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want to be brutally truthful. So it seemed ironic that one of the predominant features on the wrestling forums just recently has all been about how wonderful it is now that orton is a face once again. is it really that wonderful?
I
Crediting the original poster’s and keeping the spelling exactly as it is on the thread i examined the general feeling towards him right now.
On one forum alone I found that the first seven pages, all from the same week, contained nine threads all Orton related, and not one was saying he was rubbish. Plenty of Cena hate, but
nothing new there! ”Orton came out of nowhere tonight and stole Cena’s spotlight and I loved every minute of it”- Jasonviyavong
So exactly what have fans been saying, and has anyone helped me make up my mind over whether I could possibly get to like him or not? Could I too suddenly watch a match and say
“Orton has been just electric
lately...awesome!”
I wasn’t going to hold my breath as I begun to trawl the forums.
A good place to start examining the Orton Mania was why they turned him face in the first place. I found good basic solid responses such as this
from “sky high.”
”I just think that they had no idea what to do with Legacy, and it just happened that Randy Orton was becoming more and more liked by the fans, so they just decided to turn him face, because, like I said, they didn’t know what to do with them. Sometimes we just over-analyze the writers. They are really simple people” - sky high. Nice
touch at the end there, I’m sure the writers will be endeared to such a remark, but at the same time, it’s quite true!
”I don’t think Orton was scheduled for a face turn if fans didn’t cheer him like they did while he was a heel. He is massively over now, it
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have to be straight from the offset; i have never been a Randy orton fan. i’ve always had the overwhelming impulse to punch his smug face if i
will be interesting to see the reactions from fans from different arena’s to see how huge his fanbase is at the moment.” - therock4life. This
point I like too, and it’s something I wondered myself, just how over would Orton be across the board, though to be honest I think he has been winning hands down at all venues for biggest cheers. Shame I wasn’t able to get to any of the recent UK tours as it would have been interesting to witness first hand.
Of course, I came across the long term fans on the forums, one felt the need to start a topic with
the headline “wow Orton isn’t face...he is mega
face.” Can’t argue with that right now I guess.
The post went on to say “ Orton is getting
massive pops and crowd support. Bigger support than Cena as of late. Orton is the bad- ass face the wwe needs. As a face Orton is also able to showcase how awesome he actually is in the ring. As a Heel he had to be more methodical about how he moved. Orton is definately a huge face...hope the wwe dosent
screw this up!!!” Ahh, back to the writers being simple people, and time will only tell if they screw it up.
Andromeda 1979 begged “to the wwe: dont change anything about ortons face
run...the austin/ rock attitude era can breath a little out of orton. Later turn cena heel and
boom...the biggest rivalry of this era of wrestling.” Hmmmm,
possibly a good idea here, I mean Cena and Orton did have a feud in OVW, might be fun to revisit this but in the big time? I would be up for
that. Writers, take note, simples!
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