Randy Orton re-signs with WWE | Wrestling Observer Live

Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive talk the news of the day including Randy Orton re-signing with WWE, the latest of on AEW's ratings, and more.

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[iamdb]

"if he'd gone to AEW in 2019/2020, it would've been a game changer"

you mean like the 65 others that have been signed since? how much has this fucking game changed? it's still terrible because Tony doesn't read the rules

[BroncoKnight]

If there ever was a WWE lifer, it’s RKO

[Meltzergoof]

Remember Few years ago when jim ross picked orton over kenny omega and some of aew wrestlers were triggered

That was funny 😂😂😂

[QuackMamba]

Randy Orton would walk into AEW now and instantly be the biggest star in the company.

[azapro]

Inevitable, especially now that he's being treated like a wrestler again instead of setting fire to spooky clowns.

[Br]

LMFAAO even Bryan Alvarez is ripping on the hardcore AEW basement marks 😂😂😂😂

[crimsonfire]

Randy Orton is born and bred WWE dude. He’s as locked in as can be.

[Shisui]

5:13 I hate it when Bryan says shit like this, and then not correct/push back when Meltzer says the opposite.

[QuackMamba]

Honestly Randy Orton would walk into the AEW locker room and just laugh.

[xShoTimex]

Orton just biding time in the Evil Fed reupping with them, he knows 49 is main event age in AEW - no need to rush.

[mrrobert]

Funny how nobody in this channel ever just says “ya know, right after Punk was fired, these numbers started to take a hit. Maybe they should have fired Perry (a mid carder at best) over our main event top draw Punk??”

[silveredgrunion]

I farted at my desk and my back cracked. Boss asked if I needed a bathroom trip. I said "yep". Just kept typing.

[robertcrist]

At 49 he'll still be better than anyone on Tony's he has a roster by then?

[maxcombo]

Randy Orton at this stage of his career is going nowhere he is a super WWE lifer

[TheNightTyrant]

WWE lifer > Indy jobbers struggling to do the "grinding"

[christydarling]

I wonder if he will win a singles PLE by then

[stevemygoodman]

Fatu is gonna take a Superman punch and then Roman turns around and he’s just fine and it’s gonna be awesome!

[haloichigo]

Orton resigning is not a surprise. The guy is great and WWE is hot so why not give him more.

When it comes to AEW that is not Dynamite they have to make changes. Rampage is something I watch but it needs to go. It has the stink of the C show and even if you put all your stars on it people are conditioned to skip it and Collision is good but it needs to move to Thursdays or something. Saturday is already bad, but with UFC PPVs and WWE PLEs it is always going to die.

[hadhoda]

No, signing Randy would not have been a game changer. The WWE brand within itself is just too powerful to be dented by the departure of any of its stars. When people stopped watching in the 2010s and WWE went through a terrible period, the ratings of other competing promotions didn't increase a bit. If anything, they got worse. Casual fans only care about WWE, and unless AEW's marketing evolves in a spectacular way to lure these casuals in, I don't see the status quo changing anytime soon.

[mattkrywyj]

WWE wasn't affected by the Olympics, but AEW was killed??? You get that makes zero sense, right? Why is there always a race to point out everything else AEW shows were up against, but that same thinking never applies to point out WWE got good numbers despite those shows/events being on??? There's been the NBA/NHL playoffs, a Kendrick Lamar Amazon concert, the Olympics, and countless other excuses that only apply to AEW. You know there's ALWAYS gonna be other shows and events going on when the AEW shows air. At some point, those excuses have to turn into just the other shows. If there's ALWAYS a show or event that takes away viewers from only AEW, then eventually losing those viewers is just the norm