Riddle: Randy Orton Pitched RK-Bro To WWE & Vince McMahon Loves It
The two have teamed together since April
Jul 12, 2021
Riddle has spoken about how Randy Orton told him he thought the 'RK-Bro' ideal was cool and pitched it to WWE Creative, and how Vince McMahon 'loves' the team.
Riddle and Orton have been teaming together over the last couple of months on WWE Raw in what has surprisingly been one of the promotion's most entertaining elements.
The former United States Champion has revealed how he initially pitched the idea around WrestleMania 37 and Orton himself liked the idea, going with Riddle to pitch it.
Having worked together since April, WWE Chairman McMahon loves the duo.
Speaking to TalkSPORT, Riddle said: “Randy is amazing. He’s awesome. I love that guy, I love that man of mine, Randy Orton. I mentioned probably around WrestleMania time and I was like ‘hey, how good would it be if Randy and I tagged up, partnered up and were RKBro?' Everybody kind of laughed at me. Then after a couple of weeks, after the beatings from Sheamus and Bobby Lashley, I didn’t really know where I was going.
“Then I heard I was wrestling The Viper and I was like ‘oh, man!’ and then said ‘yeah, you’re probably going to get in a feud with him’ and all this stuff. And I was like ‘OK’ right away, that’s awesome. And then we wrestled and I earned The Viper’s respect. He was like ‘Hey, this RKBro thing you mentioned, it actually sounds pretty cool.’ And I was like...Nobody else thought it was cool, the only people who really thought it was cool was Randy and me. And I was like ‘no way!’
“So then we pitched it and I don’t think it was supposed to have legs or last that long, but kind of like with me and Pete Dunne as the Broserweights, people saw our chemistry together in backstage segments, they know we can both go in the ring for days and here we are. T-shirts, hoodies, mugs, backpacks, merch for days, bro. We got multiple shirts, it’s insane. I can’t even keep up! It took off.
“Vince [McMahon] loves it. Bruce [Prichard] loves it. Everybody at the office loves it. The boys love it. They love it so much, they’re starting to hate it [laughs]. That’s how much they love it. It was a team that nobody knew they wanted and now they need it."
