Not too long ago, Randy Orton‘s future as a wrestler was in jeopardy due to a back injury. He missed over a year before he made his comeback. The veteran reflects on this period of his career.
In an interview with Bill Apter for Sportskeeda Wrestlebinge, Randy Orton was asked to comment on whether he thought that he might not be able to return.
“Oh, yeah. I had top neurologists telling me that, you know what, you had to a great career, [but] you have a life after wrestling, and you want to be comfortable,” Randy Orton said. “You don’t want to be in pain the rest of your life. We’re gonna fix your back. But you’re gonna have to stop wrestling. The first six months that I was out, I had that in the back of my head. It was tough. It was mentally very challenging. [I] didn’t really know what the future held for me.
“But I was able to find a couple doctors that had done the exact surgery that I needed on some MMA guys that went back to the octagon, competed, and were successful and had longer careers. So I knew that these were the doctors that I needed to have put me under and go under the knife with.”
Since his return, Randy Orton has regained his status as one of WWE’s top stars. He will face Tama Tonga in the semi-finals of the King of the Ring tournament on the May 24 episode of WWE SmackDown.
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