WWE Super ShowDown 2019: 10 Things That Must Happen

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by Jamie Kennedy
WWE Super Show Down 2019

Spoiler alert: Super ShowDown won't be "bigger than WrestleMania", and it won't be the most essential WWE show you'll watch all year.

If that's brazenly negative, then allow us to throw something else your way. WWE, pressured by fan and media scrutiny over their decision to continue promoting shows in the country, haven't even mentioned on TV that the event will take place in Saudi Arabia. It's just "Jeddah". Nothing more, nothing less, and that says a lot.

This is as house show as stadium biggies get, and that's true despite major matches like Goldberg vs. The Undertaker, Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon and Triple H vs. Randy Orton. So, if Super ShowDown is surplus to requirements, then why bother getting excited at all?

OK, enough negativity. Scrape past WWE's semi-ashamed promotion of the card and it's not that bad. We could still see some massive moments in Saudi, and this is an opportunity for one legend to prove that he has what it takes to work further box office busters against the regular roster.

Here's everything that must happen this Friday, including that WCW icon's next step...

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.