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#1 Randy Orton broke his foot the first time he decided to perform the RKO in WWE
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15-time WWE World Champion Randy Orton has won countless matches and championships during his career thanks to just one move: The RKO. Known as the three most lethal letters in all of WWE, Orton revealed during an interview with WWE Magazine in 2006 that Vince McMahon gave him less than a day to name the finisher:
“Three or four years ago, when I first came up with it, Vince told me he wanted a name for it by the end of the day. RKO are my initials. What can I say– I was pressed for time!”
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That’s not the only interesting thing to note about the origin of the finisher, as Orton further revealed that he broke his foot the first night he planned on performing the move:
“I had a good vertical leap, so I figured I’d incorporate that into my move. The first night I planned on using it, I broke my foot. So during my time off from the ring, I watched Diamond Dallas Page and Johnny Ace tapes to learn how to fine tune it. When I first used it during a match, I had never practiced it before.”
The Viper came up with the finisher because he wanted a move that he could perform on any Superstar without worrying about their size:
“I wanted to pick something I could do to everybody, no matter how big they were. I can do the RKO to Big Show or Rey Mysterio–Size doesn’t matter.”
It’s interesting how Orton never practiced the finisher before performing it for the first time. The RKO remains one of the most exclusive and lethal moves in all of WWE, and it could end up helping The Viper become the most decorated Superstar of all time.
