Who Is Really Controlling the WWE: Randy Orton or Vince McMahon?

Look who is Mr. Paranoid, its Randy Orton! Ladies and gentlemen, please everyone stand and clap. I am so freakin’ tired of this guy, and I am not alone.

See, Randy Orton is a very “over” individual, and for good reason.

I mean the dude has a good gimmick, is a wonderful athlete, a good performer, and has insane marketability. So why not put him over on big stars in the company, to make him a big star, too?

I understand this WWE, but why do you submit to his every whim? If he says jump, you jump. And here I thought Vince McMahon was the owner of the World Wrestling Entertainment. I know, I know, crazy me, right? 

I understand your frustrations, Orton, but seriously, you have got to stop being paranoid someone is out to get you. Dude, you’re not going anywhere, you’re too well-liked by fans.

There is a rumor going around that Orton was the man who got Mr. Kennedy fired from the WWE. It looks to be about right, but it did happen Friday and the altercation Orton was allegedly involved in with Kennedy happened on Monday. 

See, Kennedy botched a suplex on Orton. Orton was furious because he landed on his collar bone, a place he has been injured in the past.

He was so outraged by it, that he hit Kennedy extra hard with the RKO. Kennedy was said to have a wrist injury afterwards because of it. Many think it was a cover up for what really happened. 

What is being said from various people is that Orton approached McMahon after talking with Kennedy (telling him to be more careful) and told Vince that Kennedy was unsafe to work with.

He did not tell him to fire him, but Vince was said to be furious that Kennedy may have tried to hurt one of his top stars and fired him. 

Many were shocked by the news that Kennedy was fired, and many think Orton is behind it the whole way.

Orton has been a backstage nuisance for some time, according to others backstage. He was feuding a bit with John Cena backstage, too, another guy who we all know is going over very well in the WWE. 

Orton is jealous of Cena's success in and out of the ring, which is something he wants badly.

Because Orton is having so much success himself, he realizes that he is too important to let go. So he basically says he will leave whenever something doesn't go his way. 

Basically, Orton is WWE’s top heel, and he is also the WWE Champion currently. You can't just let a talent like him walk. And when a guy knows that, he can get away with murder.

And before you respond, Ryan Michael (president of Orton's fan club)—because I know you'll be reading—think about this: 

Who has the WWE had him involved in feuds with?

John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H, Batista, Ric Flair, Jeff Hardy, HBK, Chris Jericho. 

Who do you think the most put over men in the company are today?

I believe you could easily say these men are the biggest names in the WWE right now. 

Many of them are so big that Orton feels if any of those men jobs for him, he will be "the man" in the WWE. If he feels he is getting too far out of the spotlight, he will demand to have a rivalry with a top name.

This isn't my personal feeling, but from people internally within the WWE. So don't think I am making this up off the top of my head. 

He basically started to get known when he began the Legend Killer gimmick. Sure, he was known for Evolution earlier. But, he was not nearly as popular then and did not build as much of a fan base until he got away from Evolution and started on his own.

He got popular from taking out WWE legends, and that basically got him his second World Title and brought him into the main event picture just about permanently. From there, he drifted away from the Legend Killer gimmick, and became just Randy Orton. 

Of course, it was the heel version of Orton, but it was the closest to the actual Orton. Heck, you might as well say it is the true Orton. He has to play a heel, because he is really like that. Playing a face would not be true to his real-life character.

The dude knows how to use himself, and the WWE is handcuffed into listening to whatever he says to do. Like I mentioned before, when he says jump, they jump.  

He has a lot of pull for his own storylines, which is ok in my book. I believe all wrestlers should be able to have a say in the storylines they do. Not so much in saying they won't do them, but give their opinion on where they would like to go with it.

People believe he got Manu released from the WWE. I personally have no problem seeing Manu out of the WWE, as I have expressed in the past. 

However, Orton did ask him to be taken out of Legacy because he was not a good fit for what the group needed to be. And I agree.

Manu headed down to FCW to work on his skills and he was told to lose weight. He refused to do so, and he did not improve at all. So the WWE had no choice but to release him. 

Orton may have had a hand in getting him off TV, but he lost his job because of his own poor work habits.

When I heard the reports of Kennedy being released because of Orton, I kind of wondered why the WWE would do that. 

Vince is not the kind of person to overreact and release someone. He takes time, and then if he feels the same way, he will release them. He would not just release Kennedy because Orton felt he was dangerous in the ring.

He made one mistake, and Orton did get mad and hit him extra hard with the RKO. So Orton was being just as dangerous, if you ask me. 

So this is what I think on the Kennedy situation: it was not because of injury, the wrist injury was false, as it was sent out to be the story people believed rather than the truth, as Kennedy himself seems to indicate that his wrist is just fine.

Orton may have been behind some of it, but did Vince release Kennedy just because Orton told him to? 

Maybe he did. If Orton did the same ranting he always does, where he says, "I am leaving if he isn't released" kind of thing, then I could see this as being Orton's fault.

Orton has a history of doing things like this, so it would not be a stretch. I feel Orton really has too much pull, and the WWE really needs to treat him like everyone else.

Am I saying take the title off him or anything, just treat him just as well as you would everyone else. 

If you have him basically hold you hostage, then no one wins except for Orton. If talent in the WWE feel they can control everything, anarchy will happen. I seem to remember something like this happening before in a place called WCW.

Anarchy ruled because the wrestlers seemed to have all the power and the owner didn't really care what happened as long as he was making money.  

Sure, there were a lot of other things that they did wrong, too. But the bottom line is: the promotion of WCW is no longer around. The power struggle among the wrestlers certainly contributed.

I know the WWE does not want this to happen, and it isn't fair that one or more people are so jealous of someone else's success that they use their main event status to hold the WWE hostage into doing what they want. 

Orton shouldn't have the power, the WWE should.

And the sooner they figure it out, the better.