In 2005, the Legend Killer focused his crosshairs on perhaps the greatest of legacies in WWE: Undertaker and his famed WrestleMania winning streak.

Coming within inches of spoiling The Phenom's running accomplishment, Randy Orton craftily slipped out of his opponent's chokeslam and clutched The Deadman's neck for a near deal-sealing RKO. (WATCH)

At the 2005 Survivor Series, Randy Orton confirmed that the bigger they are, the harder they fall ... to the RKO. Representing Team SmackDown against a squad of Raw counterparts, the Legend Killer leapt high to clinch a weakened Big Show's vast neck in his arms, bringing down 500 pounds of mass to the mat.

Orton later leveled Shawn Michaels with the same signature move to be the sole survivor of the 10-man bout. (WATCH)

Proving his ability to hit the RKO from just about any angle, at any given moment, Randy Orton materialized mid-ring, mid-West Coast Pop to drive Rey Mysterio mask-first into the mat on March 24, 2006. (WATCH)

For a conniving multi-generational Superstar like Randy Orton, no legend (even an "immortal" one) is untouchable.

In the summer of 2006, Hulk Hogan made a rare appearance on Saturday Night's Main Event at the Legend Killer's request, unknowingly stumbling into a well spun scheme by his irreverent nemesis. The red and yellow succumbed to a unique "drive-by" RKO on the hood of his luxury sedan. (WATCH)

Randy Orton's short-lived rivalry with Carlito ended almost as quick as the Legend Killer's instincts at the climax of their Unforgiven 2006 encounter.

Carlito took a risk by springing from rope to rope to his limber foe, and Orton ensured an uncomfortable landing. It might not have been "cool" for Carlito, but the WWE Universe watching would certainly disagree. (WATCH)

Mid-Money in the Bank Ladder Match, CM Punk was left with a negative balance at WrestleMania 23, courtesy of Randy Orton.

The crowd - and several Superstars - were already stunned from a triumvirate of RKOs on the mat. Then, as the Straightedge Superstar reached from the rungs for the all-important briefcase, the Legend Killer turned thriller with an RKO from the ladder's peak. (WATCH)

Devout members of the WWE Universe can still visualize lithe ECW legend Rob Van Dam constrict and contort with the Legend Killer's cringe-inducive RKO on May 28, 2007.

The viper-like Orton snatched RVD's neck and forced him face-first to the mat while the rest of Van Dam's body stood near fully vertical (legs in the air). This concluded their confrontation and stood forth as one of RVD's last WWE matches. (WATCH)

At Saturday Night's Main Event in 2007, John Cena couldn't help but look out below as The Champ got an uncomfortably close view of a propped up folding chair.

Randy Orton clearly left his conscience at home, executing a dastardly RKO on the unsuspecting Superstar and connecting Cena's grill with cold steel. (WATCH)

The venomous Legend Killer targeted John Cena on the first night of October 2007. Instantly following Cena's match on Raw, Randy Orton callously delivered a near crippling RKO atop the announce table - an assault that decommissioned his rival for months. (WATCH)

The same way Randy Orton got to a WWE Title Match at No Mercy 2007 was the very method that earned him the gold that night. On his last legs, the Legend Killer extinguished The Game's gold aspiration with an RKO on the commentary booth - the attack he used to eliminate Cena from the WWE Title picture days before.

A referee's 10-count later, Orton was the Last Man Standing and he was awarded the WWE Title for the second time in one evening. (WATCH)

No popcorn was sold in Madison Square Garden during one nail-biter of a confrontation between Randy Orton and Jeff Hardy for the WWE Title at Royal Rumble 2008.

This war was too close to call until Hardy locked in for a Twist of Fate. Orton twisted back, however, right into a picture perfect RKO that put his foe's lights out. (WATCH)

The Road to The Grandest Stage of Them All commenced with extreme turbulence and agony for then-WWE Champion Randy Orton's WrestleMania XXIV challengers, Triple H and John Cena. At the contract signing between all three men, Orton grounded both Superstars with the RKO. (WATCH)

The Legend Killer would go on to successfully retain the gold at The Biggest Spectacle of Them All in a Triple Threat Match.

In a strange turn of events for two enemies, Randy Orton and John Cena found themselves required to work together against the entire Raw roster. While others would bend at the mere sight of roughly a dozen opposing Superstars, for the Legend Killer it just meant more opportunities to execute his patented attack.

While Lance Cade, Paul Burchill and Val Venis all succumbed to the RKO, it was a collaborative effort by Cena and Orton that laid Cody Rhodes to rest. (WATCH)

In a critical tag bout on Raw in late 2008, it only took the quickest of instances for the Legend Killer to slip out of a Batista Bomb and execute a hellish RKO.

This, followed with Orton's equally lethal punt, was the last blow The Animal would endure before time away from the ring to recover. (WATCH)

One RKO that none may soon forget was also perhaps the most atrocious. Moments after punting Shane McMahon senseless, Randy Orton's IED (Intermittent Explosive Disorder) corrupted  his own senses and sent the Superstar into a frenzy. The result: Stephanie McMahon laid out with Orton's signature attack. (WATCH)

This RKO sealed the fate for the third McMahon struck by Orton in one month, beginning with the WWE Chairman himself.

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