WWE veteran star Randy Orton has not been featured in the programming since May this year. Orton last competed on May 20 edition of WWE SmackDown, losing the Raw Tag Team Championships with Matt Riddle to The Usos. He has been dealing with a back injury that was considered significant enough for him to miss the rest of the year. ‘The Viper’ required a fusion in his lower back that would keep him out of action for an extended period of time. The surgery has already happened as noted by Orton’s wife posting a picture of him around the operation.Now, former WWE star Renee Dupree has opened up on Orton’s injury.
Renee Dupree talks about Randy Orton
Rene Dupree has empathized with Randy Orton as he, too, encountered similar struggles after wrestling for over 20 years. Dupree noted that Randy Orton has always maintained a lean body, which might be counter-productive for a professional wrestler in the long run. It may also be the single biggest reason behind Orton’s current injury. Here’s what the former WWE star revealed on his YouTube channel:
“Well, if his back is feeling the way my back is feeling, I don’t blame him. Yeah, but that’s the thing, man. The thing about Randy is that, like, he has kept himself super lean his entire career, right? And he’s had a lot of shoulder surgeries, shoulder problems, right, from when he started? Didn’t he like pound the mat one time and, like, dislocate his shoulder?”
Rene further stated that while wrestlers were getting slimmer, they also lost the ‘padding’ required to take hard bumps in the ring, which also happened in Randy Orton’s case. Dupree continued:
During that time, especially when I was there, there was like a competition amongst the boys on who could be the leanest and the most ripped. Like, every week, we’d try to compare. But the thing is when you’re that lean and taking those bumps, you have less padding, right? It’s hard on your joints. You only have so many bumps on your bump card, and eventually, your body lets go.”
