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Rated RKO showed just how much real-life circumstances can change the path of a great wrestling angle. Randy Orton was coming off a few secondary feuds with Kurt Angle of the ECW brand and Carlito after getting punished for violating the wellness policy. Both heels were placed together for the huge storyline against Triple H and Shawn Michaels during their D-Generation X reunion in All four wrestlers were established main eventers, so the tag matches had greater importance.

Edge and Orton showed instant chemistry as two of the most hated acts in the company merging together to take down DX after their wins over the McMahon family and Spirit Squad. Orton and Edge were the first team to score a pinfall victory over DX after Triple H and Michaels reunited earlier in the year. WWE wanted to extend the angle with bigger matches down the line thanks to a hot new act.

The momentum of Rated RKO continued until multiple stints of unfortunate luck outside of their control harmed them. Piper was written out on the night of the show due to a lymphoma diagnosis removing him from competition. After setting up Rated RKO, they didn't have to wait long to get their hands on the twin belts.

Rated RKO took cheap shots at DX, which led to a match between the two tag teams at the Cyber Sunday pay-per-view, with Eric Bischoff voted in as the special guest referee. Bischoff also acted biasedly in favor of the villainous team. It was a great match, but DX suffered their first defeat since the reunion in Well, there should be no better way to judge the better man in a tag team than to have a singles encounter between them.

When their relationship was at the boiling point, the two men crossed paths with each other on an episode of RAW. Delivering an outstanding match, the Rated RKO members gave their best shots to prove the superiority.

Nevertheless, it was Edge, who had the last laugh at the end, as a vicious Spear was enough to secure the victory on the April 30, edition of Monday Night Raw.

Randy Orton started one of the best feuds of his career earlier this year after assaulting a returning Edge, who made his in-ring come back after almost nine years at the Royal Rumble. The two men met at WrestleMania 36 , where Edge prevailed over Orton. As a result of their most recent match, Edge was put on the shelf with a torn triceps injury.

Becky Lynch found Charlotte's comments on Friday's SmackDown about being a natural champion quite ironic and responded accordingly. The Ultimate Opportunist cited Orton's history with Triple H as a reason why he hasn't been a world champion in two years. The two shook hands and Rated-RKO was born.

D-Generation X's second incarnation during the Summer of had its fair share of gags and comedy, but that was while they were feuding against the McMahons, Big Show and the Spirit Squad. The winner turned out to be Eric Bischoff who was last seen getting dumped into a garbage truck by Mr. While it obviously wasn't Edge's first tag-team championship, it was the first tag-team title for Orton. On the road to WrestleMania 23 both Edge and Orton's egos started to clash with one another.

They worked together to make in the final four of that year's Royal Rumble before Michaels' eliminated them both. At WrestleMania 23, both competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match where Edge was infamously knocked out of the match by a diving leg drop off a ladder by Jeff Hardy.