The 50 most beautiful people in sports-entertainment history

#2 Randy Orton

As a third-generation competitor, Randy Orton was granted every advantage a Superstar could desire, but don’t think WWE’s Apex Predator couldn’t have done it on his own. Perhaps the most perfect specimen sports-entertainment has ever seen, Orton looked as though he was constructed in a laboratory by a team of scientists tasked with creating the perfect professional wrestler.  Little surprise then that The Viper was winning World Heavyweight Championships before he was old enough to rent a car. The young Superstar’s brash confidence and unapologetic attitude did little to endear him to his peers in the locker room or the folks who signed his paychecks, but who could blame a guy that looked like this for being arrogant? — R.M.

Team Foley vs. Team Ziggler

In the three weeks since WWE Champion CM Punk and Mick Foley hand-selected the members of their Survivor Series teams, both factions have undergone drastic changes. But now, just days away from WWE’s fall classic, the lineups for this Sunday’s battle of attrition are finalized … thanks to the WWE Universe.
Via a RAWactive poll on Nov. 12, WWE fans voted in The Miz, originally a member of Team Punk, as the last member of Team Foley.
The compelling, unforeseen addition of The Awesome One to The Hardcore Legend’s team was only the latest in a series of head-spinning developments surrounding this Sunday’s Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match.
The unit originally known as Team Punk lost its captain when Raw Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero informed The Second City Saint he would be defending the WWE Title at Survivor Series in a Triple Threat Match against John Cena and Ryback. (MATCH PREVIEW) In the same breath, Team Foley lost its insatiable monster, Ryback.
Even before that, however, Team Punk was in disarray. On the Nov. 5 Raw, The Awesome One informed Punk’s agent, Paul Heyman, that he wanted no part of the WWE Champion’s squad. At that point still thinking Punk would be a team captain come this Sunday, Heyman sought out the services of Wade Barrett. The bare-knuckle brawler agreed to join in exchange for a yet-to-be-named favor from Heyman.
Once this Sunday’s WWE Title Match became known to all, The Queen Diva moved Dolph Ziggler into position as Team Punk’s new captain — a development that delighted The Showoff. Meanwhile, the rest of the former Team Punk — Alberto Del Rio and The Rhodes Scholars — remained intact.
Yet, still at a five-on-four disadvantage was Team Foley, a veritable team of WWE all-stars Randy Orton, Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston and WWE Tag Team Champions Team Hell No. Finally, on the Nov. 12 Raw, Foley’s fifth member was decided in an interactive RAWactive poll. The Miz, who requested to be added to the ballot, won in a landslide, garnering more Twitter hashtag votes than Zack Ryder and Santino Marella. (WATCH)
Proving himself, perhaps astonishingly, to be a team player, The Awesome One then went on to team with Kane and defeat Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow. Though the victory appears to have created, or intensified, the ill will between championship partners Kane & Daniel Bryan, the newfound aggressiveness displayed by The Miz assuredly heartened Team Foley supporters.
How will the many revisions to these two teams of A-level Superstars — including a noteworthy defection — play out this Sunday on pay-per-view? Will The Miz be able to play nice with his new partners, including the man who unseated him as Intercontinental Champion, “The Wildcat” Kofi Kingston? Is The Awesome One bringing any valuable insider information from Team Ziggler to the table?
And what of the other main event-caliber Superstars involved? “The Mexican Aristocrat” and “The Showoff” bested Kingston & Orton on the Nov. 12 Raw; can they carry that momentum in WWE’s fall classic? Where does the seeming loner, Wade Barrett, fit into the mix?
This Sunday on pay-per-view, the WWE Universe will lay be treated to one of the longest-running traditions in sports-entertainment: the Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match. With such huge star power and so many volatile elements, the only thing that can be counted on is that the match will have major implications for the WWE’s top tier heading into the close of 2012. (HOW TO WATCH)

Power Rankings: Nov. 17, 2012

WWE SmackDown Results: 11/16/12

When the “Miz TV” host pointed out that Mick should worry about the dysfunction of the other members of the Survivor Series group rather than him, Foley welcomed all of Team Foley into the ring.
When he “opened the lines of communication,” Team Hell No used the opportunity to further argue with each other. Then, when things almost turned volatile between archrivals Kofi Kingston and Miz, Foley called on Randy Orton to be the “voice of reason.” But the nine-time World Champion said that despite their volatile history, he liked Foley more than anyone of the team — a group he didn’t “like or trust at all.”

