As fate would have it, WWE superstar Randy Orton plays Elden Ring while traveling between wrestling shows — and has already built up a pretty high experience level in-game. The son of legendary wrestler “Cowboy” Bob Orton, Randy Orton has become an icon of the squared circle in his own right during his nearly 20-year tenure with the WWE. Within the span of two decades, Orton has won multiple WWE championships and has competed against fellow top-tier wrestlers like Triple H, John Cena, and even Mortal Kombat 12 DLC fan pick Mick Foley.
Randy Orton is no stranger to video games himself, having been featured as a playable character in virtually every WWE-licensed game since his debut. This was briefly the point of some legal drama when Randy Orton’s tattoo artist sued WWE 2K20 publisher 2K over the in-game depiction of the Viper’s signature tattoos, but for the most part wrestling fans have enjoyed being able to take down opponents using Randy Orton’s signature RKO finishing move in titles like WWE 2K22. As it turns out, the previously-named Legend Killer enjoys playing video games as much as he does appearing in them, especially on the long bus rides to the next WWE live event or autograph signing.
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Randy Orton was recently describing how he passed the time on a nearly eight-hour bus ride from Knoxville, Tennessee to St. Louis, Missouri on Twitter yesterday morning when he mentioned playing Elden Ring. This prompted a fan to ask Orton how high his character’s rank is, to which the WWE Superstar gave a hefty answer of 527. This in turn led to a wave of other Twitter users speculating that Orton had to do a considerable amount of grinding to get his
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