Jon Heidenreich Reveals He Feared for His Job After Training Botch With Randy Orton

Former WWE Superstar Jon Heidenreich recently opened up about an incident that left him worrying about his job. Heidenreich was part of WWE from 2003 to 2006, during which he was briefly managed by Paul Heyman and feuded with The Undertaker.

Heidenrich trained with the likes of John Cena and Randy Orton early on in his career. During a recent appearance on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, Heidenreich recalled practicing one day with Randy Orton and accidentally falling on The Viper while attempting the Sunset Flip.

The 56-year-old admitted that he feared losing his job when that happened. Luckily for him, Orton was medically cleared following evaluation. Here’s what Jon Heidenreich said:

“Me and Randy, we were actually practicing one day, and I went to give him a sunset flip, or he was giving one, and I lost my balance and fell on him. I landed on his face and neck, and I thought I hurt him, man. I was like, I’m done. That’s Randy Orton. I thought I might have hurt his neck. He turned out to be fine. They called an ambulance, bro, because I thought I landed on his face and his neck, and I was thinking, ‘Oh my god, if I hurt him, I’ll say I’m just gonna quit, because they might kill me.’”

Heidenreich was released from his WWE contract in January 2006.