Former WWE Diva and Diva of the Decade, Trish Status recently did a with Desi Live where she was asked who she thought was the best wrestler in pro wrestling right now, and this is what she had to say.

Interviewer: Besides yourself, the best wrestler in pro wrestling today?
Trish: I most enjoy Randy Orton right now. I think he’s really charismatic. I really enjoy his matches. He is the most wonderful seller, like, the way he sells a move is just money. I’m enjoying his stuff right now.

Interviewer: Do you think he could be a good guy though? I don’t know if he has like, a personality like The Rock or anybody.
Trish: I think he could. I think he’ll get so over as a heel, that it’ll just be a natural thing that a heel turn into a a really good guy. And I think he’ll be good at it.

You can listen to her interview here: @YouTube. And I would also like to thank Randy-Orton.com visitor, Kel for bringing this to my attention.

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WWE Raw opened with a plug for Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston…tonight.

Kofi Kingston came to the ring for the unadvertised match against Randy Orton, but Cody Rhodes ambushed him before he could enter the ring. Cody left Kofi KO’ed on the floor, but Kofi slowly entered the ring and said he still wanted the match against Orton. Orton’s music hit, but Ted DiBiase ambushed Kofi from behind and attacked the leg. Cole said they were expecting Kingston vs. Orton tonight, but now it seems unlikely. Kofi sold a left knee injury as refs checked on him. Orton’s music hit a second time and Orton made record time hitting the ring.

RANDY ORTON vs. KOFI KINGSTON
The bell sounded after the ref checked with Kofi one more time, then Orton quickly went after the knee that was softened up by Legacy. The crowd tried to rally behind Kofi as Orton took apart the knee. Orton stalked Kofi then went back to attacking the knee. Ref threatened to DQ him, but he inexplicably didn’t DQ Orton. WWE is quite inconsistent with how much leeway referees are given to determine DQs. Orton backed away, then Kofi made a brief comeback, but Orton finished him off with the RKO for the pin and the win.

Post-match: Orton picked up Kingston and wanted to continue the attack. He put Kingston in the corner and executed his elevated DDT straight into the mat after a pause for added effect. Orton did his viper-like stalk to go with his evil-eyes facial expression to sell the attack. Crowd chanted, “Randy sucks” to help sell the angle. Orton’s music hit again as the announcers talked about Orton being a tortured soul and obsessed with revenge on Kingston, who seemingly pushed Orton too far.

WINNER: Orton at 3:08. The match outcome sets up Kingston for revenge at a later date, but why they went this route of Kingston taking a pinfall loss was questionable. Orton was at least awesome as the classic Orton heel getting his revenge on Kingston for the past few weeks. Good to see Orton strong again. Now they can set up a strong comeback from Kingston.

This Week	Movement	Superstar	Last Week
9		RANDY ORTON  The Viper should’ve never picked a fight with Kofi Kingston. After being pinned by the explosive Superstar at Survivor Series, Orton was dumped out of Raw’s Breakthrough Battle Royal by Kingston.	8

I’ve uploaded all 17 high quality scans of Randy from last month’s December issue along with this months Annual Holiday issue of WWE Magazine. You can see all of those scans by following the links below.

We hope everyone had a nice holiday!

Gallery Links:
- WWE Magazines > WWE Magazine > December 2009
- WWE Magazines > WWE Magazine > Holiday 2009

WWE Shop has released a new “Randy Orton Root of Evil Top Rope T-Shirt” shirt for all you fans. The shirt features his gas mask logo along once more but with a different design and a simple RKO etched into the back of the shirt with the growing vines.

ShopZone link:
$45.00 – Root of Evil Top Rope T-Shirt

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Justin Roberts growled out an introduction to the guest host, Jesse Ventura. Instead, Randy Orton’s music played. He entered the ring and said his father told him all about Ventura, which is he considers himself to be a revolutionary, a radical, and someone who speaks his own and breaks his own rules. He said he wanted Ventura to prove that to him personally. He said Ventura has the power to lift the ban on his title shots against Cena. Ventura walked out in wrestling tights, a snake skin jacket, sunglasses, and his hair pulled back into a braid. “The body is back and, as you can see, I ain’t dressed like no governor tonight, I’m dressed like pro wrestling,” he said with his classic delivery. He said he’s in charge now, so what he says goes. He turned to orton and said he respects him and likes his style. “You remind me of me,” he said, adding that he stands for revolution in this country. He said he doesn’t belong to the Republicans or Democrats. He said being the Governor of Revolution, he is also the one who will bring something completely new to WWE tonight.

Ventura turned and told Orton he won’t get a title shot. He said too many of the same people day in, day out, week after week have gotten the shot at the title. He said it’s time to change that. Orton interrupted and asked if Triple H would get a shot. Or Shawn Michaels or Chris Jericho. Ventura ruled them all out. He said there will be a series of matches to earn a title shot and the qualification is none can be former champions. Then the winners will participate in a Breakthrough Battle Royal, and the winner will be the no. 1 contender. Orton told Ventura he’s making a very, very big mistake. Ventura said he’s make plenty of mistakes before. “You can’t govern and not make mistakes,” he said, but then reiterated that what he says goes.

Ventura announced Cena would face Punk. He said they’ve never wrestled before. He announced DX vs. The Hart Dynasty, adding that they’ve never faces each other before. He then introduced the first match in the one-night top contender tournament. Kingston walked out to his ring intro as Orton walked toward the back. They exchanged a tense stare as they passed one another.

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