5 things you might not know about WrestleMania 31

#2 Seth Rollins convinced Randy Orton to do the Curb Stomp-RKO move

Randy Orton defeated Seth Rollins with a jaw-dropping RKO

One of the greatest finishes to a WrestleMania match came when Randy Orton countered a Curb Stomp to hit Seth Rollins with an RKO in the second match on the card at WrestleMania 31.

Speaking to Chris Jericho on Talk Is Jericho, Rollins said he came up with the memorable finish to the match and revealed that Orton was unsure if they should go ahead with it after failing to execute the move properly during a few practices.

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On the day of WrestleMania, they were set to go with a different finish. However, as Rollins tells it, Orton “always plays it safe” but he decided to take the risk in the hope of creating a ‘WrestleMania moment’, which they certainly did!

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Danny currently writes around 100 articles per month about WWE. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked for seven years as a writer and editor for the football website Goal.com. He also reported live from Premier League stadiums around England.

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Edited by Shiven Sachdeva