WrestleVotes is reporting that Randy Orton will miss both Survivor Series: WarGames and Wrestlepalooza after being punted in the skull by Cody Rhodes at Crown Jewel over in Saudi Arabia last weekend.
"Randy will be back after the holidays", the website stated.
WWE management agreed to give the veteran some time off, and it seems he won't be back on TV until early-next year. That'll give Orton ample time to sell the punt from Cody (some context is coming on that from Rhodes himself, surely) before returning with vengeance in mind.
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It'd be bold to predict we won't see Randy until the 2027 Royal Rumble match on 6 February, but...who knows? Triple H and Orton himself could see eye to eye on that and believe that keeping him out until then is the best call. Only time will tell on that one.
For now, Mr. RKO can put his feet up and reflect on his 2026. It was an up and down year for 'The Viper'. His long-running feud with Cody did grab plenty of headlines, but not always for the most positive of reasons. Indeed, Pat McAfee's involvement directly ruined the pair's clash at WrestleMania 42.
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WWE decided to spin McAfee out of the firing line after that, and it was very much back to basics for Orton.
So, there you have it. Randy won't be appearing at Survivor Series on 28 November or on Wrestlepalooza (set to take place in Perth, Australia) come 12 December either. That'll be a bummer for his Australian fans, but his absence makes sense following Crown Jewel.
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