Randy Orton says he weighed over 300 pounds at one point during his hiatus from WWE

While appearing on Stephanie McMahon’s What’s Your Story? podcast, Randy Orton talked about his hiatus from WWE while recovering from spinal fusion surgery. Here were the highlights…

Weight gain: “I went from like, kind of 240 to 250-ish. I mean, I did take it to the extreme,” he said. “Over the winter, I had some time off, and I was a little over 300 pounds. Like, ‘Oh, this guy gets a spinal fusion and he gains 80 pounds,’ smart.”

How he gained weight: “I went through like, a Nutella phase and that’s one of the reasons I was just over 300 over Christmas. Is because, like, the big tub of popcorn that has, like, the different… chocolate and caramel… I killed a couple of those, and it’s like, I’ll start fucking with a tin of fucking some shit over Christmas. Servings are 84 servings. Killed this thing in two nights.”

Getting back on track: “My diet changed. I gained a lot of weight while I was out, and it was bad weight, and then I stayed the same weight, but then, like, changed the fat, kind of, into muscle, or my muscle percentage was higher.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)