Randy Orton Returns To WWE SmackDown Live; Confirmed For Royal Rumble Match

Tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown Live ended in a big way as the Viper, Randy Orton made his return to the show to take out Samoa Joe with an RKO.

Orton has been absent from the show for several weeks now but he certainly made his presence felt at the end of the show, hitting an RKO to Joe and announcing that he will be part of the men’s Royal Rumble match.

Joe had previously interrupted the incredible main event match between Rey Mysterio and Andrade to make a point ahead of the Rumble match, but just as Joe was looking to put his message across, Orton appeared, in typical fashion, out of nowhere to take out the former NXT Superstar.

Corey Graves then confirmed on commentary that Orton would be part of the Rumble match this Sunday as Orton showed three fingers to the crowd, teasing that he will win the match for the third time in his career.

.@SamoaJoe warns all of the #RoyalRumble participants to be on high alert, but @RandyOrton sends a warning of his own… #SDLive pic.twitter.com/NxV07aXqrV

— WWE (@WWE) January 23, 2019

Randy Orton has previously won the Royal Rumble in 2009 and then again most recently in 2017.