Widely published wrestling journalist and author of the book “Wrestling Babylon”, Irv Muchnick, posted an update on his website claiming that well-placed sources within WWE have told him that Randy Orton recently attempted suicide. Muchnick was a guest on various TV programs when the Benoit tragedy was all over the news.
The following is an excerpt from his website:
A rumor is swirling that World Wrestling Entertainment star Randy Orton attempted suicide within the last year. Very well-placed wrestling sources tell me that the rumor is true. In the wake of the June murder-suicide of Chris Benoit and the scandal involving scads of WWE performers who ordered steroids and human growth hormone from the Internet gray-market dealer Signature Pharmacy, this is serious stuff.
It’s already clear that WWE’s response to the Signature revelations — generated by the district attorney in Albany, New York, and reported by Sports Illustrated and others — is a joke. Some vague number of the miscreant wrestlers, not named, were “suspended,” but the suspension appears to have consisted of simply being downgraded for a few weeks in TV storylines.
From the same evidence, Randy Orton was not touched at all. That is more than a little strange. Orton’s Signature Pharmacy order marked, at the very least, his second “strike” under WWE’s so-called wellness policy, which would have called for a 60-day (rather than a 30-day) suspension.
The suicide whispers mark the problem as more than a game of “gotcha” or even taste (Orton acquired the gimmick “Legend Killer” after WWE blithely turned Eddie Guerrero’s 2005 death into just another “angle”). It’s a matter of life and death.
Orton, 27, is a third-generation wrestler. He is engaged to marry Samantha Speno, a part-time gymnastics teacher, this fall. Last year Randy and Samantha moved into a country-club estate in High Ridge, Missouri (suburban St. Louis), complete with a gym, a hot tub, and four decks.Breaking News!!?
damn he needs to get some help. I'm almost sure there going to be some smartass cenafan mark that wishes death on orton on here
Randy orton might turn into the next chris beniot that boy needs some help quickBreaking News!!?
I doubt it.
Why would Orton wanna kill himself?
He's famous and he's got lots and lots of money.Breaking News!!?
jeez...If I was Orton I wouldnt commit suicide...he has money %26amp; fame...oh well nobody knows what he was going trough...thankz!
I didn't know that. I wonder why Orton would do that. I don't like Orton, but he needs help.
Great another sicho wrestler.If he dies i keep his money!WHY!CUZ I SAID SO
I gurantee its just a rumor
Breaking news? That's been reported all day on some wrestling websites.
So that's why they're keeping him on top without punishing him, huh? To keep him from killing himself and causing another big PR embarrassment for the WWE. If he's not really depressed at all, (which as the person below said, he doesn't really have a good reason to be) I commend him on playing a good game of chess with WWE management...
uh....yeah good question......2 points
i think so too
if he thinks of himself as a legend
and he is the legend killer
maybe he should kill himself
look this could be good for vince
another way to cut payroll
fake.
I feel bad for Randy Orton. I hope that he gets the help that he needs.
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