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March 21, 2009

Top 25 WrestleMania stars: No. 16

RANDY ORTON

new250.jpg WrestleMania history

20 (2004): Along with Ric Flair and Batista defeated The Rock and Mick Foley in a handicap match
21 (2005): Lost to The Undertaker
22 (2006): Participated in a triple threat match for the world heavyweight title in which Rey Mysterio won the title from Kurt Angle
23 (2007): Lost the Money in the Bank ladder match to Mr. Kennedy. Other participants were: Edge, C.M. Punk, King Booker, Jeff Hardy, Finlay and Matt Hardy.
24 (2008): Defeated challengers John Cena and Triple H in a triple threat match to retain the WWE Title

Comments: Scored the pinfall on Foley in a star-studded handicap match at WM 20 that helped catapult him to superstar status. ... Match against Undertaker at WM 21 was one of Undertaker's best WrestleMania matches. ... Participated in two triple threat world title matches at WrestleMania. In a surprise result, he successfully defended the WWE title against Cena and Triple H at WM 24.

I will count down the top 25 stars in WrestleMania history every day through April 5.

To view the list through today, click here.

Photo courtesy of WWE

Posted by Kevin Eck at 2:58 PM | | Comments (9)
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this is a very good pick here i don't have him on my list eventhough he Main evented 2 WM's to me at least the first 1 was Rey Misterio show and the second 1 was just shock that he won last year i think atleast 2 me batista's main event matches were more impressive than Orton's

Have to believe if anyones list is within 3 places of yours, then the mind set regarding WM is the same. Orton is where he belongs on the list, but 3 or 4 more WM's and he's top 10.
My #16 is King Kong Bundy. Bundy headlined WM 2 in a cage match with Hogan, beat SD Jones in 9 seconds at WM 1 which stood for 23 years as the quickest match at WM history, and splashed Little Beaver at WM 3. Not sure why that was his last WM as he definately had heel momentum. Did he move on to another organization after his WWE run?
Really enjoying seeing who's next on the list everyday. Thank you!

Putting Orton over the likes of Jericho, Benoit and Ted Dibiase is really laughable. What were you thinking Kevin? He hasn't made any impact whatsoever. Perhaps his match against Undertaker was the only watchable wrestlemania match he's ever had.

Btw, CM Punk still owns Randy Orton.

RESPONSE FROM KE: I wonder why WWE keeps puting Orton in world title matches at WrestleMania if he hasn't made any impact whatsoever.

DiBiase had matches against Brutus Beefcake, Virgil and the Natural Disasters at Mania.

Please.

...and headlining Wrestlemania 25 with the same intensity that's made him a main eventer. I think that some of his best WM highlights might still be in the next few of years!

....ever wondered how even though there is so much heel heat on Orton...whenever that RKO connects...the cheers are quite resounding cementing him as a main eventer

didn't king kong bundy wrestle at wrestlemania in the '90's? i may be wrong, but i recall him facing taker or diesel

RESPONSE FROM KE: Lost to Taker in a bad match at WM 11. I was there live for that one.

hay there
why is things so hard between the hardy they are relly cool
your shae

Kevin, hey everybody knows why guys like Orton and Batista keep on headlining wrestlemania despite making no impact whatsoever. The fact that HHH wants to take credit for making stars out of Orton and Batista seems to be the major reason. I agree, since Orton's comeback form injury, he looks absolutely unstoppable. His promos are really intense. And I give him a lot of credit for that. But that won't take away anything from previous failures. All I see in Orton's matches are sleeper hold and face lock. And that puts me to sleep, literally.

As for Dibiase, I think he's one of the best heel ever to enter WWF/E. And to top of it had an amazing in ring pyschology. He could carry any tom, dick and harry to a decent match.

I WANT MVP TO BE THE WINNER AT THE MONEY IN THE BANK MATCH

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