Nick Khan says WWE only going to Saudi Arabia in June ‘if it’s safe or if we’re allowed there’
While WWE president Nick Khan has full confidence WWE will be in Saudi Arabia next year for WrestleMania, bringing Night of Champions to the country this June remains a situation they are monitoring.
During a company town hall held on Monday, Khan made some statements about their impending plans for Saudi Arabia, revealed in audio obtained by Post Wrestling.
From the Post report:
“We’re only going if it’s safe or if we’re allowed there.”
“We are monitoring with our heads of security internally and with our government affairs folks externally, the situation there,” Khan told staff. “If U.S. citizens are allowed in at this moment in time, it is declared and deemed safe, we’ll all be going there.”
“Saudi is deeply desirous of getting WWE back there and getting events restarted, especially those that come from the United States.”
WWE announced last week that the June PLE was returning to Riyadh as planned despite the ongoing war in the region. However, they will not hold SmackDown and Raw in the country as they have been doing recently.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.