Randy Orton did not wrestle at Saturday night’s WWE live event from Long Island’s Nassau Coliseum as advertised, but did a run-in at the conclusion of the show, gave RKO’s to Seth Rollins and Kane and helped John Cena win his match.
WWE announced that Orton wouldn’t be competing at the start of the show. There has been some speculation that he was injured on Friday night, which is why he did appear but didn’t work a full match.
He returned to the ring the previous night at Madison Square Garden (photos) after taking several weeks off to film the WWE Studios movie The Condemned 2.
Here’s a photo of Orton backstage Saturday night:
Great to meet Juan backstage before #WWELI He makes sure I always beat Cena when he plays video games. #smartkid pic.twitter.com/Wb1UKljWY0
— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) December 28, 2014