Randy Orton on CM Punk's WWE Survivor Series return: 'Old Randy would have been pissed'

Randy Orton is proud of the way he handled what could have been a difficult situation at WWE Survivor Series. At the event, Orton returned for his first match in 18 months. Orton had been dealing with a career-threatening back injury that required double fusion surgery. He returned as part of the men's WarGames match at Survivor Series last November, teaming with Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, Seth Rollins & Sami Zayn to defeat The Judgment Day & Drew McIntyre. But Orton wasn't the only wrestler who came back to WWE that night. After the WarGames match, CM Punk returned to WWE for the first time in nearly a decade. While Punk's appearance at Survivor Series was kept as a surprise, WWE announced in advance that Orton would be returning. The decision was made so that the Chicago crowd would not expect Punk to be in WarGames. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Orton detailed how he was informed that Punk would be returning. Paul "Triple H" Levesque told Orton that it was something that only came together i