The Biography

Randal Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler. He has been signed to WWE since 2000. Widely regarded as one of WWE's greatest professional wrestlers, Orton has the tied-third most world championship reigns in history, and a career spanning over 20 years. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler. Before being signed by the World Wrestling Federation, he trained in and wrestled for the Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling. He was then signed by the WWF and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he held the OVW Hardcore Championship twice. Orton debuted on the main roster in 2002, soon joining the Evolution stable, and as part of the group became the youngest world champion in WWE history after he won WWE's World Heavyweight Championship in 2004. He has held the WWE Championship 10 times and the World Heavyweight Championship four times. He was the final holder of the World Heavyweight Championship, which he unified with the WWE Championship to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion in 2013. Orton is recognized by WWE as having the third-most world championship victories in history at 14, only behind prominent rival John Cena (17) and Ric Flair (16) and tied with Triple H (also 14). In total, he has won 20 championships in WWE.