When you’re 44 years of age in a demanding business like professional wrestling, retirement is never that far away.
Randy Orton is aware of that fact, and during a recent appearance on Cody Rhodes’ “So, What Do You Want To Talk About? WWE digital series, that’s exactly what he discussed.
‘The Viper’ addressed his future WWE retirement during a lengthy sit-down interview over a few glasses of Wheatley vodka with “The American Nightmare.”
“To answer your question honestly, I think do this for as long as I can and make sure, we brought up my wife Kim on a couple of occasions, she told me, ‘When it’s time to hang them up, I’ll let you know,'” Orton said. “If this is when I need to hang them up, I don’t want to go here. I don’t want to retire and have a last match and then leave the company and have another last match and another one and another one.”
‘The Apex Predator’ continued, “Like John (Cena). When he says, ‘This is my last Royal Rumble. This is my last Elimination Chamber. This is my last WrestleMania.’ He means it. If anyone has ever meant that, it’s him. I want to follow suit. I want, when it’s all said and done and it’s over, I want it to be over. I want to take it to that point and then tear it down and ride off into the sunset.”
For the complete episode of “So, What Do You Want To Talk About?” with Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton, check out the YouTube player embedded below. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
