{"id":141442,"date":"2022-06-16T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=141442"},"modified":"2022-06-16T13:07:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T18:07:59","slug":"randy-orton-injury-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/16\/randy-orton-injury-update-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Orton injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-633734417\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Randy Orton reportedly will miss a significant amount of time due to a back injury that has kept him out of action for nearly a month.<\/p>\n<p>Fightful Select is reporting that WWE fears Orton&#8217;s back injury is worse than originally calculated and that he could miss the remainder of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>For most of 2021 and all of 2022, Orton has spent his time working with Riddle as part of the RK-Bro tag team. The duo are two time WWE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/14\/raw-ratings-dip-compared-to-last-weeks-post-ppv-show\/\">Raw<\/a> Tag Team Champions. Most recently, Orton and Riddle lost a tag team title unification match to The Usos. Roman Reigns interfered in the match to cost RK-Bro the win. After the match, Reigns and The Usos decimated both Orton and Riddle. Orton has not been seen on WWE television since.<\/p>\n<p>With Randy Orton out, Riddle has teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura for a few matches against The Usos. On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/06\/13\/stipulation-announced-for-fridays-wwe-universal-championship-match\/\">Smackdown<\/a> Friday night, Riddle will challenge Roman Reigns for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE<\/a> Undisputed Universal Championship. This is Riddle&#8217;s first shot at the world title in WWE and if he loses, he will not be able to challenge for that championship again as long as Reigns is champion.<\/p>\n<p>Reigns has been undisputed world champion since WrestleMania 38. 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