Randy Orton recently returned at Survivor Series from a major back surgery that took him to leave the WWE arena for over 18 months. He returned to take part during WarGames’ WarGames principal event and was assisting the former teammate Cody Rhodes. After the return of Orton, Orton made an appearance on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast, discussing his return to WWE and one major positive shift he’s witnessed in the last year under Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s administration, who is the one calling the shots.
“Back in the day, you were missing birthdays, you were missing anniversaries, you were missing holidays, and there was no either way about it,” Orton stated, referring to how the company was run under Vince McMahon. The past was when WWE had a reputation for constantly having its locker room always on the move. But, after McMahon was forced to retire, and pushed Triple H into the role in charge of the company’s artistic direction, the company’s structure changed to benefit the balance between work and life of superstars.
Concerning the way Triple H does things, Orton explained, “I think he realizes how important family time is. And that’s one thing that has changed.” He went on to say, “Now, there’s leniency there. Now, he’ll make sure that you can get home for the birth of your baby. Now, he’ll make sure that you can get home for that birthday. He understands now how important that is, and I think, company-wide, that’s been a change for the better.” Orton stated his belief that Levesque is “one of the boys” and that, for Levesque, he’ll always remain an office worker.
