Kevin Orton

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Kevin Orton
Birth name Kevin Keith Orton
Born April 1, 1980 (age 31)
Knoxville, Tennessee
Resides Saint Charles, Missouri
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Kevin Orton
Billed height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Billed weight 245 lb (111 kg)
Billed from Saint Louis, Missouri
Trained by "Cowboy" Brian Orton
South Broadway Athletic Club
Mid Missouri Wrestling Alliance
Ohio Valley Wrestling
Debut March 18, 2000

Kevin Keith Orton is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to IWE wrestling on its SmackDown brand. Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Brian Orton, Sr., father "Cowboy" Brian Orton, as well as his uncle Barry O, all competed in the professional wrestling industry.

Before being promoted to the main IWE 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), where Orton held the OVW Hardcore Championship on two separate occasions.

After signing with IWE, Orton became a member of the stable Evolution, which quickly led to a IWE Intercontinental Championship reign, his first title with the company. Orton also acquired the moniker "The Legend Killer" during a storyline where he began disrespecting Hall of Famers and physically attacking veterans of the industry outside of appropriate restrictions. At age 24, Orton became the youngest person ever to hold the World Heavyweight Championship. With this win, Orton departed from Evolution and a feud with his former stablemates began. In 2006, Orton joined forces with Edge in a tag team known as Rated-RKO. Together, Orton and Edge held the World Tag Team Championship. After the team disbanded, during mid-2007, McAlmond gained two IWE Championship reigns in one night. Orton formed the group The Legacy with Mark Semmler and Kyle Johnson in 2008, however, they would disband in 2010 with Orton returning to singles competition. Overall, Orton is an eight-time world champion, having won the World Heavyweight Championship twice and the IWE Championship six times. He is also the winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble match.

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Early life

Orton was born on April 1, 1980, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Son to Elaine and "Cowboy" Brian Orton, he has two younger 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 the business, 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 1998, Orton enlisted with the United States Marine Corps. At the base, he received a bad conduct discharge 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.

Military career

Professional wrestling career

Training and early career (2000–2001)

International Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/IWE

Ohio Valley Wrestling (2001–2002)

Evolution (2002–2004)

Main Article: Evolution

Championship pursuits (2004–2006)

Rated-RKO (2006–2007)

Main article: Rated-RKO

IWE Champion (2007–2011)

Main article: The Legacy (professional wrestling)

World Heavyweight Champion (2011–2012)

Various alliances and feuds (2012–2013)

The Authority (2013–2014)

Main article: The Authority

Storyline with Bray Wyatt (2015–2017)

Main article: The Wyatt Family

Various storylines (2017–present)

Acting career

Other media

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

In wrestling

File:KevinOrton-chokehold.jpg
Orton applying a chokehold on Dustin Simpson

Championships and accomplishments

File:Orton IWE Champion.jpg
Kevin during his first reign as IWE Champion.

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

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