Randy Orton explains WWE absence: ‘Just milking it guys’
Randy Orton will be back when he’s ready.
The 14-time WWE Champion on social media Sunday addressed reports that he was currently dealing with a back injury. While he didn’t refute the report, he wrote that he was simply biding time until he returns to win his 15th title, something that alluded him at WrestleMania 42 last month.
“Lmao just milking it guys, leave me alone I’m trying to enjoy my summer before I come back and take that #15,” he wrote.
Orton has dealt with the injury for years
During Sunday morning’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer reported that Orton’s absence from television was due to his recurring back injury, noting that it almost ended his career at one point. During his match at WrestleMania against Cody Rhodes, announcers mentioned that Orton was dealing with a back injury and it soon became the focal point of the match.
Rhodes emerged victorious that night, pinning Orton to retain the WWE Championship. However, Orton was the one left standing at the end of the show after he jumped Rhodes, connecting with the punt kick for the first time in years. The kick legit injured Rhodes’ orbital bone, causing a nasty black eye that kept him out of action for a few weeks.
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