Major Orton News, Cornette thinks WWE is in trouble when Vince dies.

[Jonathan]

– WWE.com reported Thursday that company physician Dr. Michael Sampson examined Randy Orton and said he suffered a herniated disc on the L4-L5 level on the left side, which has resulted in pain and weakness down his leg.

“He’s going to need some time off for rehab, anti-inflammatory medications and physical therapy,” said Dr. Sampson.

F4WOnline.com reports that his injury is legitimate. Orton had been complaining of the injury for two weeks which is why his physical workload was reduced prior to the injury angle shot at Tuesday’s SmackDown taping in Indianapolis, Indiana. WWE.com says the injury could keep him sidelined for a few weeks.

According to a well placed source in WWE, there is a lot of misinformation out there regarding Randy Orton’s injury. The WWE website reported that company physician Dr. Michael Sampson examined Orton this week and found Orton’s back has a herniated disc.

Our source stated, “Randy might be back for the Royal Rumble, or he might not be back before WrestleMania. Orton is weighing his options carefully, and Vince wants to make sure Randy isn’t rushing back into the ring just for the WrestleMania payday. Vince has a long term investment in Randy, and he already has his three main events locked in for WrestleMania.”

WrestleMania’s top three matches are said to be The Rock vs John Cena; Undertaker vs HHH with Shawn Michaels as guest referee and CM Punk defending the WWE Title, presumably against Chris Jericho.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s promotion in September 2010 to WWE’s Executive Senior Advisor made official what was already informally apparent: Vince McMahon’s son-in-law will one day run the sports entertainment empire.

Speaking to Power Slam, Jim Cornette comments on whether Levesque is qualified to succeed McMahon as head honcho of WWE.
“Nobody’s qualified to replace McMahon,” says Cornette. “Vince is one of a kind, a guy who will never come along again.

“Triple H is a student of the business, but he’s still got his own little quirks. He’s Vince’s son-in-law, and he’s being groomed for the spot because he thinks in large part like Vince McMahon in terms of what a star is supposed to look like: a jacked-up bodybuilder. So, some things are not going to change. He’s probably going to bring a more youthful approach to it, although [Triple H is] in his early 40s. So, he’s not exactly youthful—but Vince is 66.

“So, no: nobody’s qualified to replace Vince. [Triple H] might do an okay job. But, personally, I think when General Patton [Vince] passes on, I think they’re in trouble. [WWE is] always going to exist because they have a lot of money in the bank and they’ve grown into such a global company, but I don’t think there’s going to be any giant ground broken or revolutionary things done after Vince is gone.”

Interesting.

Source: SEScoops

 

[Tombstone Piledriver]

Why doesn't Shane McMahon take over?

 

[Jonathan]

Shane has moved away from wrestling.

 

[Crayo]

Told you all, none of you believed me. .

Some interesting points, but those 3 locked in wrestlemania matches is probably a load of crap.

 

[seabs]

Why doesn't Shane McMahon take over?

Too busy doing his own thing.

Vince dieing will hit the company hard but he's pretty out of touch with modern culture so from a business standpoint may result in a more relevant WWE. The comment about hhh only liking body builders is bs imo he signed mistico 'who is far from that build. Im not sure what to make of the orton news so just hoping he comes back as soon as possible he's been on fire all year.

 

[Crayo]

I'd probably prefer Shane to come back if I'm honest, but I doubt it's going to happen. HHH and Steph running the company completely is a scary thought, Vince McMahon is a absolute genius people need to realize that. But as seabs rightly said, he is out of touch now. He doesn't know or I think care about what makes a good superstar any more, the guy is loaded. HHH and Steph I don't see as absolute risk takers, so for those who think the company will just spiral in another direction I think will be surprised for the wrong reasons.