The greatness of professional wrestling isn't just the athleticism and sometimes edge-of-your-seat scripts, like Cody Rhodes finishing a storyline, CM Punk forcing Drew McIntyre to quit, and of course the months (years) of creative direction for the Wyatt Sixx debut.
It's also a relationship between wrestlers.
Moments like the one captured by WWE tag team DIY before a recent show illustrate this point hilariously: Tommaso Ciampa saw “The Viper” Randy Orton focused on his cell phone screen, and suddenly considered delivering an RKO to make the Legend Killer suffer the same fate.
As you can imagine, things didn't go according to plan.
Tommaso Ciampa suddenly tried to RKO Randy Orton.
It didn't go so well 😂😂😂😂pic.twitter.com/wE8iYvuYdT
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) June 19, 2024
Orton's radar was always on, so he deftly dodged the attempt, kept his eye on his phone and slammed Ciampa onto his back on the mat at ringside.
That must hurt.
The look on Ciampa's teammate Johnny Gargano's face said it all, as Gargano was trying to goad Ciampa into taking the future Hall of Famer by surprise in the first place.
Not only was wrestling “cool again,” but it was also a lot more fun for everyone involved.
Maybe it's best to leave the RKO finisher to the Master.
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