5 WWE Superstars who have had real-life heat with Randy Orton

#4 Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Kennedy had a promising career ahead of him in WWE, back in the late 2000s. His WWE career was cut short following an in-ring incident with Randy Orton on WWE RAW in 2009. Soon after he was drafted to WWE RAW, Kennedy performed on the Red brand in a 10-Man Tag Team match. One of the spots in the match saw Kennedy hitting Randy Orton with a Back Suplex. As soon as Orton landed on the mat, he seemed to be writhing in pain and was visibly angry at Kennedy.

Mere four days after this match, Kennedy was let go by WWE, and this was it for him in terms of a WWE career. While speaking with WrestleZone, Kennedy talked about being surprised by Orton's reaction following the match.

His head was facing rampside rather than straight back opposite hard-cam, but his neck…and you can see on the video…his neck never even comes into contact with the mat, which makes me question why he then would go back and get his neck iced up. I mean it didn’t make any sense to me. Or his shoulders.

Recently, Kennedy spoke with Sportskeeda and opened up on his real-life heat with Randy Orton. The former WWE Superstar made it clear that he has buried the hatchet with Orton, and the two no longer have heat.

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