WWE Superstar Randy Orton has been the subject of various Vine videos in the past several days.
In a report by CraveOnline.com, social media users started sharing Vines of the wrestler performing his finishing move called "RKO". The move is done with Orton grabbing the neck of his opponent with his back towards the latter. He lets his opponent's face sit against his shoulder and he curls his arm around the head to ensure that the face feels the full impact. Orton then hurls himself on the mat butt first to decimate the other wrestler before going for the pin.
The short clips continued to spread to various parts of the internet, garnering thousands of hits and shares. The videos have been seen and shared over one million times by social media users.
The WWE champion's Vine videos were compiled by a YouTube user, jposhannassy, to come up with the ultimate RKO video. Bleacher Report featured the two-minute clip complete with commentaries from WWE hosts like Michael Cole, Jim "JR" Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
The first scene featured a professional soccer match. Just before one striker attempts to kick the ball to the goal, a cut-up image of Orton suddenly emerges from the sideline and RKO's the footballer. The unedited version of the video actually showed the soccer player tripping and falling face first on the grass, making a perfect RKO video opportunity.
The second scene featured two teenagers in a playground. One attempts to do a backflip but the wood underneath him breaks and he hits the ground with the back of his head first. The edited version again featured Orton slithering under the slide to RKO the unassuming teen just in time.
More funny scenes followed, taking advantage of people's small accidents by adding Randy Orton doing his signature move. The Viper RKO'd a guy playing baseball, a contestant in a singing competition, a woman skateboarding, a guy in a tuxedo singing and ice skating at the same time, a guy riding a bike, someone at the grocery store and practically everyone in various locations, based on a report by Mashable.com. In some videos, Orton celebrated after the wipeout by raising both arms and beaming his impish smile.
The video on YouTube has gotten close to 1.5 million views. It could be a great lesson for kids not to try dangerous stunts while skateboarding, biking or doing parkour. Randy Orton might be somewhere lurking around.
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