More From Randy Orton's ESPN Interview - Face Turn & More
As noted earlier, ESPN.com has an interview with Randy Orton where he spoke about his babyface turn, the WWE All-Stars game and more. Here is what he said on his face turn:
"When you go from being a good guy to a bad guy or vice versa like I did, everyone always tells you, 'Don't change, don't change.' And in my case, the less change the better because what really happened is the fans turned me. This wasn't some master plan where all of a sudden I was going to be a good guy, I just started getting a lot of fan support. It's a fine line because I wasn't going out there like John Cena high-fiving kids and hugging grandmas and pumping my fist and smiling ... if I would've done that, I would've failed tremendously, kind of like it did back in 2004, when I became the youngest champion in WWE history. That didn't work at all because I changed so much. So it's really about looking at your character, seeing what people like about me, like about my character, and seeing how much I can change without changing too much and walking that fine line. I think I've done a pretty good job. I'm definitely still learning on the job, though. It took me about five years to get really comfortable as a bad guy, as a heel, and I expect to take another couple of years as a good guy to really come into my own, but I'm definitely on the right path."
You can check out the full interview at ESPN.com by clicking here.