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Randy Orton Clarifies His “Dive” Comments

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The controversy surrounding former WWE Champion, Randy Orton’s comments about independent wrestlers & their high risk taking; took the internet wrestling world by storm. Numerous wrestlers from many different promotions gave their thoughts on Orton’s “dive” comment and Orton himself.

During a recent interview with 104.1 in his hometown of St. Louis, Orton clarified what was his point when he first started the “dive” situation.

Orton: “I’m putting over AJ strong, right? AJ, he has dives. A lot of guys that I work with do dives, I’ve been dived on a lot. I don’t have a problem with dives out of the ring, but when a lot of these guys, who don’t have anything to fall back on and they’re not making any money doing it, they’re going around town wrestling on these independent shows; which is awesome, by the way. A lot of our guys, like AJ, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins wouldn’t be here without the indie scene, but they’re smart. A lot of these guys are going to go out there and they’re going to break their neck at 23 years old, doing stuff they shouldn’t be doing.”

“It’s a display of athleticism, no doubt, but, I’m not going to watch gymnastics. I want to go watch a story, a fight between a good guy and a bad guy. How many flips they do each, I’m not keeping a tally, but do you know who had my back on it? Guys like AJ, guys that do dives and know what they’re doing. Kurt Angle texted me after that, he didn’t do dives. If he did, he would put it where it should have went, he wouldn’t have done it just to do it. If that’s where our business is going, to where it’s just a preconceived, choreographed match with a bunch of acrobatics; back flips, front flips, gainers off the top rope, shooting star presses, moonsaults to the floor… then I don’t want to be a part of it. But I’ll tell you what: I don’t think that’s where it’s going.”

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