A Young Randy Orton Made A Horrendously Stupid Decision While On The Road For WWE
Highlights
- Randy Orton's behavior backstage in WWE was notorious, with reports of him being a bully and disrespecting other wrestlers, especially women, causing incidents where he overstepped personal boundaries.
- Orton engaged in dangerous behavior by setting off fireworks at fellow wrestlers sitting in a car, causing one female wrestler to describe it as one of the scariest moments of her life.
- Orton attended anger management classes and made efforts to change his behavior, recognizing his shortcomings and working on controlling his temper, ultimately becoming a better person in the industry.
Wrestling fans are very much aware of the fact that Randy Orton, in his youth, was quite notorious for being a jerk toward others and had a ton of issues as well. There were reports at one point that several WWE officials lobbied to get him fired because he had become a thorn in their side. Over the years, Orton has tried to redeem himself by becoming a better person in real life and leaving his past behind. One time, Orton made a really dumb decision while on the road and risked several wrestlers’ lives. If things had gone even a little wrong, Orton wouldn’t be known as a wrestling legend today.
Randy Orton Had A Bad Reputation Behind The Scenes In WWE
Several wrestling personalities have talked about Orton’s behavior backstage. He was one of those stars who were known as a bully behind the scenes. There were several reports of Orton disrespecting other female wrestlers for silly reasons.
One time he harassed Amy Weber after she took some ibuprofen from the men’s locker room. Orton likely felt this was disrespectful, so he bumped into Weber’s airplane seat and she fell on the floor. This was just one of the incidents where Orton overstepped someone’s personal boundaries.
The incident we’re talking about today involved former WWE wrestler Maria Kanellis. During an interview with Sean Oliver on Kayfabe Commentaries, Maria talked about the early stages of her WWE career and how Orton used to be disrespectful towards her. Over the years he did get better, but that was after Maria didn’t react to his verbal abuse.
Randy Orton Set Off Fireworks At Wrestlers Sitting In A Car
During the same interview, Sean asked Maria if Orton was a “tool” in WWE, and she said “sometimes.” He also asked several other questions, and one of them was about the alleged incident where Orton defecated in a diva’s bag during his early days. This was never confirmed, but stars like Rochelle Loewen and Weber have publicly talked about this. Orton did, however, fill her bag with some tanner and baby oil. A fan called Matt had a question for Maria: “Do you have any great, surprising, funny or sexy road stories from your WWE days?”
Maria answered the question and talked about the time when Orton set off fireworks at her, Umaga, and Carlito while they were on the road. Kanellis described this as “one of the scariest moments of my life” and understandably so because she thought the car would blow up. Fortunately, nothing of this sort happened, and Kanellis safely made it out of the situation.
Randy Orton Took Anger Management Classes
There have been similar reports of Orton being reckless towards others. He even went to anger management class for a bit where he got better. Back in 2006, he got suspended for smoking marijuana, and that was his second suspension. Talking about it, Orton revealed he had gotten better at controlling his temper. “I also had a few outbursts of anger on the road. I get loud and verbally abusive. But I’ve nipped that part of me in the bud.”
He attended an anger management class for four weeks where he recognized his shortcomings and did what he needed to do to become better. “I just got this reputation of being hard to work with, being a dick and everything in the book. But the truth is, I don’t flip out anymore.”
As much as it sucks to hear, this sort of behavior or “prank” was common back in the day. The Attitude Era and Ruthless Aggression Era were filled with stories of wrestlers bullying other wrestlers and threatening their safety - all in the name of their so-called pranks. From wrestlers putting literal feces in other wrestlers’ food to them bullying newcomers in the business, this sort of behavior is no longer heard about in WWE. It makes sense because they can’t afford this sort of bad PR anymore. However, a lot of wrestlers had to go through this and they couldn’t do much about it since it was a norm back then. In Orton's case, it took him a few more years to really change himself, and now he’s one of the legends in the business.
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