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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 08: ‘The Viper’ Randy Orton leans on the ropes during the WWE Smackdown Live Tour at Westridge Park Tennis Stadium on July 08, 2011 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Steve Haag/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – JULY 08: ‘The Viper’ Randy Orton leans on the ropes during the WWE Smackdown Live Tour at Westridge Park Tennis Stadium on July 08, 2011 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Steve Haag/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Pro-wrestlers preserve their kayfabe in the ring to the extent that many fans think all wrestlers are the same in real life. Fans think pro-wrestlers like The Undertaker, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, etc are the same in real life as in the ring.
Nowadays, because of social media, the barrier of kayfabe is broken. Fans get to know the actual nature of pro-wrestlers and interact with them outside the ring after the show.
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Recently, Kim Orton, wife of Randy Orton, on her podcast The Wives of Wrestling talked about The Viper’s soft side. Many wrestling fans are not aware of this side of Orton, as he does not appear in public interviews that much.
Randy Orton cries while watching Moana
Kim Orton on the podcast revealed that Randy Orton cries while watching the Disney movie Moana. Orton has seen the movie many times and still gets emotional each time he watches it. Interestingly, WWE legend and Orton’s colleague Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson stars in Moana.
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Kim also revealed the part when Orton gets emotional. She said, “He cries when she (Moana) is on the boat with her grandmother and her grandmother is telling her, ‘You got this. You were chosen for a reason.’ And he’s like, he starts, ‘I wonder what our kids are gonna be when they grow up.’ It’s the cutest thing.”
Orton’s son Anthony laughs at Orton while he cries. They have seen Moana at least 30 times and every time Randy Orton has cried watching this part.
It’s heartwarming to hear how even ‘The Viper’ cannot hold back his tears watching a Disney movie. This proves how the Legend Killer is a really sensitive person in real life.
‘The Viper’ was hooked on the new HBO series Euphoria
The HBO series Euphoria is on the watch list of many people. The series has got immense appreciation from the viewers. One viewer is WWE Superstar Randy Orton, who was hooked on the series because of Zendaya’s character, Rue.

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Kim Orton also revealed the reason why ‘The Legend Killer’ was hooked on it. She said, “Because she loses her dad and that’s how she starts spiraling into this drug habit. He’s just like, ‘Oh my God, kids are really going through this. I wonder how many teenage kids.”
“How many of them are on dr*gs? How many of the girls think that they have to give their bodies up to these little teenage boys who don’t know sh*t about sh*t!?’ “
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It’s great to hear about this side of Orton and this just proves how well Orton protects kayfabe and gives his all to portray such an interesting character inside the ring.
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