WWE WrestleMania 41 is the 20th “Showcase of the Immortals” for Randy Orton. The 2025 edition of the event should’ve been a celebration for the legend and future Hall-of-Famer. Unfortunately, his sworn enemy and opponent for the event, Kevin Owens, had to pull out of the bout due to a severe injury.
For the past few weeks, Randy Orton has been rattling the cage of SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis to find him an opponent for ‘Mania 41, even suggesting that the former TNA World Champion don his wrestling boots one more time and have a showdown at the “Grandest Stage of them All.”
On the latest edition of WWE SmackDown, Orton made it clear to the WWE Universe that, by hook or by crook, he will be at WWE WrestleMania 41 and he will wrestle. So, Orton issued a statement not only to the locker room but the entirety of the professional wrestling industry; if anyone is willing to take on a legend and be at risk of feeling the RKO, then they can meet him at Las Vegas for a battle.
Open challenge accepted, Randy Orton, as Joe Hendry steps up to the plate under the bright lights of WWE WrestleMania 41!
Say his name and he appears! The TNA World Champion Joe Hendry makes his WWE WrestleMania debut against the legend Randy Orton! This is the biggest moment of his career, and it happens at WWE WrestleMania 41!
SAY HIS NAME
AND HE APPEARS
AT WRESTLEMANIA!
👏👏 pic.twitter.com/QVhx4qZxuU— WWE (@WWE) April 21, 2025
What do you think of Joe Hendry making his WWE WrestleMania 41 debut against Randy Orton?
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