WWE’s financially lucrative but morally bankrupt relationship with Saudi Arabia will resume with Crown Jewel on Thursday.
The show, which is being held in Riyadh, will be the first time WWE has been to Saudi Arabia since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It will be the sixth pay-per-view event that WWE has put on in Saudi Arabia since signing a 10-year agreement with its government in 2018.
With two shows per year and each of them bringing in approximately $50 million in revenue, the Saudi deal is a cash windfall for WWE. But it’s a deal that has directly aligned WWE with a regime responsible for human rights abuses.