 On November 24 at Survivor Series , after successfully defending the title against Big Show , Orton was confronted by World Heavyweight Champion and long @-@ time rival John Cena . The following night on Raw , Cena suggested that there should only be " one champion " in WWE , so Triple H stated there would be a unification match at the TLC pay @-@ per @-@ view . On December 15 , Orton defeated Cena at TLC to unify both titles , and becoming the first WWE World Heavyweight Champion as well as officially being recognized as the final World Heavyweight Champion . Orton made his first successful title defense as WWE World Heavyweight Champion on January 26 , 2014 , at the Royal Rumble , defeating Cena in a rematch after interference by The Wyatt Family . On February 23 at Elimination Chamber , Orton defeated Cesaro , Christian , Daniel Bryan , John Cena , and Sheamus to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship and secure his position in the title bout at WrestleMania XXX against Royal Rumble winner Batista . On April 6 at Wrestlemania XXX , the main event was changed to a triple threat match after Bryan defeated Triple H , and won the match after submitting Batista to end Orton 's reign at 161 days . 
