Kurt Angle confirms that Randy Orton was on the verge of retirement due to a back injury

Randy Orton is booked Survivor seriesThe men’s WarGames match is tonight (November 25), his first in-ring match since May 2022. Wrestling tonight will mean he has competed in at least one match every year for the past 21 years, an amazing feat of longevity.

But we heard several times during his absence that the Viper might have to hang up his boots forever due to a back injury. With the third-generation superstars hours away from overcoming that diagnosis, Kurt Angle – someone who knows a thing or six about wrestling injuries – shared what Orton told him about the situation.

It’s from Latest edition of Kurt Angle Show Podcast:

“I’m glad he did it [return] Because I was communicating with him for some time when he was out due to injury due to Kim [Orton, Randy’s wife] And [Angle’s wife] Giovanna best friends.

“He was telling me, ‘Man, it doesn’t look good. I don’t know how my back is going to recover if it’s going to recover.’ So he was a little bit worried about it for a while, and eventually it started to recover and now I think he’s fine, but it was pretty serious for a while.” They didn’t know [if Orton would return]”.

The 43-year-old Orton’s goal is said to be to wrestle until he’s 50, which Angle believes can be achieved:

“Randy, he’s young too. I mean he’s in his forties, but he’s still pretty young.” [Compared to] Me and the other guys who wrestle like Sting in his 60s and Chris Jericho in his 50s. So yeah, he’s still young. He still has six or seven good years left if he stays healthy.

The path to this achievement begins tonight.

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