Latest On WWE's Next Visit To Saudi Arabia

With WWE having last ventured to Saudi Arabia this past November for Crown Jewel, there's now news on when the company will be returning to the Kingdom.

As per PWInsider, the current working plan is for WWE to run its next Saudi-held Premium Live Event in May. There's no word right now on what this PLE will be, but May 2023 saw the Jeddah Super Dome host WWE Night of Champions.

Dating back to 2018, Saudi Arabia has hosted Crown Jewel every October or November, bar the pandemic-enforced break for 2021. With WWE committed to running two PLEs from the Kingdom each year, the first half of the year has varied from Greatest Royal Rumble (2018), to Super ShowDown (2019, 2020), to Elimination Chamber (2022), to that Night of Champions show.

The currently working relationship between WWE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is in place until 2027, although this deal is likely to have a couple of extra dates tacked on due to the PLEs that were unable to take place during the COVID-19 pandemic. WWE continues to receive criticism for its ties to Saudi Arabia due to, amongst other things, the country's human rights record - particularly where it pertains to women and the LBGTQ+ community - sportswashing allegations, and the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.