Randy Orton’s ‘Burns’ Miraculously Healed for Royal Rumble Match

Randy Orton was the first entrant in WWE’s Royal Rumble main event match, revealing that the burns he suffered to his face have fully healed.

The “burns” that Randy Orton suffered at the hands of Alexa Bliss have miraculously healed just in time for WWE’s Royal Rumble match.

“The Viper” Randy Orton was the first entrant in the Royal Rumble, with his rival Edge making his return to WWE as the second entrant. However, Orton was unable to make a lasting impression during the main event of Royal Rumble after Edge gave him a DDT on the announce table outside the ring. WWE officials had to help Orton to the backstage area as the main event continued without the former two-time winner.

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Randy Orton revealed his burned face in his return to Raw in its final moments last week as he attacked Alexa Bliss. A previous episode of Raw ended with Alexa Bliss shooting a fireball directly into Randy Orton’s face, which sent him rolling around the ring in pain. This is all a part of Orton’s long, fierce rivalry with “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, who has been out of action since Orton lit him on fire in a “Firefly Funhouse Inferno” at the TLC event. When Orton returned to Raw, his face was covered with a white mask with slots for his eyes, nose and mouth to protrude, which gave a brief look at the singed skin that lies underneath.

“I know everyone in that locker room enjoyed seeing my face burnt to a crisp, knowing their biggest threat may have just been eliminated from competing in the Royal Rumble match,” Orton said. “You can chop off all my limbs, and it wouldn’t stop me from winning this year’s Royal Rumble match.”

He added, “Despite my sickening affliction, I vow to remain in the #RoyalRumble Match. I can only compete as long as I tolerate the pain, but … I enjoy the pain.” Orton ended his promo by lighting a match and staring at it longingly, before finally blowing it out.

Raw airs Monday nights at 8 p.m. ET on USA Network.

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