WWE’s Randy Orton Fully Endorses The Mandalorian

While WWE has plenty of stars who love different aspects of geek culture, decorated veteran Randy Orton is rarely seen as one of them. But the 14-time world champion took to Twitter early Tuesday morning to whole-heartedly endorse the hit Star Wars series on Disney+, The Mandalorian. Orton wrote, “Listen, I know it’s late. I know I burned a man alive couple days ago and I shouldn’t be trusted, but whatever you do, don’t sleep on #Mandalorian just started season 1 and I think I’m in love #BabyYoda.”

By “burned a man alive,” Orton was referring to his victory over “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt at the TLC pay-per-view this past Sunday. “The Viper” won the Firefly Inferno Match by pushing Wyatt back-first into the flames at ringside, then lit his unconscious body on fire with gasoline.

Orton isn’t the only wrestler to cause a stir on social media with his Star Wars takes. Over the weekend AEW star Cody Rhodes gave his updated rankings on all of the Star Wars properties, which sparked quite a few conversations.

“With the most recent season, I might bump 7 to 6 – Mando is just [fire emojis] right now,” Rhodes wrote in his tweets.