I've never understood why wrestlers never refer to other wrestlers who've retired or left the federation. It seems lame that fans get used to seeing wrestlers perform and fans are the first to know when a wrestler leaves or retires. It seems idiotic to ACT like that wrestler never existed or competed.
Specifically, Randy Orton had the last feud with Angle before he left. It was a terrible feud, for sure, because it was one of those "throw togethers" to fill out a PPV. There wasn't any "story" behind the Angle/Orton feud. Randy sure cut some of his worst promos ever for that series of matches.