Triple H discusses Randy Orton‘s return at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames.

At WWE Survivor Series: WarGames, Randy Orton returned to WWE for the first time since May 2022. Orton had been out of action following back fusion surgery. In his first match back, he fought alongside Team Rhodes and helped them beat The Judgment Day in the Men’s WarGames Match.

During the WWE Survivor Series: WarGames post-show press conference, Triple H discussed Randy Orton’s return.

“Let’s talk about the return of Randy Orton,” Triple H said. “Just incredible. Randy is, JBL used to say it all the time, if you were going to design a WWE superstar, if you were going to build one from the ground up, you would build Randy Orton. I met Randy Orton when he was a kid. Worked with him when he was a kid.

“Gave him a lot of slack because he was a kid, for a long, long time, and to see where he is now, to see that growth, so incredibly proud of him. To see where he is, not only as a performer, but a man, as a father, as a human being, just incredibly proud of Randy Orton.”

Triple H Highlights Randy Orton’s Comeback

Triple H continued by describing how Randy Orton went through a lot to get to the ring, and he was proud of him. He made it clear that he was happy that “The Viper” could come back and have a special moment.

“When you have the kind of injury that he had, where things are touch and go, I’ve been there, where they tell you you might never do this again,” Triple H said.

“That’s a rough experience. To be able to fight back, what he went through, to be able to have what he had done and come back here tonight and have the moment that he had was awesome, and I’m so happy for him, to be able to come here, do what he did tonight and, as it being WarGames, the pressure off him a little bit. To come back and be able just be Randy Orton and do what he wants to do.

“You have no idea what performers and athletes go through when they’ve been gone for a long period of time and they have to fight back through something like that. The tricks that your mind play on you, to wonder if anyone’s gonna care, to wonder if it’ll matter, to wonder if you still can do this.

No matter how good you are, no matter how confident you are, that runs through your head. So to get him out there tonight, blow the roof off this place in Chicago and have the moment that he did, awesome, and I’m incredibly happy for him.”

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