10 Times Randy Orton Broke Character
5. Blowing A Kiss To His Wife… Or Roman
That’s it—we’ve found the secret to Orton’s newfound softer side: his wife.
In an appearance on Unfiltered with Renee Young, Orton shared his side of the story of a segment on Raw in which he’d apparently blown a kiss to Roman Reigns.
At the time, Orton's improvisation had felt kind of fitting. Reigns had been cutting a promo and mentioned that Orton had already had his shot at the title, prompting the camera to pan to him on-stage, capturing Orton’s kiss and making it look like an apparent taunt aimed at Reigns.
In reality though, Orton had been thinking he was totally off-camera. In fact, he hadn’t even been listening to what Reigns was saying on the mic. Instead, he’d been scouting for his wife in the audience, and when he found her he blew her a kiss (cute) at the exact time that the camera had panned to him.
Still, the timing was such that it actually worked out pretty well, meaning that somehow we’ve managed to come full circle, with Orton’s softer side inadvertently making him look like an even bigger heel.