Kemo
02-26-2019, 04:21 PM
It turns out that former WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns didn’t want to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Crown Jewel pay-per-view event last November.
According to Fightful, Reigns had informed Vince McMahon and WWE officials that he didn’t want to return to Saudi Arabia. Keep in mind that Reigns told the WWE Chairman and CEO his opinion prior to him revealing that he had been diagnosed with leukemia.
Once learning of his battle yet again with the disease, Reigns had to relinquish the Universal Title and wasn’t able to face Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman in a triple threat match at this show as originally advertised.
John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and others also refused to perform at the show.
There was some public backlash over WWE’s controversial decision to continue forward with this show even though multiple publications came out and stated otherwise.
After it was reported that the Saudi Arabian government ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, many people thought WWE shouldn’t move forward with the show just weeks after the incident. Despite this heat that WWE received because of their relationship with the Saudi Arabian government, they held the show in the country.
According to Fightful, Reigns had informed Vince McMahon and WWE officials that he didn’t want to return to Saudi Arabia. Keep in mind that Reigns told the WWE Chairman and CEO his opinion prior to him revealing that he had been diagnosed with leukemia.
Once learning of his battle yet again with the disease, Reigns had to relinquish the Universal Title and wasn’t able to face Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman in a triple threat match at this show as originally advertised.
John Cena, Daniel Bryan, and others also refused to perform at the show.
There was some public backlash over WWE’s controversial decision to continue forward with this show even though multiple publications came out and stated otherwise.
After it was reported that the Saudi Arabian government ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, many people thought WWE shouldn’t move forward with the show just weeks after the incident. Despite this heat that WWE received because of their relationship with the Saudi Arabian government, they held the show in the country.