{"id":27173,"date":"2016-07-26T20:19:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T01:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=27173"},"modified":"2016-07-26T21:37:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:37:03","slug":"smackdown-live-randy-orton-returns-ring-summerslam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/26\/smackdown-live-randy-orton-returns-ring-summerslam\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Live &#8211; Randy Orton returns to the ring before Summerslam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-798409929\" 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 wrestled his first match of the year <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/26\/726-wwe-smackdown-live-parkss-complete-live-report\/\">Tuesday night on Smackdown Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Orton, who had been out of the ring for nine months recovering from a major shoulder injury, defeated Intercontinental champion The Miz in his return match.<\/p>\n<p>Orton landed two RKOs on Miz to secure the win after dramatically selling the shoulder throughout the match.<\/p>\n<p>This was a tune-up match for Orton before facing Brock Lesnar at Summerslam on August 21.\u00a0WWE&#8217;s story\u00a0is Orton will take a beating from Lesnar, but he has the one-shot RKO as a weapon to potentially win the match at SSlam.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what&#39;s so lethal about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheViper?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheViper<\/a>&#8230; you NEVER know when he will STRIKE! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandyOrton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikethemiz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mikethemiz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gdCVZQFTye\">https:\/\/t.co\/gdCVZQFTye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/758109267249340416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Randy Orton vs. The Miz: SmackDown Live, July 26, 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9laLL_aPYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2499679996\"><div id=\"pwtor-4218974736\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Randy Orton wrestled his first match of the year Tuesday night on Smackdown Live. 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