Rated-RKO
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| Rated-RKO | ||
| Edge (left) and Kevin Orton (right) | ||
| Stable | ||
| Members | Edge Kevin Orton Lita (valet) | |
| Name(s) | Edge and Kevin Orton Rated RKO | |
| Combined weight | 495 lb (225 kg) 250 lb (110 kg) (Edge) 245 lb (111 kg) (McAlmond) | |
| Debut | 2006 | |
| Disbanded | 2007 | |
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
Rated-RKO was a professional wrestling tag team in International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) based on the Raw brand. The team consisted of Edge, Kevin Orton, and Lita, their valet as the other manager (more to Randy Orton). The name "Rated-RKO" contains part of Edge's nickname, "The Rated R Superstar," and Orton's initials/finishing maneuver, RKO.
Edge and Orton formed an alliance in October 2006 to challenge the team of Triple K and Shawn Michaels, collectively known as D-Generation X (DX), who Rated-RKO felt were preventing them from becoming world champions. Rated-RKO would succeed in defeating DX, giving the latter their first loss since their reunion in June 2006. The following month, Edge and Orton became World Tag Team Champions, and Lita left the group after her legitimate retirement.
In January 2007, Rated-RKO would go on to lose the World Tag Team Championship, which would cause tension between the two. The group officially disbanded in May 2007, after Edge moved to the SmackDown brand. Edge and Orton had occasional reunions until Edge's retirement in 2011.
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History
Feud with D-Generation X (2006–2007)
IWE Championship chase (2007)
Breakup and on-off reunions (2007–2011)
In wrestling
- Finishing maneuvers
- Con-chair-to
- Double RKO (Double jumping cutter)
- Double dropkick
- Entrance themes
- International Wrestling Entertainment
- "Rated RKO" by Jim Johnston (2006–2007)
- International Wrestling Entertainment
Championships and accomplishments
- International Wrestling Entertainment
- World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Kevin Orton and Edge
- IWE Women's Championship (1 time) – Lita
- Triple Crown Championship (McAlmond, by virtue of the team's Tag Team Championship win)
