Randy Orton’s RKO closely resembles the Diamond Cutter, which DDP made famous during his time in WCW in the 1990s. The DDT, created by Jake Roberts, is also used by many of today’s wrestlers.
Speaking on the It’s My House Podcast, DDP acknowledged that John Laurinaitis originally used the Diamond Cutter (f.k.a. the Ace Crusher) as his finisher. DDP then adopted the move and created his own version.
The connection between DDP and Jake Roberts goes a lot further than both men using two of the greatest finishers in the wrestling business. DDP has helped Roberts turn his life around over the last decade following battles with alcoholism and drug use. In 2014, DDP inducted Roberts into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Randy Orton on reinventing the Ace Crusher/Diamond Cutter in WWE
Randy Orton discussed various WWE topics on The Kurt Angle Show earlier this year, including his use of the RKO as his finisher.
He gave credit to both John Laurinaitis and DDP for allowing him to use a variation of their famous move.
This week’s WWE RAW ended with Randy Orton hitting an RKO on his RK-Bro tag team partner, Riddle. Watch the video above to hear former WWE writer Vince Russo review the episode with Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Dr. Chris Featherstone.
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