Randy Orton was recently interviewed by Hot 104.1 in St. Louis. During the interview he spoke in detail about his recent comments about independent wrestling. As many fans know, these comments set the wrestling world on fire about a month ago.
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During the interview, Orton went into detail about why he said what he said. He says that he doesn’t have a problem with guys doing dives, he more dislikes when they are done for no reason.
Here is what he had to say:
“I’m putting over AJ [Styles] strong, right? AJ, he has dives. A lot of guys that I work with do dives. I’ve been dived on a lot. I don’t have a problem with dives out of the ring, but when a lot of these guys, who don’t have anything to fall back on, and they’re not making any money doing it, they’re going around town wrestling on these independent shows — which is awesome, by the way. A lot of our guys, like AJ, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins wouldn’t be here without the indie scene. But they’re smart. A lot of these guys are going to go out there and they’re going to break their neck at 23 years old, doing stuff they shouldn’t be doing”
He continued, saying that he prefers more storytelling in matches instead of gymnastics:
“It’s a display of athleticism, no doubt, but … I’m not going to watch gymnastics. I want to go watch a story, a fight between a good guy and a bad guy. How many flips they do each, I’m not keeping a tally … But do you know who had my back on it? Guys like AJ. Guys that do dives and know what they’re doing … Kurt Angle texted me after that. He didn’t do dives. If he did, he would put it where it should have went … he wouldn’t have done it just to do it … If that’s where our business is going, to where it’s just a preconceived, choreographed match with a bunch of acrobatics — back flips, front flips, gainers off the top rope, shooting star presses, moonsaults to the floor — then I don’t want to be a part of it. But I’ll tell you what: I don’t think that’s where it’s going.”
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Some pretty interesting comments from Orton. Not everyone is going to agree with him but he makes his point a lot better than his sarcastic ‘apology’.
Let us know what you think in the comment section below. Do you agree or disagree with Randy when it comes to dives?
[h/t to Uproxx for the transcript]