Randy Orton comments on the backstage structure of WWE without Vince McMahon.
Randy Orton knows that Vince McMahon was instrumental in the growth of his career. Still, he feels that it was time for McMahon to move on and is glad that the structure of WWE today is one that puts a greater emphasis on the WWE Superstars having a better work-life balance.
Speaking with Bill Apter of WrestleBinge, Orton explains why he ultimately feels like WWE under Paul Levesque and the TKO era take better care of the talent now than under the previous regime.
"Listen, I love Vince. He gave me so many opportunities, but I think it was kind of time for him to move on. It's unfortunate that it happened in the way that it happened, but it's nice having people in charge of me that understand how important it is for you to be home for birthdays, home for Thanksgiving, and home for Christmas."
Randy then told a story about asking Vince for an alleviated workload, which the former chairman of the board promptly denied.
"Vince McMahon had Raw on Monday night live where everyone's -- he didn't care if you had kids. I came to him when I was 35 and my back really started going and I pleaded with him like, 'Man, I got to not do as many shows, maybe you have to tour, and be able to recover,' and he just looked at me and was like, 'Oh, I need you on those shows, Randy. Mother Nature gets us all.'
"To hear that and go, 'Okay, well I guess there's no other thing I can do other than just wear myself out down to the nub until I can't walk anymore for this man.' [Despite] all the opportunities he gave me, it's nice having him out of there. It's nice having his son-in-law, Triple H running the game," Randy said. "Nick Khan is great. Everybody [from] TKO that's come in, stepped in, they seem to get it, and it's just a different era. I think the way that they care for telling nowadays and make sure that the talent is good, and if they need a little bit of a break, we're only human. They get it most of the time."
Randy Orton recently returned from major back surgery and it has since been revealed that he didn't know if he was going to be able to return to the ring for quite some time. Learn more here.
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