[News Update] Wrestling Journalist Claims Randy Orton Attempted Suicide

[Black Widow]

Widely published wrestling journalist and author of the book “Wrestling Babylon”, Irv Muchnick, posted an update on his website claiming that well-placed sources within WWE have told him that Randy Orton recently attempted suicide. Muchnick was a guest on various TV programs when the Benoit tragedy was all over the news.

The following is an excerpt from his website:

A rumor is swirling that World Wrestling Entertainment star Randy Orton attempted suicide within the last year. Very well-placed wrestling sources tell me that the rumor is true. In the wake of the June murder-suicide of Chris Benoit and the scandal involving scads of WWE performers who ordered steroids and human growth hormone from the Internet gray-market dealer Signature Pharmacy, this is serious stuff.

It’s already clear that WWE’s response to the Signature revelations "generated by the district attorney in Albany, New York, and reported by Sports Illustrated and others" is a joke. Some vague number of the miscreant wrestlers, not named, were “suspended,” but the suspension appears to have consisted of simply being downgraded for a few weeks in TV storylines.

From the same evidence, Randy Orton was not touched at all. That is more than a little strange. Orton’s Signature Pharmacy order marked, at the very least, his second “strike” under WWE’s so-called wellness policy, which would have called for a 60-day (rather than a 30-day) suspension.

The suicide whispers mark the problem as more than a game of “gotcha” or even taste (Orton acquired the gimmick “Legend Killer” after WWE blithely turned Eddie Guerrero’s 2005 death into just another “angle”). It’s a matter of life and death.

Orton, 27, is a third-generation wrestler. He is engaged to marry Samantha Speno, a part-time gymnastics teacher, this fall. Last year Randy and Samantha moved into a country-club estate in High Ridge, Missouri (suburban St. Louis), complete with a gym, a hot tub, and four decks.



- legendschampionshipwrestling.com

[JohnCenaFan28]

Wow. I really hope that this is not true.

[ClayMation]

same here. that would be sad indeed. if it is though...then maybe Randy does need some time off to cope with whatever it is that is causing this.

[JohnCenaFan28]

If it is true, he needs to see a psychiatrist because he seems to have a lot of anger issues and other stuff too.

[cullumfan]

hope not true- would not be surprised though

[the madscotsman]

does this guy know anything about wrestling?

orton got the legen killer gimmick years before eddie died.

[Big Evil]

Well I can only hope that he is better now, as I don't think this happened recently, with him being on TV all the time. Even though he has treated fans like compete crap recently and in the past, I would never wish someone to be suicidal and hope that they get well.

[legolas4792]

this reporter does not appear to know much and the last year thats alot of time it could have been before benoit