Randy Orton's Wrestlemania 31 RKO to Seth Rollins was awesome not only because it came "outta nowhere," but also because he hadn't been on TV in three months, and just prior to his leaving he'd been presented as having potentially lost a step as compared to the aforementioned Rollins. WWE's main roster TV product is problematic because they're doing too much on TV with more hours of TV available to them than ever before. In that type of marketplace, Randy Orton is a liability because he's the most over-exposed performer they employ. When you get less of Orton, he's actually quite the asset because he's so gifted at wrestling that, much like rapper A$AP Rocky, his presence is a present, and that's a blessing.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.