Randy Orton hates that kayfabe is dead in WWE. Despite that, he can at least understand why it’s necessary to drop the veil at this point.
Orton appeared on The Pat McAfee Show to promote his appearance at WWE Elimination Chamber this weekend. During the conversation, McAfee said he hates the idea that kayfabe doesn’t exist today, noting that he felt like an old wrestler. He says he was ultimately “forced” into participating in WWE: Unreal, but now feels fortunate that his family and friends can now see it documented that way.
“It’s kind of like a double-sided thing here,” McAfee stated.
“It’s hard. It depends on the time of day you ask me,” Randy Orton said, when asked how he feels about breaking kayfabe. “I think, like you, at first [I thought] ‘This is terrible!’ Because there was a day and age where if you were working with a guy, I’m a bad guy and he’s a good guy, we might be bros, but we’re not going to ride together, even though we might want to. We’re not going to be seen in public together, certainly not in the town we’re wrestling in.”
Randy Orton understands the situation, but he doesn’t have to like it
Orton said it’s not like that at all now.
“Kayfabe is dead. Yeah,” Orton said. “Kayfabe’s dead, this is entertainment, we’re all Superstars. I understand it, and I also hate it. And I understand it.
“I think it’s necessary. I think bringing in the crossover [audience helps],” Orton continued. “So I think it makes sense to me that it’s a thing, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it.”
Orton says he’s seen himself featured in the background of some episodes and catches himself getting upset. However, he’s not sure that the legends of the business would be mad at him, believing some understand it too.
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