Road to WrestleMania 31: Randy Orton

The long running hiatus of Randy Orton came to an end when he made his return at the Fast Lane pay-per-view. It was Orton’s first appearance in nearly three months and it sets him up perfectly on the road to WrestleMania 31.A feud with Seth Rollins is what looks staring at the face of the Viper. But since the company has a tendency of mixing up their booking decisions every now and then, we never know if he’ll get a different path in the coming weeks or not.Orton might not be anywhere near popular as he used to be back in the good old days but his experience factor is something without which the company can book WrestleMania. With that fact straightened out, here is a look at how the Road to WrestleMania panned out for the Apex Predator.

#5 Post WrestleMania 30

Randy Orton went into WrestleMania 30 as the WWE Champion and came out of it without the gold around his waist. He was an instrumental part of the triple threat epic main event but the fallout did not favor Orton by any bit.

Instead of getting a one on one rematch against Daniel Bryan, Orton was put into a reunion angle of Evolution. The stable then went on to feud with Shield for nearly two months before the hounds of justice exploded due to Seth Rollins.

After the Shield feud, Batista walked out of Evolution and Orton was relegated into being one of the Authority’s stooges. He got a place in the Money in the Bank match afterwards and had pay-per-view matches with Chris Jericho, Roman Reigns and John Cena (for the 1345th time) in short lived feuds.

As Survivor Series neared by, Orton started showing his displeasure in the Authority. Soon, Orton was breathing down the throat of Seth Rollins and Rollins, without much trouble decided to curb stomp Orton out of action for nearly three months.