.
* TranquilFury: In comparison to the psychotic rage he frequently shows in matches, his backstage persona is almost perpetually reserved, stoic and matter of fact.
** Unless you're Mr. Kennedy or Kofi Kingston.
* UnderwearOfPower: Orton sticks with the bikini briefs of yesteryear. YourMileageMayVary, probably [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet depending on your gender]], if you think this is a [[FanService good thing]] or a [[FanDisservice bad thing]].
* UngratefulBastard: Has been known to [=RKO=] people who just helped him win a match, [[MoralDissonance as a face]], including EvanBourne and JohnCena.
* UnnecessaryRoughness: It's kind of Randy's M.O. We could be here all day.
* TheUnsmile: It might simply be because we're so used to seeing him as the Viper, but even when he's [[http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/18200000/randy-orton-smile-randy-orton-18214477-400-267.jpg smiling sincerely,]] something about it looks a little... off.
* UnstoppableRage: His pre-[=RKO=] freak out ground hitting ritual.
** Also, his post-[=RKO=]/victory flailing about.
** Seemed to combine this with BerserkButton at Money in the Bank 2011 when he utterly destroyed Christian when he spat in Ortons face [[spoiler: and getting DQ'ed in the process, losing the title to Christian.]]
** And then CodyRhodes hit him with the mask again and the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that ensues became ExtremeMeleeRevenge.
* VillainSong: Well when he IS a villain, his theme song "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWmH_-RxPMk Voices]]" could count.
* VillainTeamUp: With {{Edge}} when they formed Rated-RKO.
* WorthyOpponent: JohnCena, whose feud with him goes back to 2001 and their OVW days. After Cena gave his "retirement" speech on the 11.22.10 Raw, Orton met him in the back and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming they hugged goodbye]].
** John has said multiple times that he respects Randy as a competitor. Randy hasn't said it as much, but he has said it before. Albeit reluctantly.
** {{Christian}} ''was'' one of these, however his increasingly desperate begging for another shot after continuously losing has resulted in Orton getting frustrated with facing him.
* TheWorfBarrage: Ran into this a bit in his 2011 feud with MarkHenry. Easily RKO'd him in a non-match context (the infamous "[=CheeRKO=]" that ended with a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny jumping split and a bunch of posturing]], but when the ''Night Of Champions'' match rolled around, the move that had served as a OneHitKO on so many Superstars (including MarkHenry at points) was suddenly woefully ineffective. End result? Randy pretty much got his ass handed to him.
** Similarly, Randy only needed one RKO to defeat TheUndertaker at ''Summerslam 2005''. At ''Armageddon 2005'', ''three'' [=RKOs=] and [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame a Tombstone]] were not enough, and Randy lost.
* WouldHitAGirl: Just ask [[StephanieMcMahon Stephanie]]...or Stacy Keibler, for that matter. But especially Stephanie.
* WrestlingFamily: Is a third generation wrestler, with his grandfather Bob Orton, Sr, father "Cowboy" Bob Orton and uncle Barry O, have all been in the business.
* WrestlingPsychology: Was trained by [[JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When he was part of Evolution with TripleH, RicFlair and {{Batista}}, he won the World Heavyweight Championship from ChrisBenoit at SummerSlam. The next night following a rematch, in which he retained, the other seemed to be celebrating with him, only to turn on him and giving him one hell of a beatdown. TripleH tried to force Orton to relinquish the title the following week, only for Orton to spit in TripleH face and run off with the title, thus setting off a (failed) {{face}} turn.
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