The fallout from the seismic shift of champion belts known as SummerSlam was sure to be swift... but swift as a viper? After four titles changed hands in the matter of four hours, there were certain to be repercussions throughout all of the brands and it all started with the first segment of Monday Night's RAW episode. Shuffled over to Syfy while the Olympics takeover USA Network, the star power was ratcheted up a notch.
Gunther, the new World Heavyweight champion after taking out Damian Priest (with the help of Finn Balor) got the opening segment of the night, introduced by Ludwig Kaiser. Taunting that he couldn't be surprised by anything, the Ring General was interrupted by the familiar theme music of Randy Orton.
Soonafter, the first match for The Bash in Berlin PLE was set, with Gunther defending his new belt on August 31. Orton will be attempted to break a tie with Triple H himself, WWE Head of Creative Paul Levesque, and move into third place all alone with 15 career world titles. If he wins it will be his first belt since 2022.
Orton has 10 WWE Championships along with another 4 World Heavyweight Championship. He's also won both an Intercontinental and US Championship along with 2 European Championships.
Over the past 10 years, Orton has been involved in 84 singles championship matches. Here's a rundown of them all and the results.
- Royal Rumble 2024: lost to Roman Reigns in Fatal 4-Way with AJ Styles, LA Knight for WWE Universal Championship
- Raw, Sep 13, 2021: Lost to Bobby Lashley for WWE Championship
- Elimination Chamber 2021: Lost to Drew McIntyre with Styles, Jeff Hardy, Kofi Kingston, Sheamus for WWE Championship
- Raw, Nov 16, 2020: Lost WWE Championship belt to McIntyre
- Hell in a Cell 2020: Won WWE Championship off McIntyre
- Clash of Champions 2020: Lost to Drew McIntyre for WWE Championship
- SummerSlam 2020: Lost to McIntyre for WWE Championship
- Clash of Champions 2019: Lost to Kofi Kingston for WWE World Championship
- Elimination Chamber 2019: Lost to Daniel Bryan with Styles, Hardy, Kingston, Samoa Joe for WWE World Championship
- WWE Live Sep 17, 2017: Lost to Jinder Mahal for WWE Championship
- WWE 205 Live! 39 August 22, 2017: DQ win over Jinder Mahal (no title change) for WWE World Championship
- WWE Heatwave Tour August 12, 2017: Lost to Mahal for WWE World Championship
- Battleground 2017: Lost to Jinder Mahal for WWE World Championship
- Money in the Bank 2017: Lost to Jinder Mahal for WWE World Championship
- WWE 205 Live! #28 Jun 6, 2017: DQ win over Mahal
- WWE 205 Live! #26 Jun 6, 2017: DQ win over Mahal
- Backlash 2017: Lost WWE World Championship to Jinder Mahal
- WWE Live (12x): Defended WWE World Championship vs Styles, Mahal in 3-way
- Wrestlemania 33: Won WWE World Championship from Bray Wyatt
- Road to Wrestlemania Feb 11, 2017: lost to John Cena for WWE World Championship
- Raw, August 10, 2015: DQ win over Seth Rollins
- WWE Live (16x): DQ win over Seth Rollins
- Payback 2015: Lost to Seth Rollins with Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns in Fatal 4-Way
- Extreme Rules 2015: Lost to Seth Rollins for WWE World Heavyweight Championship
- Battleground 2014: Lost to John Cena with Kane, Roman Reigns in Fatal 4-Way
- Money in the Bank 2014: Lost to Cena with Kane, Sheamus, Reigns, Alberto Del Rio, Cesaro, Wyatt for WWE World Heavyweight
- WrestleMania XXX: Lost World Heavyweight Championship to Daniel Bryan in 3-way w/ Batista
- WWE Live (8x): Defended World Heavyweight vs Cena
- Elimination Chamber 2014: Defended World Heavyweight vs Cesaro, Christian, Bryan, Cena, Sheamus
- WWE Live (5x): Defended World Heavyweight vs Cena
- WWE Live Feb 2, 2014: Defended World Heavyweight vs Bryan
- WWE Live (15x): DQ defeat Cena