Randy Orton News, His Immediate Future (Patreon)

Randy Orton hears voices in his head they say DOOT DOOT DOOT, they understand, they talk to him.

Randy Orton is back in WWE after a year and a half away, and is primed for a big angle now that he's joined WWE Smackdown. However, he made a WWE Raw appearance first before "signing" with the Blue Brand. Orton was absent from WWE TV during the draft and was not assigned a brand at that point. WWE wanted to capitalize off the buzz of his return, and put him on last week's episode of WWE Raw, gave him the main event match of the evening, and allowed him to wrap a couple of stories. 

One that WWE wanted to get closure on was with Jey Uso, as they've long been attempting to position him as a babyface on the Raw side. However, they wanted to neatly tie up that story with the history referenced on WWE TV numerous times. They also gave a bit of closure to the brief Judgment Day story that brought Orton back to TV.

However, Orton's next path seems clear -- The Bloodline. There's a lot more that indicates him being prepared for such. On both WWE Raw and WWE Smackdown in the past week, Michael Hayes was producing segments for Randy Orton. This is of particular importance because while he's been off WWE TV for weeks, all of Roman Reigns' segments, and things directly related to what he's involved in are also produced by Hayes. The majority of the Bloodline-contingent stories have had Hayes as the producer. 

Orton signed with WWE Smackdown in storyline because Nick Aldis offered him a match with the Bloodline after they took him out of action in kayfabe. We're told WWE has been happy with Orton's return, his conditioning, and his performance thus far.