Current Events > Apparently WWE fans are mad as shit that WrestleMania will be in Saudi Arabia

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What's going on? I guess HHH saw the money and was like hell yeah

Don't visit a country where being gay is illegal.

This is a horribly immoral world. Just that the wealthy elite don't have to hide it any more. They wallow in it like Scrooge McDuck.

VeggetaX posted...

What's going on? I guess HHH saw the money and was like hell yeah

Triple H has fuck all to do with that, it's Nick Khan & TKO's decision, Triple H is just the guy to deliver the news.

They'll still watch regardless.

SgtBash posted...

Triple H has fuck all to do with that, it's Nick Khan & TKO's decision, Triple H is just the guy to deliver the news.

This. TKO owns the WWE. If they make a deal with Saudis that is what happens.

Now to be fair, Vince ALSO made a deal with the Saudis so it isn't like TKO bad, former owner good. >_>

Literally everyone saw "Wrestlemania Saudi Arabia" coming. Now it's here.

Money supercedes everything, remember that.

Word is they are going to buy it from TKO.

I just don't like Saudi PPVs morally or, like, time-wise

Wrestling PPVs are nighttime activities for me

I'm especially pissed about WM not just because it's WM but because Saudi will now forever be the first country outside of North America to get a WM

KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Word is they are going to buy it from TKO.

Wouldn't fucking shock me. The House of Saud are investing heavily into entertainment lately. Remember how they recently bought out SNK?

Supersonic_Pain posted...

I just don't like Saudi PPVs morally or, like, time-wise

Wrestling PPVs are nighttime activities for me

I'm especially pissed about WM not just because it's WM but because Saudi will now forever be the first country outside of North America to get a WM

How did you feel about summerslam 92

HHH is all about da money, iirc i heard him say he took down da big screens for more seats lol

SauI_Goodman posted...

How did you feel about summerslam 92

Wasn't watching wrestling back then

That being said, we have had wrestling PPVs in Europe, even Wembley specifically, and I was "fine" with it.

Hypothetically, if WM was in London instead, I'd be happy for Londoners, I'd happily take the inconvenience of an earlier PPV if it meant wrestling fans from not-America could enjoy WWE there (the one saving grace of Saudi PPVs imo), I'll watch an early PPV (hell, NXT Stand and Deliver is usually in the afternoon because WM is two nights anyway), I just prefer them at night

SgtBash posted...

Triple H has fuck all to do with that, it's Nick Khan & TKO's decision, Triple H is just the guy to deliver the news.

HHH is still a super chud

Oh geez. Ya, Putting Wrestlemania.. the biggest event of the year in Saudi Arabia is not a good move

Also fuck them, can't bring wrestlemania back to toronto but can have it in Saudi Arabia

F1 got a lot of flak for getting involved with Saudi Arabia as well

How long before they follow WCWs example, and go to Pyongyang?

It suck kind of getting back into WWE just as they've sold out as a company.

Triple H has very little to do with this. He's the face of the company to try and make TKOs shit easier to choak down.

TKO's Mark Shapiro on planning to raise WWE ticket prices: "We have our work to do there. We know we have a lot or room there because Vince McMahon was primarily pricing tickets for families and wasn't totally focused on maxing the opportunity there."

It's like they're going out of their way to make Vince look like a good guy lol

WrestleMania being in Saudi is good for me but only for the timezone aspect of it. Same with the Rumble next year.

I'm a wrestling fan first. Yes, Saudi's HR record isn't very good and they still have miles to go but I think WrestleMania should be held overseas, perhaps one year they could have it in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico.

Then they should have one in Africa, like Night 1 in Egypt then Night 2 in South Africa.

Have all the Night 1 talent in Cairo then have the Night 2 talent based in Johannesburg. They could have 2 different commentary teams.

Further down the line they could do it Down Under, Night 1 in Perth, Australia then Night 2 in Auckland or Wellington, New Zealand

Ahh Tony khan. One minute you're working security in the caesar palace parking lot and the next minute you own wwe. Dreams do come true.

I know it's crazy to say this but WWE probably has the most progressive influence for Saudi Arabia. It might not be all bad for them to invest this much for them but then again it's more about the money than anything else