I think I should have went a little more in depth in my statements.
Orton on the mic is way too inconsistent. He can pull off amazing promos, like the ones he was doing with Triple H bulding up Judgment Day and One Night Stand, highliting the JD promo and the face off before ONS.
However, take for example his feud with Y2J, his promos were way off, and too scripted. Or for example at the Anniversary of Raw, he killed any excitement about the announcement of Rated RKO reuniting for the match.
He can make big hits as his "Eddie is not in heaven, he's down there...in HELL!", to "Chris Jericho is a virus Todd. Chris, since you like codes so much, I'll give you one, RKO 18".
And HFH, I would have agreed with you on the chinlock statement half year ago, but he has practically erased them from his matches, and while you still see one or two in his matches, it's not like in the past in which you could count easily 7 or 8 rest holds. Besides, he has amazing in ring psicology, knows how to sell, and makes every finisher look like gold. That SCM from HBK looked deadly every time Orton took it.