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antdvda has some reservations and I was glad to see I wasn’t the only one. “I am curious to see
wtf they do with him though. I mean I don’t think the WWE had anything to do with
this...all the sudden he just started getting huge pops. Are they gonna make him some straight up babyface or a tweener?”
”It’s kinda odd to see him go from some psychotic dude with anger problems and next thing you know he’s teaming up with Mr. Good Guy John Cena? Hope they handle the transition properly”.-
laurentzai also thought the same way.
Others were a bit more basic in the overhaul that
was needed. “Orton needs a new song now. If hes gonna be that bad-ass face then he needs a more upbeat heavy type rock intro. That intro he has now is more l ike a slow moving
psychological type song.” Ahhh if it were only so easy.)
All of a sudden I hit the jackpot, someone else who couldn’t quite understand the Orton love going on right now.
“I’d be lying if I said I ever disliked Orton, but I’m also a little confused as to just how he got so damn over. Seriously, what did I miss? Why all of a sudden are people just starting to realize they want to cheer for this guy.
What is it about him that people seem to love all
of sudden?” –Greenbax. Thank you Green Bax, I am not alone in this wide world web of wrestling fans!
Of course then came the inevitable….
”If you use to hate Orton then he did his job as a heel rather well”- tombo2326. Arrrghhh, smartie
pants!
Then another shocker and I’m not talking Horace Pinker!
“Randy Orton is one of my favorite wrestlers but he WILL NOT overtake John Cena. Randy Ortons anti hero character is a good contrast to Cenas traditional face and it is very refreshing to see that but Orton will not take Cenas spot because when it comes to marketing and advertising, John Cena has that over Orton especially with the kids and always will. John Cena is the modern day Hulk
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Hogan and Orton is the modern day Steve
Austin.” Aceofspades7778
Wow! That almost comes across as praise for Cena! I think?!?!
Straight_edge76 summarised one of the best
arguments so far in that “I think that Orton’s face turn was beautifully done. It seemed that for the last year or so the fans slowly started getting behind Orton. They wanted a reason to cheer him, the WWE never forced it or tried to tease it. Much like Austin, they just realized that the people love the badass anti-hero that Orton is.”
1chilban concurred “The face turn, as it was natural, has actually been good. I don’t think he’ll ever be a complete ‘true’ babyface ala Cena or whatever, as it didn’t suit him a few years ago and won’t suit him now - especially with the tattoos. However, as a tweener he is going to be cheered by large sections of the crowd. Keep him in that position and he can face heels and faces - the crowd can decide who to cheer for then.”
Both good points and straight forward they actually made me proud to find such posts on the forums.
So what did I gather on my position over Orton at the end of it all? I still don’t “get him” and his smugness still annoys the hell out of me, but now, I think I can tolerate him a little bit. Just as long as he backs off from yelling at Kofi that is! If he does that again then it’s war! But the jury is still out on Orton, time will tell.
The final word has to go to Kobra860 who asked
“Why does he always have the gas mask theme on his shirts? I think it’s cool but I never understood how it related to his character .” There
were various sensible remarks but ladycroft stole the whole thread in my opinion…….
”And here I thought it was because he was a fan of the movie My Bloody Valentine.” Yum….
Jensen Ackles…..I just lurvvvvee those Southern guys…what do you mean Orton is from the South????
n Contact Froggy at
FRoGGylllC@aol.com
As Froggy has decided to make this her last contribution to tWP i’d like to thank her for all her hard work and advice (going back many years). All the best Froggles!!! ---- ed.
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