More On Justin Roberts’ WWE Release, Randy Orton’s ‘RKO’

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer

Dead Spin has an article up looking at the viral sensation involving Randy Orton and the RKO. Orton has been re-tweeting a lot of the links and it’s believed that his impressive RKO on Dolph Ziggler at Monday’s RAW was an homage to everyone creating the RKO videos.

UPDATE x 3: Regarding the WWE release of ring announcer Justin Roberts, it’s said that it was a situation where his contract expired and the two sides couldn’t come to terms on a new deal. WWE somewhat acknowledged this in their announcement of his release, writing: “WWE has chosen to not exercise its option to renew ring announcer Justin Roberts’ contract.”

For what it’s worth, there are many people within the company who feel there is more to the story than the company simply not agreeing to renew his contract.

UPDATE x 2: As previously reported, WWE.com announced late last night following RAW that ring announcer Justin Roberts is no longer with the company, effective immediately.

According to numerous reports from fans who were at RAW last night, Justin Roberts was seen yelling at Michael Cole during the Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler match. One fan also noted that he clearly saw Roberts looking “pissed off” throughout the night and flipped off Cole at one point. After RAW concluded, he was informed by Kevin Dunn that he would be released. For what it’s worth, several sources claim something definitely happened during or backstage at RAW and that led to Roberts being fired immediately following the show.

Justin Roberts is scheduled to be a guest on Chris Jericho’s podcast this Friday and you can expect them to discuss what led to his WWE departure.

UPDATE: As you’d imagine, many people were shocked by the WWE release of Justin Roberts. Roberts was well liked and many thought that online reports of his release were false.

Word is that Roberts was informed about his release after RAW ended last night.

ORIGINAL: WWE announced after RAW that they have released ring announcer Justin Roberts, effective immediately. They wished him β€œthe best in all his future endeavors.”

The following is from WWE.com:

WWE has chosen to not exercise its option to renew ring announcer Justin Roberts’ contract. Effective immediately, Roberts is released from WWE.

WWE wishes him the best in all his future endeavors.

The Real *SHOCKING REASON* Why Justin Roberts Was FIRED From WWE!