5 Takeaways from SmackDown Live(22/11/2018)

#5 The new Randy Orton is vicious and he is making the right impact

Randy Orton tore off Rey Mysterio's mask after giving him yet another beating

Randy Orton is slowly and steadily yet again carving a special niche for himself in the SmackDown universe. It has become more than apparent that the fact that Orton is already a 13-time champion is proving to be a huge hindrance for WWE right now(that's just 3 less than the 16 for Ric Flair and John Cena).

WWE has its hand tied as it can't push Orton to the main event and in the same breath, they can't discredit Orton because of the amount of work Orton has put in at WWE.

As a result what has happened is that Orton is forced to create a niche for himself out of nowhere. And surprisingly, he has been successful in doing that as the gimmick of the new "RKO" is super vicious(almost cringy) and it evokes an emotion better than what many superstars are able to on Smackdown right now.