Randy Orton was the headliner for this week’s Raw after making his much-anticipated comeback. He featured in the main event match and ended the show by hitting an RKO on Riddle. This appeared to be a heel-turn from The Viper on the Road to Summerslam 2021. But the afterward happening was something different where he made a truce with his former tag team partner, courtesy of John Cena.
As mentioned above, Randy Orton returned in the opening segment of Raw and denied Riddle’s request to resume their RK-Bro tag team. Orton later defeated one-half of the RAW Tag Team Champions, AJ Styles in the main event match via an RKO, which came after Riddle helped him with Omos at ringside.
During the post-match segment, Randy Orton hugged Riddle to which the crowd gave a big pop. But as they two were celebrating, Orton raised Riddle’s arm in the air but then took him out with an RKO. Orton was all smiles as RAW went off the air on the USA Network.
John Cena then came out to a big pop from the crowd at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. Cena hit the ring as Riddle was still recovering from the RKO. The Suicide Squad movie star then played “Peacemaker” between Orton and Riddle as the two were forced to do a group hug with him.
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Randy Orton and Riddle could be part of a Summerslam match
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The Cenation leader then went on to be a part of the dark match, exclusively for the Orlando fans. Cena teamed up with Damian Priest for the first time ever as they defeated the team of Jinder Mahal and Veer. Cena did not appear on this week’s RAW TV, but Priest worked the show and picked up a win over John Morrison. He has also been booked into a WWE United States Champion Sheamus to confirm their match at SummerSlam.
As for Randy Orton and Riddle, they’re likely to be booked in a singles contest at Summerslam 2021 after what transpired on the main show of Raw but that’s not been confirmed, yet. Orton and Riddle vs. Styles and Omos for the WWE Raw tag team titles has been rumored for the PPV, but the creative direction has been changed following what transpired in Orlando. The group hug was off the TV which won’t be factored into the storyline.
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