They were soon interrupted by the majority of Team Ziggler — minus Cody Rhodes, who sustained an injury on Wednesday’s WWE Main Event. While Dolph Ziggler proclaimed Foley’s team the “definition of dysfunction,” a verbal exchange with Alberto Del Rio showed some cracks in their armor as well.
As the two Survivor Series teams bickered back and forth, Foley revealed three main event matches he suggested and got approved by SmackDown General Manager Booker T: Kingston vs. Damien Sandow, Orton & The Miz vs. Del Rio & Ziggler and Kane vs. Wade Barrett.

Randy Orton & The Miz def. Alberto Del Rio & Dolph Ziggler 

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In the second match of the night between Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match participants, Randy Orton reluctantly joined forces with The Miz against The Mexican Aristocrat & Mr. Money in the Bank.
In the final moments, just when WWE’s Apex Predator looked poised to execute the RKO on Del Rio, his “Awesome” partner suddenly tagged himself into the action, hitting the Skull-Crushing Finale on a staggered Mexican Aristocrat to steal the three-count.
Furious over being cheated out of a win over his adversary Del Rio and taking all he could of Miz in the post-match celebration, the irate Viper lashed out, hitting an RKO on his own Survivor Series teammate.

Raw Results: 11/12/12

Randy Orton def. Dolph Ziggler

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — On a night of jubilation and anticipation, Raw instead kicked off on a venomous note when Randy Orton slithered to the ring in the show's opening minutes for a match against Dolph Ziggler. The Showoff stormed into Raw looking to make an impact before he leads a squad against The Viper and the rest of Team Foley at the fall classic. Seizing his opportunity, Mr. Money in the Bank took it to The Apex Predator early and often in his statement match against the nine-time World Champion, though the outcome was not, perhaps, what he had expected.
Ziggler, who took Orton to the limit at Night of Champions, gave Orton no quarter and showed no mercy in what was an uncommonly brutal showing from The Showoff. A last-minute distraction, though, spelled doom for the flashy Superstar when Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez ran to the ring and attempted to distract The Apex Predator. Though Ziggler nearly achieved victory thanks to the interference from his Survivor Series lieutenants, Orton's veteran instinct took over and The Viper rolled Mr. Money in the Bank for a quick pin.
Business was not yet concluded for Del Rio, however. The Essence of Excellence stormed the ring and, alongside Ziggler, administered a stomping on Orton that continued unchecked until Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston sprinted to the ring to help his Team Foley comrade. The fracas then brought out Teddy Long, who, looking spiffy in his red suit, restored order to the chaos in his own, time-honored manner on behalf of Managing Supervisor Vickie Guerrero: The contest would be restarted as a (you guessed it) tag team match.
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SmackDown Main Event in Malaga, Spain, Nov 2012: Photos

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Power Rankings: Nov 10, 2012

SmackDown Results: Del Rio ‘Falls’ to The Viper as SuperSmackDown LIVE powers its way into Birmingham

Randy Orton def. Alberto Del Rio – Falls Count Anywhere Match

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Last Friday, after Alberto Del Rio’s distraction caused Randy Orton to lose his match against Wade Barrett, The Viper engaged The Mexican Aristocrat in a fierce backstage brawl. (WATCH) Then on Raw, Orton returned the favor, using his entrance music to throw Del Rio off his game long enough for Kofi Kingston to defeat him — before he dished out an RKO.
Now on SuperSmackDown LIVE, in a contest that not only encourages anarchy but also insists upon it, Randy Orton would battle Alberto Del Rio in Falls Count Anywhere Match. It was a setting where absolutely everything could be legally used as a weapon to end the fight anyplace.
The brutal showdown that ensued would stretch outside the ring, into the U.K. crowd and all over the arena — incorporating everything from chairs, garbage cans, equipment trunks, the SmackDown announce table, the ramp, a table, the unforgiving steel ring post and everything else in sight.

When Ricardo Rodriguez made the mistake of getting involved in the explosive action, Orton hurled him into an iconic British phone booth and then unleashed a major beatdown that surely left Ricardo’s ears ringing.
Finally, when Del Rio locked in the excruciating Cross Armbreaker, it seemed as if Orton would have no choice but to tap out. That was until the resourceful Viper whacked his adversary in the head with nearby microphone, though.
In the climatic final moments of the match, Del Rio went for another steel chair assault. But WWE’s true Apex Predator countered, hitting a jaw-dropping RKO onto the steel ring steps for the definitive victory.

