Randy Orton was reportedly not happy with former WWE backstage interviewer Charly Caruso (Charly Arnolt) was ‘late’ for backstage WWE Raw interviews. This had also infuriated Vince McMahon and this led to Caruso being ‘pulled’ from TV, with Kevin Patrick being hired as her direct replacement at the time.
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Orton seemingly had some anger issues in the past. Back in the day, Randy Orton was known as a youngster with a temperament. There were even backstage controversies surrounding The Viper’s anger issues and interviews where he snapped.
In 2006, The Viper spent four weeks in an anger management clinic after WWE suspended him for unprofessional backstage behavior. However, his time at the clinic may not have completely helped him control his anger considering an incident that happened in 2009.
During Orton’s 2009 WWE Championship reign, he was in the WWE Tour that went through Mexico. In Mexico, a TV Host called The Viper “Fragile.” Orton was furious with the commanet and he snapped at the TV host, threatening to head-butt the host’s teeth through the skull. He made headlines all across Mexico due to his actions, urging the WWE Universe to speculate whether it was real or kayfabe.
One side believed that since it’s Mexico and pro-wrestlers never break character, an angry reaction out of The Viper was planned to add to the authenticity of his WWE character. Therefore, the promotion staged this altercation, and an unedited version of it shows Orton signing to cut after the segment was over.
On the other hand, fans believe that the TV Host had been continuously poking at him for a while. In fact, some fans even claimed that the host was frustrating Randy Orton for over ten minutes before The Viper finally snapped because of the disrespect.
