I think it is a work. If you pause at 1:21, you can see Orton make a gesture that looks like the one producers make when they want to 'cut'. That may be Orton telling the to finish or something.

When you think about it, the breakfast question wasn't so bad. I agree, it isn't the first question i would ask to a professional wrestler, especially one as a good as Randy Orton, but i guess he could have been curious about a superstar's diet. Mabye i am just being stupid, but i do think it could have been a work.

Btw, wwe.com announced there would be a special Cutting Edge with Jeff Hardy. I wouldn't show up if i were Jeff after waht happened last time.

That was interesting, I'm not sure either way if it was scripted or not, but if it was he's a very good actor. But then was there enough provocation to warrant that reaction? You also have to ask why the reporter didn't brick it, I know I would if someone of Orton's stature was bearing down on me...

Another thing worth noticing was that it seemed 'as' intense as his on screen promo's but was also that little bit more raw if you like. Like I said, interesting.

Oh and did you notice him giving the 'cut' sign at the end of it? Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't...

This is what happens when you shoot needles in your butt 12 months a year. Orton was asked a serious question and seriously couldn't handle it. IED? Are you serious. Where I'm from (reality) we call that roid rage. Good thing the WWE's drug policy is making sure these guys are clean. And you're right, it's not smart to call a good 90 pounds heavier than you fragile, but it's also not smart to tell someone speaking to you to, "SAY IT TO MY FACE".

Kev, you can see at the end of the clip that Orton makes the "cut" sign after he walks thru the door and comes back. It was an awesome heel promo he cut on the reporter but in my humble opinion, it was all a work.

Kevin, I am surprised that you can think that it's not a work. Even without the "cut" sign at 1:20, it looks just like an interview with Josh Matthews or whoever, when the heel acts enraged, I can't believe a second that it was legit.

But why do you say that the reporter "had it coming"? Isn't it a normal journalistic question, when you meet a professional athlete who has been injured frequently, to ask him about that?

RESPONSE FROM KE: I agree that it looks just like an in-character promo and my first thought on just about everything is that they are works. The reason I think it might be a shoot is that Orton in real life has been known to act that way. He has admitted to anger management and attitude issues.

I didn't say the reporter had it coming. I said: "I'm not going to say that he had it coming ... "

As far as the question, it is a legitimate question to ask about his injuries. I've done so in interviews with guys such as Kennedy and Batista. And guess what? They did not react like that because I asked the question in a respectful manner. Making a smart-aleck remark about a guy who has suffered legit injuries is out of line. What did he expect Orton to say? I mean this little reporter is going to tell an athlete who puts his body on the line on a regular basis that he is fragile?

Raw needs a boost.

Here is my recommendation (WWE creative, take note).

Send Jack Swagger to Raw.

Christian too.

Swagger might even turn face and join forces with Christian and another (Kofi maybe?) to challenge Orton's faction.

This would breathe some youth and life into Raw and could build towards Swagger/Orton and Edge/Christian for the titles at the next Wrestlemania.

The UK Sun claims the whole thing was staged to enhance Orton's "psychotic" character and to garner publicity for the talk show.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/2464824/WWE-champion-Randy-Ortons-rage-Mexican-TV-was-all-a-work.html

Still don't know what to believe but my guess is it's staged.

I have met Randy Orton and plenty of other wrestlers.

Honestly, Orton is more similar to his character than any wrestler I've ever met. He's mean, cocky, and cold. He would only sign autographs and take pictures with women at a restaraunt after a RAW/SD show, refusing the men and even little boys in the group. He mocked some of the nerdy autograph seekers. And when somebody asked why, he snapped back at them, got face-to-face, and there was nearly a fistfight between a father and Orton. When word broke out of trouble, Cena came out of the private section of the restaraunt, as did Edge, and they were completely respectful, nice, and apologetic towards Orton's behavior.

More superstars should be more like Cena and Edge and less like Orton.

cmon kev...just like everything in the wrestling business, this was all a work. I'm glad Randy did this, I miss the days of seeing wrestlers being interviewed in public in character.

Most likely a work, just like when Vader was "detained" for attacking that Kuwaiti TV host back in '96.

There are wrestlers who still act like they are in the 70's. In character all the time like Randy and the Undertaker and then there are wrestlers who realize that 90-95% of the fans out there know wrestling is a work and are not in character. Most wrestlers are friendly and approchable if done the right way. I remember going to a local indy show and one of my old friends from school was a wrestler and at the time he was a heel. We were standing outside the dressing room talking and a kid about 8 or 9 asked for his autograph and he refused to do it. I asked him why and he said, "because I'm a bad guy." I laughed at him and called him an idiot and reminded him that he had a part time job and worked as a wrestler 3 times a month so he should be thankful that the kid wanted his autograph. You know after that day I never once saw him turn down a photo-op or an autograph. Thankfully most of the wrestlers feel that way and only a few don't get it.

Argue both ways:

Real: Would wwe allow this with their PG move?

Work: Why hasn't Orton been punished?

Wow, from what Luke said, Orton is a [jerk]. I wonder if he acted like that to garner heat or just because he can.

i gotta say keeping kayfabe is actually pretty cool, the fact that he has people guessing even though '90 - 95 % of fans know its a work' is a pretty good feat. i like the way santino stays in character for his interviews to. more guys should do it, adds a bit to the mystique.