SmackDown Results: 11/2/12

Wade Barrett def. Randy Orton 

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Prior to the start of Randy Orton’s match with Wade Barrett, Alberto Del Rio — who appeared  ready to join the SmackDown announce team for the pending showdown — suddenly attacked The Viper with the help of Ricardo Rodriguez, leaving his adversary on the ringside floor.
Despite this assault, the match between Orton and Barrett would carry on as scheduled, igniting a brutal firestorm of a contest. But just as The Viper looked to have gained a decisive advantage over his opponent, Del Rio and Rodriguez reemerged, bringing yet another distraction to the table. As Orton proceeded to headbutt The Mexican Aristocrat’s personal ring announcer off the apron — Barrett seized the opportunity, rolling up WWE’s Apex Predator up for the three-count.

But while Del Rio was bragging in the back on his persistent belief that he was WWE’s “new Apex Predator,” Orton caught up with him, igniting a fierce backstage brawl that stretched all the way to catering — as the two fierce Superstars destroyed everything in sight. In the midst of the chaos, collateral damage inevitably took shape, as Rodriguez found himself covered with food and Matt Striker got “just desserts.” (WATCH)
As a result on the out-of-control confrontation between The Viper and The Mexican Aristocrat, it was later announced that Randy Orton will take on Alberto Del Rio in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, this Tuesday on SuperSmackDown LIVE on Syfy from Birmingham, England. (WATCH)

WWE Main Event results

Randy Orton, Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio def. Alberto Del Rio & The Prime Time Players 

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Halloween night was full of tricks, treats and plenty of WWE action as Randy Orton joined forces with Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara against Alberto Del Rio & The Prime Time Players in a fast-paced Six-Man Tag Team Match. In addition to The Viper teaming with the masked Mexicans, Wade Barrett battled agile Hart Dungeon alum Tyson Kidd.Before the action got underway, Michael Cole and JBL updated the WWE Universe on the Brad Maddox situation. They revealed that Maddox has been suspended indefinitely and was summoned to WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Conn., to be questioned by a Board of Inquiry Thursday. (FULL STORY)
Randy Orton, Sin Cara & Rey Mysterio def. Alberto Del Rio & The Prime Time Players (PHOTOS | WATCH)
Last week on WWE Main Event, Alberto Del Rio defeated Sin Cara and following their encounter, The Prime Time Players joined forces with The Mexican Aristocrat and brazenly attacked the masked marvel. Randy Orton raced to Sin Cara’s aid and challenged Del Rio & The Prime Time Player to a Six-Man Tag Team Match when The Master of the 619 would be in attendance.
At Hell in a Cell, Del Rio was defeated by The Viper in singles competition, leaving the Six-Man Tag Team Match in Fayetteville as his dream for retribution. The Mexican Aristocrat hoped his newfound alliance with The Prime Time Players was enough to suppress the alliance forged between three of his most bitter rivals.
Though The Prime Time Players wanted to seize the opportunity to prove they are major competitors in WWE, the experience of The Viper and Rey Mysterio mixed with the high-flying abilities of Sin Cara highlighted the greater struggle of the contest. Maintaining an advantage over the opposing team was the only objective in this bout and though Alberto Del Rio is a former two-time WWE Champion, his partners were far less seasoned than Orton and Mysterio. Nonetheless, all six Superstars battled to capture momentum, and fortunately for The Viper’s team, The WWE Universe remained firmly in their corner throughout the melee.
The fluidity of both trios was clearly on display as each competitor played to their own strengths to maintain balance during the bout and also try to secure the upper hand. Del Rio’s history with each Superstar on the opposing team added a personal layer to the contest that certainly played out as he faced off with each of his rivals.
During the latter half of the contest, Del Rio and The Prime Time Players primarily focused their efforts on The Master of the 619. The Ultimate Underdog endured a great deal of punishment, but he continued to fight, highlighting his incomparable resiliency. Chaos soon ensured with all six competitors inside the ring. Mysterio and Sin Cara managed to remove The Prime Time Players from the equation, setting up Del Rio for one of the most amazing sequence of maneuvers ever.
With a fast and picture-perfect hurricanrana, Sin Cara set The Mexican Aristocrat plummeting into the middle rope. Rey Mysterio charged forward and expertly executed the 619. A dazed Del Rio stumbled to his feet only to be met with a devastating RKO that ultimately secured victory for The Viper, Mysterio and Sin Cara.