Randy Orton, born on April 1, 1980, in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a professional wrestler with WWE.
Randy Orton is a third-generation WWE superstar. His father Cowboy Bob Orton and grandfather Bob Orton Sr. were also WWE wrestlers.
In picture: Randy Orton with wife Kim
Randy Orton is married to Kimberly Kessler, who was a member of his fan club previously. Before that, Randy Orton was married to Samantha Speno in 2007 but the couple got divorced in 2013.
Randy Orton and Kimberly have a daughter named Brooklyn. Orton has a daughter named Alanna from his first marriage.
Randy Orton has a younger brother named Nathan who is a stand-up comedian in New York as well as a younger sister named Rebecca.
Randy Orton had enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps after he finished his graduation in 1998. However, after he went on Unauthorized Absence, he was given a bad-conduct discharge in 1999.
Randy Orton has won the WWE championship 9 times, the World Heavyweight championship 4 times.
Randy Orton is also a 1-time WWE tag team champion, 1-time Intercontinental champion, 1-time United States champion and 1-time SmackDown Tag Team champion.
Randy Orton has won two Royal Rumbles (2009 and 2017) and the Money in the Bank Ladder match which he successfully cashed in to become champion at Summerslam 2013.
Randy Orton made his debut in wrestling in on March 18, 2000 at Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling.
Two years later on March 16, 2002, Randy Orton made his WWE main roster debut on SackDown and defeated Hardcore Holly.
In 2003, Randy Orton joined the WWE faction Evolution, which consisted of Triple H, Ric Flair and Batista. This would end up becoming one of the biggest WWE teams in history.
Randy Orton would then move on to face WWE legends such as Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley and The Undertaker at WrestleMania in his biggest match then and earned the nickname 'The Legend Killer'.
At Summerslam 2004, Randy Orton defeated Chris Benoit to become the youngest ever WWE World Heavyweight champion at age 24.
In 2005, Randy Orton faced Undertaker at WrestleMania 21, which he lost. Although he gave birth to what would be known as 'The Streak' of Undertaker.
In 2006, Randy Orton and Edge formed the faction Rated RKO in order to take on DX's Triple H and Shawn Michaels. Rated RKO went on to become World Tag Team Champions defeating Ric Flair and Roddy Piper.
In 2008, Randy Orton formed the WWE faction The Legacy along with other third-generation superstars and star kids Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes, sons of Ted DiBiase and Dusty Rhodes respectively.
Randy Orton has gone on to main event many WWE pay-per-views including WrestleMania 25 and WrestleMania 30.
Randy Orton is famously known for his various feuds in WWE mainly against John Cena, Triple H, The Undertaker, Rey Mysterio, Bray Wyatt, Brock Lesnar.
Randy Orton earned many nicknamed in WWE such as Legend Killer and The Viper and Apex Predator.
Randy Orton also revealed about his substance abuse in 2006 and has also admitted to having anger management issues earlier in his career.
In 2014, Randy Orton became famous on digital media when clips of him performing RKOs to many celebs and other personalities in different scenarios went viral.
Randy Orton also went on to pursue acting in Hollywood with films such as 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded, The Condemned 2, Long Shot and Changeland. he also appeared on the television series Shooter and The Thundermans.
Randy Orton has carved a niche for himself in WWE over the past 18 years as a heel as well as face and will definitely be a future Hall of Famer.
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