WWE legend was previously knocked out by Randy Orton, and notes regrets about the situation.
Randy Orton has always been known as a violent WWE Superstar who doesn’t hold back on whoever his opponent is. Throughout his career, The Viper has faced several legends and rising stars, who can agree about his viciousness, especially those who felt the wrath of The Legend Killer.
Among the legends who shared the ring with The Legend Killer was Rob Van Dam. In 2007, both men faced each other at One Night Stand: Extreme Rules in a Stretcher match, just before the latter left the company. Although it was RVD who walked out as the champion, it came with a price.
RVD Regrets Telling Randy Orton Not To Worry About Delivering A Punt Kick
In a recent episode of 1 Of A Kind With RVD, the topic of the titular star’s incredible way of selling moves was brought up, and he was asked if there was a time when the moves actually hurt or knocked him out, like Randy Orton’s RKO and DDTs. Rob answered that although the DDT and the RKOs didn’t actually hurt, the one that got him was The Viper’s punt kick, which was during the aforementioned 2007 Stretcher match.
One that I would say got me really good was, it actually wasn’t one of those [Randy’s RKO and DDT], but it was Randy’s football punt, and this was before concussions was the thing. So, I was leaving, my contract was up, I was walking out. I needed a break. So we had that Stretcher match, and he did a football punt underneath my chin.”
RVD continued that before the match, he assured Randy not to worry about the kick and implied that, like other wrestlers, he would just roll with it. Rob noted he regretted telling this to Orton, but it worked out in the end as they were also going for a “concussion angle.”
This is so relevant to what some of the guys, like Chael Sonnen, are trying to argue. I heard him saying that some of the wrestlers say just lay it in there, I’ll roll with it, and whatever. I don’t know if you heard that, but that’s exactly what I told Randy, and I regretted it. I told him ‘Yeah, don’t worry about it,’ you know. It was gonna be hard for him to run it on the apron, and it f*****g got me. It was so f*****g hard, but it was crazy because we were going into a concussion angle anyway, and so it’s easy to tap into real emotions and go with it. And this was before we knew about concussions, or we never would have done it.”
In other news: Big development in Randy Orton’s next singles feud.