10 Best RKOs in WWE History

#2 Evan Bourne- Raw, 2010

In the build-up to the 2010 Money in the Bank ladder match, former Rated-RKO partners Randy Orton and Edge faced-off against each other on Raw and as expected, all hell broke loose by the end of the match.

Following Edge's win over Orton, Chris Jericho made his way out to the ring and hit the former with a Codebreaker, only to be put out of harm's way by an RKO from 'The Viper'. This eventually allowed Evan Bourne to make his way out to the ring, as he headed down the ramp in order to put a battered Orton out of contention.

With Orton down in the ring, Bourne climbed up to the top rope and looked to execute the breathtaking Air Bourne move, however, as soon as Bourne took off from the top rope, Orton got up within the blink of an eye and caught the former with an RKO in mid-air. Definitely remains as one the most iconic RKOs' of all time.

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