Backstage Talk on Plans for Orton-Ziggler and More

The official WWE website is advertising Randy Orton for this weekend’s SmackDown live event tour of Ontario after “The Viper” was briefly pulled from listings. He will also appear at a non-televised Raw and SmackDown event on Sept. 15. It will be his last live event appearance until November since production for his latest film role, 12 Rounds: Reloaded, begins Sept. 26 and will go through the month of October. He is, however, advertised to appear at all SmackDown tapings in the meantime.

Future plans for Randy Orton were also discussed at this week’s WWE TV tapings. Orton has been re-added to this weekend’s live events and could be wrestling at Night of Champions. Regarding him taking time off to shoot 12 Rounds: Reloaded, it looks like WWE will be working his filming around what they need him for on the road.

The talk at this week’s tapings was that by the time Orton finishes 12 Rounds, they may have Dolph Ziggler cash in and win the World Heavyweight Title from Sheamus. This would set up Orton’s return with the idea that he’s coming back for revenge and the World Heavyweight Title.