6 Worst Things Randy Orton’s Character Has Ever Done

6. Punting People In The Head

Though the move’s since been banned due to “concussion awareness” (which, by the way, is never a great precursor with which to begin), Randy Orton had at one point made a habit of punting other people in the side of the head.

Now, the latter part of that sentence sounds bad for a couple of reasons.

First, kicking people in the head isn’t an approach that’s going to make you many friends. In fact, the way it was presented in WWE, it was one of the most barbaric moves in anybody’s arsenal on the entire roster.

Not only that, but this was indeed a habit of Orton’s. Far from being a one-off, heat of the moment thing, Orton was walloping people on a nightly basis, with his list of victims including a 61-year-old Dusty Rhodes, a non-wrestling businessman who also doubled as his real-life boss, and perhaps most reprehensibly, John Cena’s father—a man who had been innocently watching at ringside until Orton hauled him over the barricade and levelled his right boot into the side of his head.

Don't worry, though, sometimes Orton didn't do it on purpose: he was only listening to those voices in his head.