 After a more than 9 @-@ month absence from WWE programming , a promo was shown on the July 18th episode of Raw announcing that Orton will make his return at WWE Battleground . On July 19 , at the 2016 WWE Draft , Orton was drafted to SmackDown . On July 24 at Battleground , Orton returned during Chris Jericho 's Highlight Reel , and proceeded to hit Jericho with the RKO . 
