Randy Orton beat Drew McIntyre via clean pinfall at Hell in a Cell to capture his 14th World Title. This has now put him in the same line with Triple H who also possesses the same number of title reigns. This has solidified the top heel run that he enjoyed throughout 2020. He also pinned Drew McIntyre in a singles contest for the first time, this year. Now it seems, he is all set to have a lengthy reign.
Randy Orton vs Edge is always being rumored for their third encounter although it had also been doubtful whether they’d meet at WrestleMania or not. It has now been noted via the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the original plan was an I Quit match, but that stipulation can always change.
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Officials also feel that Edge vs Randy Orton doesn’t necessarily need to have the title involved to culminate their feud. But obviously, Vince McMahon changed his mind about the match.
It was also noted that Edge vs Randy Orton with the WWE Championship involved “always discussed and at one point was the plan.” The big win at Hell in a Cell against the top-most babyface of the Raw brand made it clear that WWE is having a long-term direction for The Viper and he’d have to deal with The Rated R Superstar, for obvious reasons.
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In the meantime, WWE Champion Randy Orton’s feud with Drew McIntyre isn’t over yet as seen on the recent episodes of Raw. They have attacked each other with their respective finishing maneuvers while also brawled all along. Now, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt has also targeted Orton and his title.
According to the Wrestling Observer, WWE officials don’t want McIntyre to take more clean losses to Randy Orton. It’s pretty certain that he’s not winning back that gold due to WWE’s long-term goal. So they added The Fiend to the WWE Title picture. Here’s more from the source,
“Right now it appears RAW will be built around a three-way program with Orton, McIntyre, and The Fiend.
The idea of keeping McIntyre away from Orton so he doesn’t continually challenge and fail, which wouldn’t be good for him right now, and build to a big match when fans are back makes all the sense in the world. Except, we don’t know when fans will be back.
Orton getting a clean win with no storyline protection for McIntyre can tell a story, since McIntyre had two wins over him and Keith Lee has one (that was never mentioned on television and has been seemingly forgotten).
It’s not necessarily a bad idea, and had McIntyre retained and worked with The Fiend, that’s a risk given the way Fiend is very difficult to babyface against without dragging one down badly.”