The Greatest Royal Rumble should be nothing but fond memories for the Daivari brothers. As Ariya pointed out, it was the first time they got to share a WWE ring together.

https://twitter.com/AriyaDaivariWWE/status/990000210813313031

Playing off tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two Iranian-American wrestlers easily got the most heat from the GRR crowd. They came out in a perfect form, doing the typical evil foreigner gimmick. Expect from the outside you finally get to see how jingoistic it all is.

After pulling in so much heat, Ariya apparently received death threats and felt compelled to make these statements:

https://twitter.com/AriyaDaivariWWE/status/991177802299961344

and

https://twitter.com/AriyaDaivariWWE/status/991181198880894976

Cagesideseats.com has pointed out that he didn’t specify who was making the threats, though they have some speculation. The odd thing is that the anger may not be coming from the Saudis but from offended Iranians.

https://twitter.com/ATVS_JakeNazar/status/990745580602363905

No TV show or any form of art is worth killing over (worth dying for may be a different story) – this was an actor playing a part.

• daivari
• iran
• death threat
• Twitter
• Ariya Daivari
• greatest royal rumble
• saudi arabia
• wwe

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