Randal Keith "Randy" Orton (conceived April 1, 1980) is an American expert wrestler and performing artist who is marked with WWE, where he is an individual from the SmackDown brand. He is a 12-time world champion, having held the WWE Championship/WWE World Heavyweight Championship eight times and the World Heavyweight Championship four times, and was the last holder of the World Heavyweight Championship.
Orton turned into an individual from the steady Evolution not long after his WWE debut, which immediately prompted an Intercontinental Championship rule, his first title with the company. He additionally gained the moniker "The Legend Killer" amid a storyline where he started affronting and after that physically assaulting WWE Hall of Famers and wrestling veterans. At age 24, he turned into the most youthful individual ever to hold the World Heavyweight Championship. With this win, he withdrew from Evolution and a quarrel with his previous stablemates started. In 2006, Orton united with Edge in a label group known as Rated-RKO. Together, they held the World Tag Team Championship.
Early life
Orton was conceived in Knoxville, Tennessee, the child of Bob Orton, Jr. furthermore, his better half Elaine. He is the grandson of Bob Orton, Sr. what's more, the nephew of wrestler-turned-artist Barry Orton. He has two more youthful kin named Nate and Rebecca. Knowing the hardships of life as an expert wrestler, Orton's folks attempted to persuade him to avoid the business, and his dad cautioned him that life in the ring implied an existence out and about and far from family. Orton went to Hazelwood Central High School, where he was a novice wrestler.
Professional wrestling career
Training (2000–2002)
Orton made his wrestling debut in 2000 at the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling (MMWA-SICW) in St. Louis, Missouri, an offshoot of the historic St. Louis Wrestling Club headed by Sam Muchnick. There, he was trained by both the promotion and his father, Bob Orton Jr.. He wrestled for the promotion for one month, where he performed with wrestlers such as Ace Strange and Mark Bland. Orton also refereed a few matches with World Organized Wrestling, a promotion where his uncle Barry Orton worked.
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