That was NEVER supposed to happen... (opens in new tab)

Unsurprisingly, Randy Orton's mystery caller was never meant to be Pat McAfee\. At WWE WrestleMania 42, creative seemed to pivot again when they cut off the Pat McAfee storyline by having Orton lose to Cody Rhodes, meaning Pat was banned from WWE for life\. Whether that sticks or not, the original plan for the mystery caller was Alestair Black - he and Orton had a brief on screen issue before Elimination Chamber, with Black actually being the person to try to bring out the \"viper\" in Orton ...