10 Best RKOs in WWE History

#5 John Cena- Saturday Night's Main Event, 2007

Randy Orton preparing to hit the RKO on John Cena

Randy Orton and John Cena's rivalry might just go down as one of the most iconic feuds of all time in WWE history. With Cena and Orton being the focal point of every single WWE pay-per-view and main events around 2007-2009, the two men were definitely in contention of leaving the WWE Universe in awe everytime they shared the ring with each other.

Throughout their historic singles matches, both Orton and Cena seemingly came up with something innovative on every single occasion almost and during an episode of Saturday Night's Main Event, it was Randy Orton who successfully pulled-off one of the most vicious RKOs of all-time.

Following John Cena's win over Carlito, Orton made his way out to the ring and brutally assaulted The Leader of The Cenation and the beatdown ultimately ended with The Apex Predator hitting an RKO on top of a steel chair on Cena.

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