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Robert Keith Orton, Jr. (born November 10, 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas) is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. Orton, a WWE Hall of Famer, is the father of Randy Orton, currently a prominent wrestler with World Wrestling Entertainment. His father, Bob Orton, Sr., and brother, Barry O, were also professional wrestlers.

Career

Orton started wrestling in 1972 in the Florida and Georgia territories. He often teamed with his father, Bob Orton. He made a name for himself in the early to mid-1980s in the National Wrestling Alliance, where he formed a tag team with Don Kernodle and won the NWA World Tag Team Championship.

In 1984, Orton joined the World Wrestling Federation as a heel. His gimmick was that he had supposedly been diagnosed with a "chronic" condition afflicting his left forearm, requiring him to wear a cast for years on end. He used the cast to illegally win his matches by striking opponents with it behind the back of the referee. He was often addressed as "Ace" Orton by Roddy Piper, one of his regular tag team partners.

'Cowboy' Bob was involved in the main event of the very first WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden in 1985, being in the corner of Piper and 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff in their match against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T. Bob accidentally cost his team the match, inadvertently hitting Orndorff with the cast.

In the WWF, Orton formed a tag team Don Muraco, with the duo managed by Mr. Fuji. They won several matches but split up on bad terms.

Orton returned to the NWA briefly in 1990 before returning to the independent circuit. He retired from wrestling in 1999.

World Wrestling Entertainment

On February 3, 2005, Bob Orton was announced as one of the Class of 2005 inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame, along with Paul Orndorff, The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, Jimmy Hart, Hulk Hogan, and Roddy Piper. The induction ceremony took place on April 2, 2005 in the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California.

In the weeks preceding WrestleMania 21, Orton became entangled in his son Randy's feud with The Undertaker. During an episode of SmackDown!, Orton begged The Undertaker to show mercy on his son in order to distract The Undertaker long enough for his son to sneak into the ring and hit the R.K.O.. At WrestleMania, he (unsuccessfully) interfered in the match between Orton and The Undertaker, striking The Undertaker with his cast.

On August 21, 2005, at SummerSlam 2005, Orton interfered in a rematch between Randy and The Undertaker, this time enabling his son to defeat The Undertaker. Orton then began accompanying Randy to ringside during his matches, and teamed with his son at No Mercy 2005 on October 9, 2005, defeating The Undertaker in a handicap casket match. The Ortons teamed together once again on the October 28, 2005 episode of Smackdown!, joining forces with Ken Kennedy to face on Roddy Piper, Batista and Eddie Guerrero in a six man tag team match. The match ended in defeat for the Ortons when Bob succumbed to Piper's sleeper hold.

On the December 16, 2005 episode of SmackDown!, Orton disguised himself as one of the Undertaker's druids and carried The Undertaker's signature urn to ringside as The Undertaker came to the ring to confront Randy. Orton remained at ringside after the other druids had left, distracting The Undertaker and enabling Randy to attack him. Orton then handed Randy the urn, which Randy used to knock The Undertaker unconscious.

At Armageddon 2005, Orton (still holding the urn) accompanied Randy to ringside for his Hell in a Cell match with The Undertaker. He interfered in the match several times, but was ultimately unable to prevent The Undertaker from delivering a Tombstone Piledriver to both Ortons and then covering Randy for the win. Orton bladed during the match and bled on both Randy and The Undertaker; controversially, he was later widely reported to be suffering from the blood-borne disease hepatitis.

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