WWE: Randy Orton embroiled in a huge social media spat with AEW founder Tony Khan

Randy Orton has escalated WWE's ongoing war with rivals AEW by engaging in a huge Twitter spat with company's president Tony Khan.

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CM Punk's tweet fuels Orton-Khan spat

CM Punk, who is already making headlines after his sensational return to WWE Backst, tagged both Vince McMahon and Tony Khan in a Twitter post on Tuesday, vember 19.  tweet quickly turned into a social media spat when Tony Khan commented with a jibe on WWE. He hinted at flight full of WWE wrestler that was earlier stuck in Saudi Arabia.

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Tony Khan's comments t taken kindly by Randy Orton

Randy Orton quickly retaliated with a tweet. He linked to a news article on allegations of corruption made against Tony Khan's far Shahid, who funded AEW.

Tony Khan takes a dig at Randy Orton using a racial slur word

spat was far from over as Tony Khan took a dig at Orton for using a racial slur while playing Call of Duty on Twitch last month. Ironically, in same stream, he can also be heard calling AEW 'cool' before complimenting Sammy Guevara. He said that he wants to work with Guevera.

Viper was rumoured to be leaving WWE for Tony Khan's growing promotion AEW. However, he signed a new five-year deal earlier this month. Orton will be fighting for Team RAW in traditional elimination-tag match vs Team SmackDown and Team NXT at Survivor Series this Sunday, vember 24.

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