Riyadh Season 2025 will open on October 10 with global icons like MrBeast and Shaquille O’Neal, a new WWE Royal Rumble, and $3.2bn brand value
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Saudi Arabia to host Royal Rumble in 2026
Saudi Arabia will host the first WWE Royal Rumble wrestling event held outside North America in 2026
Abu Dhabi
UFC announces Abu Dhabi return in 2023, WWE heads to Saudi Arabia
UFC has announced it will return to Abu Dhabi for UFC 294
PIF
Saudi PIF not bought $6.5bn WWE yet: reports
Despite reports to the contrary Saudi Arabia’s PIF has not yet bought the WWE
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Saudi Arabia could bid for $6.5bn WWE
Saudi Arabia’s PIF might take hold of WWE wrestling group
Logan Paul
Logan Paul in Saudi Arabia for WWE Crown Jewel championship match
Logan Paul is in Saudi Arabia for the WWE’s Crown Jewel wrestling event
eGamers
Video: Xavier Woods talks Valiant, eSports and the best gamers in the WWE
Xavier Woods is a WWE superstar, and one third of the reigning SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day. But what many people don’t know is that Woods is also a keen gamer – and an extremely popular one, at that.
Jeddah
WWE wrestling set to return to Saudi Arabia in June
World Wrestling Entertainment says it will bring event to Jeddah in partnership with the Saudi General Sports Authority
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Saudis embrace Americana at WWE Royal Rumble
Event would not have been possible before the meteoric rise of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
General Sports Authority of Saudi Arabia
Saudi sports authority apologises for ‘indecent’ footage of female wrestlers
The footage was shown live to the crowd at Friday’s “Greatest Royal Rumble” in Jeddah
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In pictures: Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi General Sports Authority in partnership with WWE presented the Greatest Royal Rumble event at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah on Friday, April 27. For the first time ever, the Royal Rumble match will feature 50 WWE superstars including John Cena, Triple H, Roman Reigns, AJ Styles, Braun Strowman, The New Day, Randy Orton, Bray Wyatt and Shinsuke Nakamura. The event is part of a 10-year partnership in support of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia’s social and economic reform program.
General Entertainment Authority
First WWE superstars confirmed for inaugural ‘Rumble’ in Saudi Arabia
Daniel Bryan, Kane, Big Show, Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt are the first of 50 to officially enter the Greatest Royal Rumble
General Entertainment Authority
Saudi Arabia signs WWE deal to host Greatest Royal Rumble
WWE superstars such as John Cena, Triple H, Roman Reigns and AJ Styles to make Saudi debut next month
Kuwaiti fighter
WWE signs first Kuwaiti fighter
Nasser Alruwayeh’s recruitment follows the signing of two women athletes from the region
Dubai
WWE signs first female wrestler from the Middle East
Dubai-based Shadia Bseiso is currently a voice-over artist and TV presenter
