Major Update On WWE's Next Saudi Arabia PLE
Further details on when WWE will be returning to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Updated
In an update on the initial story, PWInsider has now moved to report that this next WWE Saudi Arabia PLE will take place in Jeddah rather than Riyadh.
While Riyadh has housed five of WWE's eight Saudi specials so far, Jeddah's King Abdullah International Stadium, aka the Jeddah Super Dome, has been the venue for the other three events. In fact, that locale was the home of WWE's first PLE to take place in the Kingdom, which was the Greatest Royal Rumble in 2018.
As for the most recent WWE show to emanate from the Jeddah Super Dome, that was the 2022 Elimination Chamber, which was headlined by Brock Lesnar winning the WWE Championship in the titular Chamber bout.
Original Story
With recent reports noting how WWE is currently planning to run two Premium Live Events in the month of May, it appears as if the second of these shows will take place in Saudi Arabia.
As per PWInsider.com, Saturday 27 May will see WWE take the King of the Ring and Queen's Crown tournaments to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as part of the ongoing arrangement for the market leader to deliver two events per year for the Saudi government.
This report notes how the current plan is for this PLE to take place from Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh, though that could potentially change in these next few months.
To date, five of WWE's Saudi Arabia shows have taken place at Riyadh's King Saud University Stadium, aka Mrsool Park. The most recent of these was Crown Jewel 2022 last November, where the main event saw Roman Reigns successfully retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Logan Paul.
In terms of the relationship between WWE and Saudi Arabia, that dates back to 2014 when the Vince McMahon-led promotion began to run its first non-televised live events from the nation. 2018 saw it announced that WWE would run two pay-per-views per year from Saudi for the next ten years, with the first of those being the Greatest Royal Rumble in April 2018.
Of course, the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund is believed to be one of the parties interested in purchasing WWE, with WWE itself targeting a sale by the middle of the year. Elsewhere, Comcast, Disney, Netflix, Amazon, UFC owners Endeavour, and even AEW's Tony Khan are amongst the other parties rumoured to have an interest in purchasing WWE.