Triple H on temporary venue hosting WWE Royal Rumble: ‘Not bad for a month’
Triple H posted a video on Friday speaking about the temporary stadium built in Riyadh that will host today’s WWE SmackDown and Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble.
Construction on what has been referred to as the Riyadh Season Stadium began roughly a month ago. The structure was built in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh’s Al-Aqeeq neighbourhood.
“Not bad for a month,” Triple H says about the venue in the video.
“When you see the initial concepts of it, it’s really hard to picture the size and scope and all the stuff of it and how it will actually look. I’m excited to go back there and look at it with the city behind it.”
“As cool as it looks now, I think tonight, it’s designed for dark. This is pretty cool.”
“Hard to picture that this was like a strip of dirt a month ago. From that to this, it’s crazy.”
WWE SmackDown will air from the temporary venue beginning at 12 p.m. Eastern time on Friday. The show will air live for international viewers and in its usual 8 p.m. Eastern time slot for viewers in the United States. Saturday’s PLE will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern.
Triple H’s video is available below:
A time lapse of the venue’s construction is available below:
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