10 HUGE WWE SmackDown Season Premiere Predictions You Need To Know

1. You Can't Spell Rock Without RKO

The Rock Randy Orton
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Hot on the heels of 'The Viper' trying to work his way into a WrestleMania programme with The Rock just because he can, Randy Orton slithers in just before 'The Great One's final "...is cooking" and hits him with the RKO.

As with Raw 1000, the show goes off the air with Rock down and his killer heel opponent established, months before they actually go to war.

It's this or a lot of arm-rubbing-for-goosebumps, anyway.

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