10 Times Promoters Sided With A Wrestler The Locker Room Hated

4. Randy Orton

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These days, Randy Orton is the 42-year-old seasoned veteran who is on hand to offer advice to younger talent. Skip back 20 years or so, and the Randal Keith of the early-2000s was an entirely different beast to the respectful, approachable, giving figure that we hear about here in 2022.

Orton was an infamous wild child during the formative years of his wrestling career. Not just did Randy partake in plentiful partying back then, but he veered into being a genuine problem for WWE and was someone who could've - and likely should've - so easily been fired for his antics.

Of course, Orton not only had his own family legacy and clear natural main event potential on his side, but he was also one of Triple H's boys. As such, the Viper could get away with way more BS than, say, a Paul London or a Brian Kendrick.

Despite having his Evolution buddies, Randy regularly rubbed many co-workers - particularly his female peers - the wrong way with his arrogance and detestable behaviour. As a prime example of this behaviour, there are multiple allegations of Orton taking a dump in people's bags and for making hugely inappropriate remarks/advances towards certain female talent.

Regardless, Vince McMahon held off on any majorly serious punishment for the third-generation talent, and he is nowadays a 14-time World Champion.

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