- Son of Bob Orton Sr., Brother of wrestler/musician turned actor Barrymore Barlow and father of WWE's Randy Orton.
- Former henchman for Roddy Piper.
- Held both the North American and the Southern States Heavyweight Wrestling Tag Team Titles concurrently with Brother Barrymore Barlow (1980-1981).
- A featured singer in the 1985 MTV Music Video "Land of 1000 Dances" with Meat Loaf, Cyndi Lauper and Rick Derringer.
- Aided Rowdy Roddy Piper, in whipping Mr. T with a belt after a boxing match between T and Orton on WWF's Saturday Night Main Event in 1985.
- Sister Rhonda Orton, accompanied close friend André René Roussimoff during filming of The Princess Bride (1987) at Lee International Studios, Shepperton, UK. There she became acquainted with Wallace Shawn. As fate would have it, a decade later in 1997, Rhonda, a gaming industry professional in Las Vegas, was hired to coach Mr. Shawn as a blackjack dealer for Vegas Vacation (1997).
- Has three children, Randy, Nathan, and Becky.
- Notable Title Wins Include: PWI Rookie of the Year (1973); ICW Televison title; NWA (Georgia) Wildside Tag Team titles (2); NWA (Florida) Tag Team titles (2); NWA (Florida) Heavyweight title; NWA (Mid-Atlantic) Tag Team titles; NWA (Southeastern) Tag Team titles (4); NWA (Georgia) Junior Heavyweight title; American Wrestling Federation Heavyweight title
- Was Rowdy Roddy Piper's bodyguard, which led up to the first WrestleMania.
- Appeared in the first WrestleMania I (1985), being in "Rowdy" Roddy Piper's corner.
- Former tag-team partner of Don Muraco (aka "The Magnificent Muraco") in WWF. The team was managed by Harry Fujiwara (aka "Mr. Fuji").
- Attempted to help his son, Randy Orton beat Mark Calaway (aka "The Undertaker") at WrestleMania XXI.
- Was released from the WWE. (February 2006)
- WWE Hall of Famer.
- Professional wrestler.
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