After Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves took down the LeBron James Los Angeles Lakers 4-1 in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs—coming off last year’s run where they eliminated Kevin Durant’s Suns and Nikola Jokic’s Nuggets—WWE legend Randy Orton is ready to pass the torch. The "Legend Killer" torch.

Randy Orton is one of the few performers who never lost his appeal and is still generating nuclear crowd reactions. He even took time before his Backlash main event this Saturday to endorse a rising NBA superstar.