Randy Orton Must Continue to Channel His Demonic Best to Become a Hit

Sometimes when you watch professional wrestling, there are seemingly random moments that stick firmly in the memory.

It could be a particular move that makes your jaw drop, or it could be a sentence someone says that makes you appreciate just how talented a worker someone is.

And on the edition of Raw following Hell in a Cell, an unhinged Randy Orton uttered the following line from absolutely nowhere: "I'll calm down when he's dead!"

Aimed at his new adversary Seth Rollins, it was a hark back to the Orton who used to terrorize people in the WWE in the mid-to-late 2000s.

If a turn away from his heel character—which seems likely, even if it won't be a fully fledged face turn—occurs, then the WWE should ensure that Orton continues to channel this incredibly twisted and sadistic side in the coming months.

In fact, a complete face turn shouldn't be allowed to happen, because that would mean Orton becomes much more watered down as a character.

Think back to when Orton was arguably at the peak of his powers—especially as an unhinged character who takes no prisoners. That's the Orton many wrestling fans want to see—a renegade who takes orders from nobody and cares little about what anyone thinks of him.

When you think of when Orton was at his very best in his character, you think of his incredible feud with the McMahon family and Triple H in 2009.

It all began when Orton produced what was, at least back then anyway, his archetypal character trait. He inexplicably decided to punt Vince McMahon in the head, and a fierce, ferocious rivalry was born.

It didn't stop there, though. Orton stepped things up a notch in terms of his outrageous activities when he punted Shane McMahon in the head—before dropping Stephanie with an RKO from, without stealing the current catchphrase, out of nowhere. It was gripping viewing and left everyone on the edge of his seat wondering what would happen next.

A match against Triple H at WrestleMania was put into place, and Orton continued to do his best to hype things up by again targeting Stephanie. Again, it was incredible to watch an unhinged Orton perform at his very best, and by DDT'ing Stephanie off the ropes—and then kissing her whilst a handcuffed Triple H watched on—it made you realize just how much of a talent Orton can be in terms of promoting matches.

That's the Orton we need back should he turn on The Authority: the guy who doesn't think before he acts and does whatever it takes to get into the head of his opponent. You can go beneath his feud with the McMahon family to find equally as applicable examples, too.

Right back at the beginning of his career, he RKO'd his then girlfriend Stacy Keibler without a second thought. The crowd never saw it coming—and in essence, that is what we as wrestling fans long for, moments that take us all by surprise.

His rivalry with John Cena is one of the most infamous in recent WWE history, and the night he punted Cena's father in the head instead of punting Cena showed just how brilliant a performer Orton is.

If we get the unhinged, deranged Orton back in the WWE, then the place will become a heck of a lot more exciting, as well as unpredictable. And believe it or not, his stock will rise and rise should that character return.