As he nears twenty years on WWE programming, Randy Orton is someone who has worked with just about everyone notable who has had a run in the company. Despite a long career, Orton has rarely spent much time on the shelf due to injuries – thanks to his safe style in the ring. However, safety needs to go both ways in the ring, and this is something Orton has noticed declining over the past few years.
Randy Orton Feels Some Coming From NXT Don’t Know What They Are Doing
While appearing on the Pat McAfee show, Randy Orton would speak on the art of professional wrestling. More specifically – being able to properly defend your opponent. Sadly, Orton feels this is becoming a lost art – and those coming from NXT don’t know what they are doing yet.
”“There is an art to what we do and a lot of guys have lost that art. Instead of selling a punch because you need to sell a punch, now I’m protecting myself because I don’t want to get my f**king jaw broken. That’s unfortunate. The art to professional wrestling…when Vince was on, he talked about the number one priority, above all, being protecting your opponent. That’s not necessarily taught in NXT. I know that because I’ve been in the ring with guys that came from NXT and they don’t know what the f**k they’re doing. It’s unfortunate.”
Randy Orton came up through Ohio Valley Wrestling when Jim Cornette was in charge. Alongside the likes of Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Shelton Benjamin and Batista – OVW clearly had a better handle on this aspect. We can only hope that WWE would be willing to take this advice from the likes to Orton. There is no excuse for anyone to leave NXT when they’re not a safe wrestler, given the crew training talent in the WWE Performance Centre.
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