6 Ups And 7 Downs For WWE Fastlane

6. Thanks For The €˜Save€™

The return of Randy Orton has been expected for weeks now, so when it came Sunday night, it wasn€™t much of a surprise €“ fans were chanting for the Viper before his music hit. Orton€™s return will likely set up a WrestleMania match against Seth Rollins, continuing their fledgling feud what was put on hold in November so Randy could film a direct-to-DVD film. While Orton might be portrayed as a loner, would it have killed him to run in for the €œsave€ before Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan and Ryback all got taken out by the Authority? Even if Randy doesn€™t really care about the three of them, running out and breaking up the assault before all three were incapacitated would have only provided some additional manpower against the five members of the Authority. Instead, the trio who along with John Cena defeated the Authority at Survivor Series got wiped out, only for Orton to single-handedly stave off all five men. Gotta build up that new star Randy Orton, make him look strong.
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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.