by Randy Orton recently was on WWE’s The Bump, where he talked about CM Punk, John Cena, Roman Reigns, and more.
Randy Orton on his return to WWE after 18 months hiatus
“It was so cool, and I was so nervous. And funny little side story to that day. So for a month prior, there all these rumors online that I was coming back, but there was also rumors online that CM Punk was coming back.”
“Instead of it being a surprise that it was me instead of Punk, they let everyone know the week prior, Randy Orton is gonna be the one joining Cody’s team at WarGames. Kind of let the wind out of my sails a little bit, because I have been gone for a year and a half. There’s all this anticipation. People have been expecting me to return for the past six months because I’ve been out so long.”
“I can tell that I’ve matured a lot, because a part of me wanted to be irate, right? Like this was taken from me, this reaction from the crowd that I’ve been looking forward to for 18 months.”
“But after all was said, done. I came out, got a great reaction. Punk came out, got a great reaction, and I realised after the fact that nobody stepped on anyone’s toes, it was really fun night for the fans. They got Randy Orton back, and they were very happy about that.”
“They weren’t even thinking about CM Punk. Now here comes Punk. So that reaction, there was two different reactions, two different people, everybody was excited to see us both. On a personal level, I was happy to have him back.”
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