During Tuesday night’s WWE live event from Cape Town, South Africa, a crazed fan jumped into the ring after Randy Orton’s match against Big E Langston and attacked the WWE superstar and delivering a “low blow” attack to his groin.
UPDATE: WWE Fan Arrested In South Africa For Attacking Randy Orton
Initial reactions on Twitter from fans who were in attendance read:
https://twitter.com/prof_rk/status/362292324291706880
According to at least three more accounts, the fan struck Orton in his groin
https://twitter.com/wwesafrica/status/362321626584449024
https://twitter.com/jacovintage/status/362320788382167040
@GrandWestSA your security sucks! And I feel cheated out of my R600 I payed to interact with wwe superstars
— Ancel Januarie (@Ancel_Januarie) July 30, 2013
A previously scheduled meet-and-greet session with various WWE superstars was cancelled, presumably because of the incident.
In response to the fan attack on Randy Orton WWE Superstar Big E Langston tweeted:
That's not exactly what we mean by "intimate fan experience." #WWECapeTown
— Ettore “Big E” Ewen (@WWEBigE) July 30, 2013