Word backstage was that Orton suffered some sort of back injury and it has to do with at least one of the discs in his back. Orton could miss up to 6 months of in-ring time, causing him to miss WrestleMania 28. An official update from WWE should be available soon.
It's possible that Randy Orton's back injury didn't actually happen at last night's SmackDown tapings in the Falls Count Anywhere Match against Wade Barrett. The match ended when Barrett threw Orton down a flight of stairs.
The scripted spot with Orton going down the stairs makes it appear that Orton had a pre-existing injury. Also, since the December 19th RAW, Orton has been put in positions where he hasn't had to do a lot of physical work on TV.
As noted before, Sheamus will be taking Orton's place in SmackDown live events this week against Barrett. There's talk that one of the RAW brand live event matches will be moved over to the SmackDown tour to help beef up the line-ups.
Despite being pulled from this week's SmackDown live event listings, Randy Orton is still being advertised for Monday's RAW Supershow by WWE and the FedEx Forum in Memphis.
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