The roster on the first episode of Smackdown Live: Where are they now?

Randy Orton

Randy Orton had a poor time as a face on SmackDown

Back in 2016, Randy Orton was a face superstar who used to receive lukewarm reactions from the crowd. He was feuding with Brock Lesnar heading into the brand split and Orton participated in an interview on Miz TV in order to promote his SummerSlam match with the Beast.

A lot has changed for Orton since the brand split, as he is now the same sadistic heel that he was known to be in the initial stages of his career.

Heath Slater and Rhyno

Heath Slater did not have a contract on either of the brands

Heath Slater was not picked by RAW or Smackdown in the Draft of 2016 which left the One Man Band appearing on both the shows demanding a job. After failing to secure a contract on RAW, Slater came to the Blue Brand where he demanded to be signed and got the “Sign Heath Slater” chants going.

However, as we all know, Rhyno gored him to end that segment and the duo later on formed a tag team to win the Smackdown Tag Team Championship, which helped Heath Slater become a member of the blue brand.

Heath Slater and Rhyno are currently floundering in the RAW tag team division as the duo has failed to repeat their past success.