WWE Crown Jewel: 10 Last-Minute Rumours You Need To Know
You'd have got amazing odds on a Fury, Velasquez, Hogan clean sweep last year...
Hooray, it's Crown Jewel again... said nobody.
WWE's semi-regular excursions to Saudi Arabia- where they act as a pleasant Western mouthpiece for the ruling family - aren't without their upsides. Obviously doing PR for a regime that's frequently accused of murdering its political opponents is predictably quite short on the lols, but somehow they manage to get some in purely on the comedy of their own booking.
We're expecting this week's show to be no exception. Even without WWE's traditional showpiece of Two Men Who Really Shouldn't Still Be Doing This Dropping Each Other On Their Heads, there's still all sorts that can go wrong. Will the Universal title match end in a pointless non-finish? Will the WWE title match end in a pointless non-finish? Will Hogan or Flair take the ropiest looking bump of the 21st century? Who knows!
One rumour that we can already put to bed though is the one hinting at a first-ever women's match in the country, with news breaking today that Natalya and Lacey Evans would be bestowed that particular honour. Well done to them, and well done in advance to all of us who are going to what the entire show. If all the current internet chatter is even half true then it certainly won't be dull.