Report: No Creative Plans For Randy Orton's WWE Return
Randy Orton is training for a WWE return, BUT...
Randy Orton has been training for a WWE return, but doctors have advised the company legend that returning to wrestling wouldn't be a good idea - and the promotion currently has no creative plans for the Viper's comeback.
Fightful Select's latest update on the long-absent veteran states that an Orton comeback is yet to be factored into WWE creative. Sources have indicated that people shouldn't count on the 43-year-old returning for Saturday's SummerSlam 2023 premium live event - and if an imminent return is in the works, it's being kept hush.
Orton is yet to be cleared to return to the ring, having been out of action since May 2022. Although he has started working out again, to the extent that he has gotten "huge", he hasn't been bumping, which he would likely need to be brought to the WWE Performance Center for.
Randy plans on making an in-ring comeback, having not wrestled in well over a year, though "extensive conversations" on potential plans are yet to occur. In addition, doctors have advised Orton that wrestling again isn't a good idea.
The 14-time world champion underwent back fusion surgery last year, with reports later revealing that he would be out of action for the remainder of 2022. That absence has now stretched 7 months into 2023.