Randy Orton in “Unfinished Business”

Randy Orton

At the age of 24, I became the youngest world champion in the history of the WWE. It was the greatest moment in my life, but it was short-lived. Because the next night on Raw, the man who was my mentor, the man that claimed to be my friend, turned on me in a fit of jealous rage. [footage from the August 16, 2004 episode of Raw is shown where Triple H betrays Orton, kicking him out of Evolution] That night, everything started to fall into place. Triple H ruined my life, so I made a vow to myself, to ruin his. But I had to wait. I had to wait until I found the talent to start a group of my own. I had to wait until Triple H was more powerful than he had ever been before, and I had to wait until Triple H found something that he cared about, more than the WWE title. And so it began, this past January, when I eliminated Triple H and went on to win the 2009 Royal Rumble. [footage from the Royal Rumble is shown] I earned the right to face Triple H and take his title at the 25th anniversary of WrestleMania, but, but that wasn't enough. I had to raise the stakes. I had to take everything away from Triple H that he cared about, and systematically destroy him. So I chose his family. The most powerful family in the WWE, the McMahons. Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, and his sweet wife, Stephanie. [a montage is shown of Orton attacking the McMahon family] Almost five years after Triple H turned on me, I RKO'd his wife. Now let me, let me make one thing perfectly clear. I knew exactly what I was doing the entire time. IED, no no no no no. I knew exactly what I was doing the entire time. If you don't sit down and shut your mouths and listen to every word I have to say for the rest of this, I'm gonna get real pissed off. When I get pissed off, you don't wanna, you don't wanna be too close to me! [crowd boos] I knew that Triple H would retaliate. And he did, he went to my home and he attacked me. He took a sledgehammer to Rhodes and DiBiase, but that was a sacrifice that I was willing to take, because I needed Triple H to feel confident. I needed Triple H to feel as if he was in control, because if he felt this way, then he would let his guard down, and if he did that, then it would allow me to do this. [footage is shown from the previous week's Raw where Orton attacked Stephanie McMahon while Triple H was handcuffed to the rope] Now at WrestleMania, every time Triple H and I lock up, every time he goes to throws a punch, he's gonna be looking at the man that DDT'd his wife and sealed it with a kiss. And if he even thinks of coming to the ring at WrestleMania with a sledgehammer to get his vengeance, then he's wrong. Because I talked to Vickie Guerrero. And if Triple H is disqualified, if he's even counted out, then he loses the WWE title. If he shows up to the ring with a sledgehammer, then it's an automatic disqual - disqualification, and I become champion without lifting my finger. And so it comes full circle, Triple H it comes full circle. I have taken everything from you. Everything, except the WWE title. That comes this Sunday. When it happens, the entire landscape of the WWE changes. The balance of power shifts permanently. Top superstars will climb the ladder to one day try and challenge me. Young superstars will try their best to impress me so that they may one day stand at my side.