randy orton randy orton from wikipedia the free encyclopedia jump to navigation search randy orton statistics ring name s randy orton billed height ft in m billed weight lb kg born april age knoxville tennessee resides high ridge missouri billed from st louis missouri trained by cowboy bob orton south broadway athletic club mid missouri wrestling alliance ohio valley wrestling debut march randal randy keith orton born on april is an american professional wrestler currently signed to world wrestling entertainment wwe wrestling on its raw brand orton is a third generation professional wrestler his grandfather bob orton sr father cowboy bob orton as well as his uncle barry o all competed in the professional wrestling industry before being promoted to the main wwe roster orton trained in and wrestled for mid missouri wrestling association southern illinois conference wrestling for a month he was then sent to ohio valley wrestling ovw there orton became ovw hardcore champion on two separate occasions after signing with wwe orton became a member of the stable evolution which quickly led to him capturing his first title with the company orton also acquired the moniker legend killer during a storyline where he began disrespecting hall of famers and physically attacking veterans of professional wrestling outside of appropriate restrictions in orton became the youngest world heavyweight champion when he won the title at the age of twenty four his title win resulted in his departure from evolution and feud with his former stablemates in orton joined forces with edge in a tag team known as rated rko as a team orton and edge held the world tag team championship after the team disbanded orton during the fall of won the wwe championship twice in one night contents hide early life career wrestling training world wrestling entertainment in wrestling championships and accomplishments controversy personal life notes references external links early life orton was born on april in knoxville tennessee son to elaine and cowboy bob orton he is the eldest of two siblings becky and nathan knowing from experience the hardships of life as a professional wrestler orton's parents tried to convince him to stay away from wrestling and his father warned him that life in the ring meant a life on the road away from family orton attended hazelwood central high school where he was an amateur wrestler after graduating from hazelwood in orton enlisted with the united states marine corps there he was dishonorably discharged a year later after going awol on two separate occasions and disobeying an order from a commanding officer under the uniform code of military justice private first class orton was tried and convicted under a special court martial and was put into a military prison for thirty eight days career wrestling training orton first made his professional wrestling debut in with mid missouri wrestling association southern illinois conference wrestling mmwa sicw in st louis missouri an organization that was an off shoot of the old st louis wrestling club headed by sam muchnick there he was trained by both the promotion and his father cowboy bob orton during this time orton performed in matches with wrestlers such as ace strange and mark bland he worked at mmwa sicw for a month orton then refereed a few matches with world organized wrestling a promotion where his uncle barry orton worked in orton signed a deal with world wrestling entertainment wwe and was sent to their farm territory ohio valley wrestling ovw in louisville kentucky where he continued his training during his time in ovw orton wrestled the likes of rico constantino and the prototype and teamed with bobby eaton during a tag team title tournament he won the ovw hardcore champion on two separate occasions by defeating mr black on february and flash flanagan on may world wrestling entertainment main article evolution orton during his reign as the intercontinental champion which was the longest in over seven yearsorton's first televised wwe match was against hardcore holly on smackdown on april soon after orton beca