Randy Orton says he’s ‘grateful’ for current role in WWE
Randy Orton is grateful for where he is now in WWE.
On the WWE Elimination Chamber post-show, the 45-year-old Orton told the panel that he never saw himself being in the role he is in now: being a mentor for younger talent.
“I’ll be honest, it’s quite fulfilling. Like Je’Von Evans, bless his heart, he looked great out there tonight. He ended up getting eliminated of course but seeing him, seeing Trick, seeing the other young guys, a few guys down in NXT, Myles Bourne’s one of them, there’s a lot of guys that I’m excited to talk to and I can tell they’re excited to listen,” he said. “I feel like there’s a certain lane that I stayed in where I make little things mean something and just last night I was able to talk with a couple of young guys and I could tell that they were really excited to hear what I had to say and their eyes got kind wide open and were like ‘Oh wow, this Randy knows his s***.’”
“And I do! I have a lot to give back,” he added. “And like I said, it’s fulfilling to me and it fills my lungs up with fresh air man, it makes my heart beat faster. I love this business and if I can do it ten more years, I will, God willing.”
Orton won the Elimination Chamber match on Saturday, last eliminating Cody Rhodes after Drew McIntyre caused a distraction. Orton will challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania, but who will be champion in that match remains in question. A furious Nick Aldis announced on the post-show that McIntyre will defend the WWE title against Rhodes on this coming Friday’s SmackDown.
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