Randy Orton isn’t planning on going away from a WWE ring anytime soon.
Randy Orton has had an interesting few months on WWE programming. He went from losing to Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam to aligning with Bray Wyatt and the Wyatt Family this fall. Orton has since become the SmackDown Tag Team Champions with Wyatt and Luke Harper (they are using the Freebird Rule).
The Viper being part of the Wyatt Family is just the latest incarnation of his character, which has been around WWE since the early 2000’s. His longevity with the company could bring up the question of when exactly is he going to retire?
In a recent appearance on Tom Clark’s Main Event podcast, Orton spoke about how much longer he thinks he could wrestle for. Given the following answer, it sounds like the 36-year-old has no plans on stepping away from the ring yet (h/t Wrestling Inc):
“For the immediate future and, s–t, for 10 more years, I would love to, if I’m able to, wrestle. This is what I enjoy doing.” Orton continued, “the day of a pay-per-view when you’re thinking of what you can do and then you get the payoff, the reward, that night. It’s a different animal. That live audience is a different animal. You grow as a WWE Superstar and really appreciate the reactions we pull out of these fans.”
The “if I’m able to” reference may be in regard to the injuries Orton has suffered in recent years. He missed a chunk of time in late 2014 to early 2015 with a deviated septum. Then in October 2015, he went down with a shoulder injury that kept him out until July. The match with Lesnar would also give the Apex Predator a concussion, which sidelined him from the ring for three weeks.
Randy Orton has still looked smooth in the ring, though. If he can manage to avoid being injured or work through pain, then doubt about him wrestling into his mid-40’s could be removed.
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