Riddle has revealed that the RK-Bro entrance at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view was originally going to look slightly different. In one of the more memorable moments from the Saudi Arabia show, the team of Riddle and Orton were due to defend their Raw Tag Team Championships against the team of AJ Styles and Omos. Shortly after making their way through the curtain, Riddle quickly retreated backstage. The Original Bro then returned on a camel and proceeded to ride it to the ring.
While Riddle was riding the camel, Randy Orton walked alongside and looked less than impressed with the actions of his tag team partner. However, the original plan was for both of the champions to ride to the ring on camels. Riddle recently spoke to Alistair McGeorge of Metro and discussed what it was like to ride the camel. Riddle also stated that Vince McMahon was the reason why Randy had to walk alongside during the entrance:
“The camel was a good time! I highly recommend, if you haven’t ridden a camel, get yourself a camel, get yourself the opportunity to ride one. Especially if you get the opportunity to ride one in Saudi, embrace the culture there and everything else – and the fans loved it. I’ll be honest – I loved it. You know who wasn’t happy about it though, because they didn’t get to ride a camel either? Randy. Randy wanted to ride a camel and Vince wouldn’t let him. He goes, ‘Randy, that’s not your character, riding a camel.’ He’s like, ‘What does that mean man?! My character doesn’t ride a camel?!’ I’m like, ‘Randy, I’m sorry bro, sometimes you’re just not the dude that rides camels,”
The Monday Night Raw star went on to discuss how the entrance came to be. Riddle has said that he didn’t know about the camel ride up until the day of the show:
“I have no idea who pitched it. All I know is that the morning of the show, seven o’clock in the morning, I was jetlagged so I didn’t get any sleep that night and I was still awake. I get a call and they’re like, ‘We need you at the show early to rehearse and stuff.’ I’m like, ‘Rehearse what?’ They go, ‘Rehearse riding a camel.’ I was like, ‘A real camel!’ They’re like, ‘Yeah!’ So, that’s what happened – it was great, I enjoyed it. The camel was great too.”
RK-Bro successfully defended the Raw Tag team Championships at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view. At the time of writing, Randy Orton and Riddle are still the champions. The team will go on to face SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos at Survivor Series in a champion vs. champion match.
H/t to Fightful for the use of transcriptions.
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