{"id":321854,"date":"2026-04-20T21:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=321854"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:07:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T15:37:02","slug":"report-randy-orton-was-originally-slated-to-win-at-wrestlemania-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/report-randy-orton-was-originally-slated-to-win-at-wrestlemania-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Report &#8211; Randy Orton Was Originally Slated To Win At WrestleMania 42"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_106\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Cody Rhodes successfully retained the Undisputed WWE Championship within the essential event of WrestleMania 42 (Night One), but recent details suggest that the finish wasn\u2019t all the time set in stone.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a report from BodySlam+, Randy Orton was originally planned to win the match and secure his milestone fifteenth World Title reign. Nonetheless, sources indicate that WWE modified direction on the final result inside the final few weeks leading as much as the show.<\/p>\n<p>With the corporate already planning to increase the rivalry between Rhodes and Orton beyond WrestleMania 42, officials ultimately opted to maintain the championship on Rhodes. That call also explains the post-match angle, which saw Orton ambush Rhodes and deliver his signature punt kick to further escalate the feud.<\/p>\n<p>The shift in creative direction was made to align with WWE\u2019s updated plans coming out of WrestleMania 42, selecting to carry off on a title change in the meanwhile. Rhodes had only regained the championship a bit of over six weeks prior after defeating Drew McIntyre on SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>In consequence, Orton\u2019s pursuit of a fifteenth World Title continues, though the continued storyline suggests that he could receive one other opportunity against Rhodes within the near future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you&#8217;ve gotten any news suggestions or podcast recaps that you simply\u2019d prefer to send in for us to post (full credit can be given to you), please email me at <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"0654456a67746d565155465f676e69692865696b\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Rhodes successfully retained the Undisputed WWE Championship within the essential event of WrestleMania 42 (Night One), but recent details suggest that the finish wasn\u2019t all the time set in stone. In response to a report from BodySlam+, Randy Orton was originally planned to win the match and secure his milestone fifteenth World Title reign. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[21455,15927,15926,2185,27499,658,9418],"class_list":["post-321854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-originally","tag-orton","tag-randy","tag-report","tag-slated","tag-win","tag-wrestlemania"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321857,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321854\/revisions\/321857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}