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Randy Orton Discusses Travel, Changes In Style, Compares Sheamus To Lesnar, WWE PG, RKO, More
Written by Richard Gray on Aug 13, 2010 - 8:35:59 PM
MSN TV News has a new article online featuring a Q&A with Randy Orton. Below are the highlights:
Travel in WWE: It's hard. Any of us with family, it's hard to be away so much. But the toughest part of travel is that it's harder on your body than performing in the ring. Renting cars, driving 1,000 miles a week -- which is what we average -- the airports, which is five or six times a week ... it's tough. If you have a couple of good books and a computer, you can get through it. But with us taking all of the falls we do in the ring and landing on our back, dozens of times a night, all year round, and then sitting in a rental car or an airplane after a show, that is really the hardest part. You aren't really able to wind down and get flat. There is no time to recover. The most important things when taking care of yourself, if you're a body-builder or anybody in fitness, is diet, training and recovery. We have the diet down. We can make do with McDonald's all day and figure out what's healthy and get by. We all get to the gym. But we can't recover, so we're missing one of the key elements to keep your body in tip-top condition, and that is why we get hurt.
How he was when he first won the title at 24 years old to now: A lot has changed. The biggest thing, for me, is my confidence in myself. Whenever I see footage from back then, like that match when I won my first championship, ohhh, it just makes me cringe. That's kind of how we all are. We all evolve into a better performer, whether it's on the microphone or in-ring abilities or your charisma or your facials. That last one is big with me. I believe that the audience, especially the TV audiences, you really let them in when you give the camera a chance to see your facials, to see what you're thinking, and what's going on in your head. I don't have any flashy moves that I do. I don't pick up wrestlers and slam them. I don't jump off the third turnbuckle onto someone. I just think that if you have energy or emotion behind what you are doing, it doesn't really matter what you're doing. So, all of my stuff is pretty basic. And where I've come from, with all of my injuries, it's better and safer to have good facials than an aerial stunt or picking a huge guy up. Usually the younger guys with bodies that don't break as easily, they tend to learn this the hard way, as I did.
The rise of Sheamus: Yeah, with me and Seamus, the momentum should continue. Although new, Seamus has got charisma and ability. He's been pushed to the top very quickly because of it. Besides Brock Lesnar, I can't think of a guy who's rose so quickly here.
If he is involved in the creative process: Well, it's no secret that we have writers. Those writers have to get with us, and they want feedback. Anything that we come up with, they will twist it so it comes off as their original idea, just like any good writer would want to do. From A-Z, as far a story goes, you can say whatever you want, any ideas you have. You can help as much or as little as you want. Whether or not they respond or it goes the way you want it to go, that's not up to you at all.
WWE PG programming: At first, I wasn't very happy with the idea. I had just gotten used to that style and the way the story lines were going. But now being a father and keeping an eye on what is on the television, I can totally understand that it's better for business and better for our fans, too. We have a lot of young viewers, and it's better all across the board to be PG. There are going to be some people, some older fans, that are upset with that. Well, they can go somewhere else and get their blood. They can watch a 60-year-old man bleed all over each other, if they want. That's fine. We'll be displaying other things on our show. You don't need to bleed on somebody to have a good match. We've proven that.
Orton also said in the interview he got the RKO from Johnny Ace not Diamond Dallas Page. Click here to read the full interview.
Thanks to Wrestling News World reader Jeffrey for sending us the link.
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