Randy Orton Doesn’t Like Hearing Stories Of his Past Bad Behavior In WWE

Randy Orton has always been one of the more fan favorite pro wrestlers in the history of WWE. Having enjoyed a long career, Randy Orton still manages to push pull in a great crowd and this has not changed. Orton is also a 14-time world champion in WWE.

Randy Orton appeared on The Ringer Wrestling Podcast recently to talk about his career, longevity, and what the future holds for him in the industry. The Viper, who had a history of bad behavior early in his WWE career, described how his mindset has evolved over time as a result of a variety of things.

I think there’s a lot of different reasons. You know, learning from your mistakes is one of them. Hearing stories, you know every once in a while there’d be a cameraman or a lighting guy that’s been with us for as long as I’ve been with the company, and they’ll be like ‘remember that time, I think it was ’05 when you did blah blah blah,’ and then they’ll proceed to tell a story in front of a group of people that just paints me in the worst light and it’s embarrassing, and it’s like, man, I was an asshole.

According to him, becoming a father has changed him. His wife really had a lot to do with opening his eyes. It’s been a group effort, and he had been lucky to be around a lot of talent backstage who mentored him. He learned a lot from superstars like John Cena and Edge.

I learned a lot from John Cena, to be honest. I learned a lot from Cena, I learned a lot from Edge, just in this last go-around, you know.

Randy Orton also said that his better demeanor evolved in a similar way to Shawn Michaels’, who struggled with attitude issues throughout his career. The newer mindset had helped him overall as a human being more so than a performer. If anything, he is able to have more fun in the ring now because he doesn’t take everything else so seriously.

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h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.