AEW has a stacked roster after its Double or Nothing party recently, which revealed many new signings. There were reports of Randy Orton’s willingness to talk about AEW.
Orton signed a 10-year deal with WWE back in 2010, which will run up in 2020. So he will have to negotiate again next year.
Jimmy Van, founder of Fightful had something interesting to say regarding Orton jumping ship to AEW. He said Orton has more ties with WWE than the average wrestler and he can use that to his advantage:
“Let me just say this when it comes to Randy Orton I think it’s all about leveraging. Randy Orton’s not going anywhere. Even though I realize that the Khans have a lot of money and they gave Jericho we estimate $3 million a year and all that kind of stuff.”
“Randy Orton already makes a really healthy downside on a part-time basis and he’s also — you could talk about how he’s a lifer which is true. His dad was a WWE wrestler, Randy Orton essentially grew up in a WWF locker room. He’s known Vince McMahon since he’s a little kid. I just don’t see it happening.”
“He’s comfortable where he is. He’s part-time. He makes a sh*tload of money. He’s one of the highest paid guys in the locker room on a part-time basis.”
Randy Orton is open to listening to AEW as he is a businessman in the end. We will have to wait and see what Randy does.
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h/t to Ringside News for the transcription.
