4. Kofi Kingston Gives His Thoughts on JR Calling Randy Orton The “Best Wrestler In The World Today”
Jim Ross recently revealed that he believes the ‘best wrestler in the world today’ is WWE’s Randy Orton. This instantly created controversy with many fans throwing the names of Kenny Omega, Roman Reigns and Will Ospreay into the argument over Randy Orton.
In an interview with Daily Star, Kofi Kingston gave his thoughts on JR giving Randy Orton the title of best in the world today.
“The whole premise of ‘who is the best’ [is] really subjective. As far as Randy is concerned, I think he has the ability to do so many things so well. A lot of people think that because he doesn’t do a lot of moves, he’s not good, but that’s simply not true. The industry is not about the moves; it is about being able to connect with the crowd and express what you’re thinking without saying things a lot – to make people watch you. If you watch Randy move around the ring, he moves so slowly and every step has a purpose – you can’t take your eyes off him, yet he doesn’t ‘do’ anything, right? To be able to do that is an absolute talent.”
Kingston then went on to give his thoughts and praise on Randy Orton in more detail:
“He looks a certain way, he flexes in a certain way… you feel that. That’s the stuff that makes you great and not just good. What Randy does is unique in that way – he does so much without doing anything at all, so I’d have to put him in the conversation as being one of the greatest. To be able to last so long… he’s even more compelling now in a lot of different ways. So as a performer, you can’t have the conversation [about the greatest] without having Randy be in there, from the longevity alone. That doesn’t happen by accident.”
