A lot has been spoken about with regards to WWE’s trip to Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel in October 2019. WWE claims that there was a technical issue with the plane, which meant talent could leave for several hours.
However, there have been reports that the majority of the WWE roster was not able to leave the country due to a financial dispute between Vince McMahon and the Crown Prince, where Vince reportedly cut the PPV feed to Saudi Arabia.
While speaking on their Talk’N Shop podcast last night, former WWE stars Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows gave their account of what happened in Saudi Arabia.
Here’s a summary of what the former Raw Tag Team Champions said, courtesy of WrestlingNews.co
They discussed the travel issues that happened during the November Saudi Arabia trip. Anderson remembers waiting to get on the plane and seeing Vince McMahon, Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar walking by to get on their own planes to leave. Around 1 am they were supposed to take off and then more time passes and they still haven’t left. Anderson said he heard that the guy who was supposed to fly the plane had to go home because he hadn’t gotten enough rest. They heard about McMahon pulling the plug on the live feed and he heard this from someone on the WWE crew. Anderson then heard them say that everyone could get on the plane and they sat on the plane for another hour. Anderson says he asked Michael Hayes if they were in a hostage situation and Hayes said, “huh? I don’t know” before walking away. Anderson said that they got everyone off the plane and back to the hotel and the claim was that there was a mechanical issue. Anderson feels that something was done to the plane so that they couldn’t take off on time. Anderson said he feels that some “weird sh*t” went down due to politics. Anderson said there was a lot of tension amongst the wrestlers on the plane when they weren’t getting answers and people were very nervous.
There is an ongoing lawsuit regarding the WWE and Saudi Arabia dealings, which you can read more about by clicking here.
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