Randy Orton has put Tom Brady on notice ahead of Saturday\'s WWE Elimination Chamber in Chicago.
Appearing on ESPN\'s Get Up on Monday, The Viper was asked who he\'d most like to hit with an RKO — and Brady\'s name came up immediately. Orton had caught wind of Brady calling WWE \"cute\" during a recent appearance on Logan Paul\'s ImPaulsive podcast, and he had a pointed response.
\"I did see a recent podcast Logan Paul put on. He had Tom Brady on and Tom Brady had a few things to say about pro wrestling. I think he called it — quote unquote — \'cute.\' So I\'ve never met him, but I\'d love to meet Tom and hit him with an RKO. I\'d say he\'d be at the top of the list.\"
The WWE Roster Fires Back
Orton is the latest WWE Superstar to respond to Brady\'s dismissive remarks. Liv Morgan fired back by calling football \"kind of cute,\" and Paul Heyman challenged Brady to show up on Raw and face the crowd. Logan Paul himself has been in an extended war of words with Brady ahead of the Fanatics Flag Football Classic in Saudi Arabia on March 21.
Orton\'s response carries some extra weight given the source. He\'s a 14-time World Champion who has been in the ring for 26 years — not exactly someone who needs Brady\'s validation. The RKO callout plays into a long tradition of celebrity appearances and interactions in WWE, and Orton has spent his career delivering the move to anyone who wanders too close to the ring.
Whether Brady ever steps foot inside a WWE ring remains to be seen. For now, Orton has more immediate business at Saturday\'s Elimination Chamber, where he\'ll compete for a WWE Championship shot at WrestleMania 42.
