Randy Orton has embodied a wide range of heel personas throughout his illustrious profession, but he was never more of a sadistic character than he was in 2009. Within the lead-up to his WrestleMania 25 World Heavyweight Championship match with Triple H, “The Viper” pulled off a stunt that has been remembered as one of the devious acts in WWE history.
Before winning the Royal Rumble in 2009, along with chasing the World Heavyweight Championship, Orton vowed to make the McMahon family’s life a living hell. He initiated his plan by punting WWE Chairman Vince McMahon in the top per week before the Rumble, but once Orton had ensured he could be within the principal event of WrestleMania, he desired to make things more personal with Triple H.
On an episode of “WWE Raw,” Orton had ordered his Legacy faction members Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase Jr. to attack Triple H, eventually leading the group to handcuff him to the ring ropes. Nevertheless, before Orton could inflict any further pain on the World Heavyweight Champion, Stephanie McMahon would come to her husband’s aid and plead to the “Apex Predator” to stop his attack. Unfortunately, the “Billion Dollar Princess’s” efforts would only make things worse for Triple H and the McMahon family.
Being annoyed with Stephanie’s interruption, Orton grabbed her by the hair, pulled her contained in the ring, and hit his patented hanging DDT, while the “King Of Kings” was forced to look at. Nevertheless, Orton was still not satisfied. In what’s one of the despicable heel actions in wrestling history, Orton kissed an unconscious McMahon who was laid out on the ring mat, while Triple H desperately tried to interrupt free from the handcuffs.
Today, fans consider Orton to be top-of-the-line heel characters of all time, because of his psychotic run in 2009, but his controversial kiss with McMahon is a moment the audience will always remember, even when they fight.
