Major WWE Superstar spotted in town for SmackDown despite exit speculation
A major WWE star has reportedly been spotted ahead of tonight's edition of SmackDown. Tonight's show will air live from the Barclays Center in New York as the promotion is on the road to WWE Crown Jewel 2024.
A new video has surfaced online featuring Randy Orton seemingly conversing with Kevin Owens ahead of tonight's edition of SmackDown. There has been some speculation that The Viper could be taking a break following Kevin Owens' attack recently on the blue brand. You can check out the video in the Instagram post below.
Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, and Kevin Owens worked together in recent months to combat the new version of The Bloodline on SmackDown. However, Kevin Owens attacked The American Nightmare in the parking lot following WWE Bad Blood and turned heel on SmackDown.
Randy Orton believes WWE star is a future major champion
SmackDown star Randy Orton believes Austin Theory has the potential to become a major champion someday.
Austin Theory is currently in a tag team with Grayson Waller known as A-Town Down Under on SmackDown. Theory is a former United States Champion and defeated John Cena at WrestleMania 39 in Los Angeles to retain the title.
In an exclusive interview with Sportskeeda Wrestling's Bill Apter, The Viper praised Austin Theory as a performer and noted that he has the right mindset. Randy Orton stated that the wrestling business was difficult to predict but claimed that Theory had the chance to win a major title sometime down the line.
"It's hard, I don't have a crystal ball or anything, but Austin Theory is young and he's got a great look. I know where his head's at. I've had plenty of talks with him, and a lot of the things that I did as a kid that I maybe shouldn't have, the distractions that I was confronted with, he doesn't have those. I think he's just a little more gung-ho, motivated. He sees the goal, he sees the prize, he knows what he wants. I think he'll definitely be a World Champion one day," Orton said. [1:33 – 2:08]
You can check out the interview with Orton in the video below:
Randy Orton battled Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at WWE Bash in Berlin but came up short. It will be interesting to see what the company has planned for Orton moving forward on WWE SmackDown.