WWE: Alexa Bliss Status Update, Randy Orton Status Update, Big E on Winning WWE Title

Alexa Bliss Status Update

As noted before, Alexa Bliss is currently expected to be taking time off from WWE for at least the next several months.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources within WWE stated that the reason for Bliss’ time off request was due to her having upcoming sinus-related surgery. Johnson reported that it is currently not known exactly how long Bliss will be out of action for the company.

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Randy Orton Currently Out of Action due to Unknown Medical Issue

Randy Orton reportedly is currently out of action for WWE, according to PWInsider.

Mike Johnson reported that the reason why Orton was absent from this past Monday’s episode of RAW was due to him not being “cleared to perform” based on his sources within the company. The exact nature nor cause of Orton not being medically cleared to compete was not given.

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Big E Comments on When He Learned He Was Winning the WWE Championship

A recent episode of the Oral Sessions with Renee Paquette podcast had Big E as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Big E’s thoughts on when he found out he was winning the WWE Championship from Bobby Lashley.

“I didn’t know I was going to Raw ’til that Saturday. We did the show in New York and I was driving from New York to DC, and then I just got a call that my travel and everything was adjusted. So I was like, ‘okay, I’m going to Raw.’ But it wasn’t until Monday afternoon, pretty much right before I sent the tweet, that it was like, ‘alright, all systems are go and this is what we’re doing.’ So pretty much from then on, it feels like my life changed because everything has been so much more hectic. I had a bunch of people reach out and do interviews that Monday. It’s like, ‘alright, we have to do these interviews Monday afternoon.’ I was like, ‘nothing’s been done yet. I just sent out a tweet.’ But things were already in motion.

You know how it is in our industry; you don’t really know until it happens. So I always kept waiting for some sort of swerve or a segment to run too long, or something to happen where I’d have to backpedal or maybe even lose the briefcase. I don’t want this to sound arrogant, but a part of me did. But a larger part of me thought, ‘there’s no way this is going to happen because people would lose their minds. People would be upset.’ That’s not good heat. That’s not compelling, ‘oh, let me watch this.’ That’s like, ‘alright you’ve let me down once more’ heat.”

Transcript h/t: WrestlingInc.com