• Top WWE Star Dealing With Significant Injury
Randy Orton was last seen on WWE programming at WrestleMania 42 – Night 1, where he failed to defeat Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship in the main event. Also on that night, Orton laid out his partner, Pat McAfee. This led to the end of the McAfee storyline.
According to the Wrestling Observer, Orton has been off TV because he’s dealing with a back injury:
“He’s got a back injury and it’s significant. That’s why he’s been gone since WrestleMania and it’s probably why he didn’t win the title.”
WWE is currently advertising Randy Orton for the May 29th episode of SmackDown at Olympic Arena in Barcelona, Spain. This is the final episode before the Clash In Italy PLE, where Rhodes will defend the WWE Title against Gunther.
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• Champion Could Be Returning To WWE Soon
On last week’s SmackDown, it was revealed that Danhausen was making something bigger and better after the cloning malfunction at Backlash. A fan wrote: “Hold on.. is the idea that Danhausen revives the Gingerbread Man so that it can become an actual wrestler??”
Another fan replied: “Dave Meltzer said he believes it’s Baron Corbin as he has heard he is coming back to WWE.”
Sean Ross Sapp had the following to say about these rumors: “Someone mentioned this to me as a possibility very randomly two weeks ago.”
Baron Corbin currently wrestles as Bishop Dyer in Major League Wrestling, where he and Donovan Dijak are the current MLW Tag Team Champions. Corbin left WWE in 2024 after his contract wasn’t renewed.
