Randy Orton Says It's 'Nice' Having Vince McMahon Out Of WWE

Randy Orton is glad about the recent changes within WWE management. 

Randy spoke with Bill Apter last month when his father Bob Orton Jr. was inducted into the St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame. During the conversation Apter asked Orton about the positive changes that have taken place within WWE since Paul 'Triple H' Levesque took over as Chief Content Officer, to which The Viper said: 

"Off the top of my head — and, listen, I love Vince, he gave me so many opportunities. But I think it was kind of time for him to move on. It's unfortunate that it happened in the way that it happened. But it's nice having people in charge of me that understand how important it is for you to be home for birthdays, and home for Thanksgiving and home for Christmas". 

Continuing, the 44-year-old spoke about previous struggles trying to get time off to recover from injuries, saying: 

"Vince McMahon, he had Raw on Monday night live. He doesn't care if you had kids. I came to him when I was 35 and my back really started going and I pleaded with him like, 'Man, I got to like not do as many shows, maybe do half the tour and be able to recover'. And he just looked at me and was like, 'Oh, I need you on those shows, Randy. Mother Nature gets us all'. And to hear that and go, 'Ok, well I guess there's no other thing I can do other than just wear myself out down to the nub until I can't walk anymore for this man'. And all of the opportunities he gave me, it's nice having him out of there. And it's nice having his son-in-law Triple H running the game. Nick Khan's great. Everybody at TKO that's come in [and] stepped in, they seem to get it. And it's just a different era…

"I think the way that they care for talent nowadays and make sure that talent's good and if they need a little bit of a break — we're only human — they get it, most of the time".

Orton has previously spoken about how he was 'torn' over the accusations levied against McMahon.

Former WWE employee Janel Grant has agreed to pause her lawsuit against McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE following a request from the United States Department of Justice.

H/T F4WOnline