10 Reasons Why Nobody Has Missed Randy Orton
9. He Resides In Resthold City
Orton is known as much for his inventive RKO variations as he is his dreaded chinlock.
Why he uses it in the first place is actually understandable, given what he uses for his finish. Orton also revels in playing the heel. He doesn't feel any particular need to bow to crowd pressure, who often switch off or grow weary when he locks it in - if anything, he applies more pressure as the crowd grows more restless.
But it generates entirely the wrong kind of heat, as psychologically sound and aligned with his character as it is. Contrast his use of the rest-hold with Kevin Owens'. Owens knows that a good heel needs to use them, for the purposes of realism, but he also knows that they don't have much in the way of entertainment value in 2016. To get around that, he uses trash talk to keep the crowd engaged.
Orton, on the other hand, doesn't do much beyond gurn in the general direction of his opponent.
If he acknowledged the crowd in some manner, which the best workers know to do, his reliance on restholds would be more tolerable - even if it were just a smug, knowing grin. Lacking in body language, the strategy becomes as robotic as it does boring.