10 WWE Wrestlers Randy Orton Has Never Faced One-On-One

7. Santino Marella

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No one is going to suggest that Santino Marella should have been programmed into a feud with Randy Orton during his run in WWE from 2007-16. We’d have to be committed for making that comment.

But Santino was the perfect comedy jobber who ran afoul of many a superstar during his run with the company. When he was a heel, it was great to see the babyface give him his comeuppance, and as a goofy face, Santino was the perfect foil for a heel to have boos rain down on him.

You can just picture Santino trying to load up the Cobra and Orton just RKO-ing Marella. The match could have been touted as the Viper versus the Cobra. Come on WWE, it was right there.

So how is it that we never got an Orton squash of Marella? Their seven in-ring interactions were limited to four Royal Rumbles, two battle royals and the infamous John Cena & Orton versus 17 men elimination tag.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.