10 WWE Stars Who Had Heat With Randy Orton
Randy Orton certainly didn't like everyone in WWE
Randy Orton may be a wisened veteran and all-around family man who is viewed as a locker-room leader now, but the 14-time world champion wasn’t always that way.
In another era, Orton was the enfant terrible of WWE and made plenty of enemies on his way to the summit, while shades of the ‘old’ Orton continued to emerge from time to time.
These are 10 WWE Stars Who Had Heat with Randy Orton.
10. Kurt Angle
As two of the blue brand’s top stars, Randy Orton and Kurt Angle crossed paths with each other quite a bit in 2006, including in the World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat match at WrestleMania 22 and singles bouts at One Night Stand and Vengeance, as well as on SmackDown.
The Legend Killer clearly learned a thing or two from the Olympic Hero and, years after Kurt’s exit, began adopting the Angle Slam as one of his own signature moves.
Following Randy’s match with CM Punk at WrestleMania 27, Angle tweeted about Orton’s usage of the move, writing (among other things): ‘Orton - relax, I won’t beat your ass. You can use my move.’
While the WWE Hall of Famer would later clarify that he only meant his tweets in jest, Randy apparently didn’t take them that way. As well as responding with: ‘Point being, instead of taking offence to someone using your move, consider it a sign of respect’, Orton supposedly held a grudge against Kurt.
They obviously patched things up and are good friends these days, with their wives Kim and Giovanna being actual BFFs who briefly hosted a ‘Wives of Wrestlers’ podcast together.
