{"id":36928,"date":"2025-04-21T00:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T00:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/36928\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T00:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T00:15:14","slug":"randy-orton-wwe-wrestlemania-41-match-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/36928\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Orton WWE WrestleMania 41 Match Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An update has emerged on the potential opponent for Randy Orton at night two of WWE WrestleMania 41 tonight.<\/p>\n

Orton was originally planned to face Kevin Owens at WrestleMania, but a couple of weeks ago, Owens announced he needed neck surgery and wouldn\u2019t be able to wrestle.<\/p>\n

This left Orton, in what was set to be his 20th WrestleMania, without an opponent.<\/p>\n

On the pre-Mania episode of SmackDown, Orton confirmed that he would still be in action, and would be holding an \u2018open challenge\u2019, saying \u2018anyone in Las Vegas\u2019 was welcome to accept it.<\/p>\n

During the Countdown show today, the panel of Michael Cole, Pat McAfee, Big E and Wade Barrett were discussing the match, but made a specific point of pausing when a fan chant broke out.<\/p>\n

That fan chat was one of \u201cRusev Day\u201d, with Rusev (Miro) reportedly returning to WWE after being released by AEW in February.<\/p>\n

Rusev is known to have been in Las Vegas with his wife Lana (CJ Perry) this weekend.<\/p>\n

In response to the chants, Big E said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve heard rumors of certain other names coming in from a different company who are now free agents, so who knows?\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll of course keep you posted<\/a> with any further updates.<\/p>\n

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