In the old days of professional wrestling, the WWF and other promoters were so adamant that their product was real that when John Stossel dared to ask whether it was fake, he got slapped -- for real. But the pro wrestling industry has changed enough that now the WWE admits it's all staged -- and when a wrestler like Randy Orton freaks out on a reporter, the WWE is quick to say that it was all an act, too.
A WWE spokesman told The Sun that Orton and the Mexican reporter he confronted planned the whole thing:
Orton's threatening behaviour towards a Mexican TV host was a set-up planned beforehand, according to the WWE.Here's the video of Orton's act:
A spokesman for the company confirmed to SunSport that the WWE champion was only pretending to go berserk, after the interviewer accused him of being "fragile".
Known in the wrestling industry as a 'work', the incident was part of a way to promote Orton's unstable bad guy character.
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8-07-2009 @ 8:57AM
jordynnnx13 said...
OMG, Randy Orton is awesome! Im so glad he got the title!! :) The only thing that worries me is Summerslam. Why? you ask. Because I also like John Cena. So here's the problem...I like john cena and randy orton! so the match at summerslam is a win win situation. if randy wins ok if john cena wins ok. so to me it doesn't really matter who wins. The person i like most out of the 2 would have to be randy orton! John Cena is good BUT does he have what it takes to be the wwe champion? Lets find out at summerslam!!
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