Top RAW Rumors & News: Reason why former world champion has quit, Bray Wyatt replaced? Randy Orton's absence (4th August)

#4. Has WWE replaced former RAW superstar Bray Wyatt with someone else?

Former RAW superstar Bray Wyatt was released by WWE last week. Many WWE superstars and former superstars spoke about his release on Twitter. One such name was former women's champion Mickie James.

Mickie James, who was also released by the company earlier this year, said that WWE did not know how to book Bray Wyatt. She added that they gave his gimmick to someone else, likely a reference to Alexa Bliss' current work on the show, and then fired him:

"I think what you meant to say was: "Thank you so much for coming up with such an incredible gimmick(time & time again)one so cool & over, we really didn't know how to book it right. So we just gave it to someone else so we can still make ALL the money off of it & let you go"

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#3. Update on Randy Orton's absence on RAW

Randy Orton has been absent from RAW since June with no signs of The Viper's return. It was initially speculated that he will be returning on the August 2nd episode of RAW. However, that did not happen.

Cageside Seats have revealed that he wasn't even present backstage:

"Randy Orton was not backstage at Raw last night, says PW Insider. Jeff Hardy wasn’t there either as he’s still waiting to be cleared after his positive COVID test, and no NXT talents were brought in for Main Event or dark matches."

It was reported that Randy Orton had been put on the inactive/disabled list by WWE sometime back. However, there is no word on why the former WWE Champion has been missing from RAW for so long.