Randy Orton has been one of the top stars in WWE for decades now, and throughout the course of his career he’s feuded with some interesting names. Back in 2009 Randy Orton was in a heated rivalry with Kofi Kingston, and it seemed that Kofi was on his way to the main event scene, but it was not meant to be.
During an episode of Raw in January of 2010 Kofi faced off against Randy Orton and John Cena in a triple threat match, and Orton infamously called Kofi “stupid” as the finish for the match apparently did not go according to plan.
Former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. recently opened up about the botch during an episode of Wrestling With Freddie, and he explained that Orton got legitimately pissed on live TV.
“The whole team was motivated. We [the creative team] finished the whole thing up, and everybody thinks we have this great run to the title. We bring it and it gets approved by Steph [McMahon]. I don’t think Shane was back in the company at that point, I think he was over in China at that point in time. In the meantime, Randy Orton and Kofi have a match. This is a week later [after the NASCAR segment]. In the match, a spot gets blown. So a spot gets blown and Randy gets pissed on live TV and you see him yell ‘stupid’ with that deep Orton booming voice….so this spot gets blown meaning the technique, a stunt in the match gets blown. You can tell something doesn’t look good. I don’t know what it is because I don’t see the spot when it happens. I don’t what happened, I just know something is not good, right?”
Kofi Kingston’s main event push was halted shortly after, but luckily for Kofi things worked out in the long rung as he eventually went on to win the WWE Championship when he defeated Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35. WWE reportedly had plans set for The New Day at this year’s WrestleMania prior to Big E getting injured, and you can get more on that here. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
H/T 411Mania.com
