WWE News Roundup: Hottest stories of the Week (14th July 2019)

Welcome back to another exciting edition of WWE News Roundup! This is the first edition for the month of July and it will be huge! In this exciting edition, we will once again take a look at some of the most talked-about stories in WWE and the hottest news that are making rounds this week.

From Bayley revealing surprising details about how WWE Superstars really travel to and from work to Jeff Hardy getting arrested again, there's a lot to look forward to this week, and you will be treated with everything you need to know in order to stay up to date with the latest news in WWE.

If you missed out on the previous edition of WWE News Roundup, you can check it out here. So let's begin, here are the news round-up of the hottest stories in WWE this week that you need to know:

Raw's viewership suffers a slight decrease before Extreme Rules

Audience number drops for Monday Night RAW

Monday Night Raw is WWE's flagship show. With Extreme Rules set to air later today/tonight, the company was looking forward to receiving steady viewership. However, this has not been the case as the ratings for this week's episode of Raw reportedly saw a decrease of 0.14% viewers. The numbers show an "Average Audience" rating of 2.35 for the entire show. Here is the hourly breakdown for the July 8th episode:

Hour one: 2.38 million

Hour two: 2.34 miliion

Hour three: 2.32 million

In total, WWE lost 0.14% of its viewers. While this is not a major drop, it is a bit disappointing after a solid show on July 1st. This week's episode seemed to fall back to the usual trend and booking leading up to Extreme Rules.

Batista gives his honest opinion on The Undertaker's current role in WWE

According to reports, former WWE World Champion Batista appeared in an interview and discussed the match between The Undertaker and Goldberg that took place at WWE Super ShowDown and gave his opinion that WWE should be using The Phenom in a better way. Here is what Batista had to say:

“But I wish that they would utilize him in the right way. I think a novelty match with Goldberg is the wrong way. I just don’t think it’s good for anybody and especially it’s not good for the fans. I wouldn’t have gone to Saudi at all. I don’t care who they would’ve booked me with. I just would not have gone."

The Undertaker will team up with Roman Reigns to take on Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre in a No Holds Barred tag team match at WWE Extreme Rules.

Sasha Banks reveals why she went to Japan

Â Sasha Banks trains with Meiko Satomura in Japan — Sasha Banks trains with Meiko Satomura in Japan

According to reports, former Raw Women's Champion Sasha Banks recently went to Japan where she met a lot of Japanese wrestlers and trained with some of them. She kept fans up-to-date about the visit to the Land of The Rising Sun on her social media accounts.

The Boss posted a detailed account of her journey on her official Instagram handle and went on to thank a bunch of people for helping her with her training. She had long been wanting to travel to Japan and train there, as per her Instagram post.

The report continues to say that it seems like traveling to Japan and training there had been on her bucket list for a long time. She also stated that she was incredibly lucky to travel to Japan and train with some of the best wrestlers in the world. Here is a photo she shared on her Instagram account, thanking the people she met:

Alexa Bliss gives an illness-update ahead of WWE Extreme Rules

Little Miss Bliss has been out of action due to illness

WWE Superstar Alexa Bliss has been suffering from an illness for the past two weeks now. After she missed her 'Moment of Bliss' segment at SmackDown Live two weeks ago, she handed over the reins to Nikki Cross. She also missed this week's episode of Raw and SmackDown Live due to the illness.

According to reports, Little Miss Bliss sent out Tweets about how she was suffering from a sickness and was coughing so much that she could not sleep. With all of this going on, there were doubts in the minds of fans that she would be available at WWE Extreme Rules, where she is scheduled to compete in a handicap match for the SmackDown Women's Championship.

Alexa shared the following on her Instagram account:

After being the sickest I think I’ve ever been in my life for almost 2 weeks... @cynsationalbeauty came over to make sure the pink & tone was touched up on my hair for #ExtremeRules 💁🏼‍♀️ thank you

It looks like she will indeed make it to Extreme Rules.

Bayley reveals surprising details about how WWE Superstars travel to and from work

According to recent reports, SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley appeared in an interview with Kristine Leahy of Fair Game where she opened up on a lot of topics. The Hugger revealed how WWE Superstars drive themselves to the venues of the events from one city to another in rental cars in order to get to the venue of their next scheduled event.

Here is what Bayley said:

"We (Superstars) do it five days a week, so they can't do that thirty superstars five days a week...They (WWE) take care of us in most things. Things like this, we work around it."

"It's fun, because you get to connect with whoever you travel with, and its memories that you won't have with anybody else...It becomes like a real brotherhood or sisterhood." (*H/T Sportskeeda for the transcription)

Jeff Hardy was arrested for public intoxication

Jeff Hardy was reportedly arrested for public intoxication and impairment on Saturday afternoon in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

According to recent reports, former WWE Champion Jeff Hardy has been arrested for public intoxication in South Carolina on July 13th. He has been out of action in WWE due to injury. He underwent extensive knee surgery and was in the recovery process. Hardy has past issues with alcohol and drug abuse that has been well documented.

A year ago, he was taken in in North Carolina for a D.W.I. after being involved in a car accident. Details are still pouring in on his recent arrest, but what we can tell you is that he has been released on bond for $200.