{"id":51625,"date":"2026-10-26T22:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T03:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=51625"},"modified":"2026-10-28T22:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T03:19:01","slug":"wwe-crown-jewel-might-be-interesting-for-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=51625","title":{"rendered":"WWE Crown Jewel might be interesting for once"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So despite the fact that the US Department of State has raised the travel advisory to Saudi Arabia to basically, don\u2019t fucking go unless you absolutely have to and if you are there, get the fuck out as soon as possible, the WWE appears to still be planning on soldering forward and will proceed to have the Crown Jewel show in Riyadh on November 7th<\/sup>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among chats with my bros as well as seeing the chatter on the internet about this unfortunately ongoing situation, it\u2019s very alarming that WWE and their parent company TKO seem to think they\u2019re above danger, and that they should proceed to have a show in a region of the world that has had two airport bombings within the last month alone.\u00a0 The shade and the memes and the shady memes have all been entertaining sure, but it doesn\u2019t change the fact that as the date gets closer and closer, the reality remains that all WWE superstars and personnel hopping on airplanes and flying to Saudi Arabia, their mortality rates probably begin dipping below the average risk of death anywhere else in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, even an outright cancellation doesn\u2019t change the fact that it\u2019s been really unfortunate optics, and a very obvious prioritization of money over human lives, and it\u2019s one of those situations where it\u2019s easy to sit on the sidelines and judge rich people who always want more money, that what could would $90M do if-and-or-when everyone who stands to benefit from it is dead, bombed to oblivion?<\/span><\/p>\n

Like, I see both sides to the story; reportedly, there is somewhere within the vicinity of $90M for having this show, and cancelling it forfeits all of it.\u00a0 To a lot of the workers that aren\u2019t at that Roman\/Cody\/Becky tier and really wants and needs to have the purported seven-figure payout for participating in it, that\u2019s a lot of cheese to not get.\u00a0 Furthermore, there are some storylines that seem obvious, but require Crown Jewel to happen in order for them to happen, primarily the two Money in the Bank briefcases, held by Penta and Tiffany Stratton, and despite the biz being one that requires adaptability and flexibility, these seem like circumstances that they don\u2019t want to have to work around unless absolutely forced to, by cancellation.<\/span><\/p>\n

But in the other hand, fucking death<\/em> is on the table for showing up to Riyadh next weekend, and all the money in the world becomes worthless if they\u2019re killed in a bomb strike, which I\u2019ve read\/imbibed in enough war thrillers to understand that it\u2019s the bomber\u2019s dream to hit a venue filled with thousands of people, when they\u2019re trying to send a global message, and that\u2019s precisely what Crown Jewel is if it happens.<\/span><\/p>\n

I upped for a month of ESPN Unlimited this month, because I wanted to watch Money in the Bank<\/em>.\u00a0 After the show, I remarked to mythical wife that what the fuck am I going to do with the rest of this subscription, because the next PLE is strategically placed at the end of November, and I\u2019d have to pay again if I wanted to watch Survivor Series.\u00a0 But I was pleased to see that I\u2019ll be able to utilize it again in order to catch the NXT Halloween Havoc<\/em> show this coming weekend, and technically it\u2019s still valid next week, when Crown Jewel is supposed to air.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I don\u2019t want to see any attacks during the show, but I\u2019d be lying that there isn\u2019t some degree of curiosity to tune in during the show, because 10-30 second tape delay notwithstanding, if something were to occur, like a sudden dropping of broadcast or worse off, actual footage of an explosion taking place, it\u2019s like there\u2019s a crazy curiosity to know if I\u2019d be able to catch it live.<\/span><\/p>\n

Considering the WWE used to kind of do this in the past with their Tribute to the Troops shows while under the McMahon regime, I get the feeling that unless the US government forces TKO to not go, there\u2019s little reason to believe that the show won\u2019t still go on.\u00a0 The shows in the past all happened without incident, but there\u2019s no denying that all hands on deck had to have been on high alert throughout their stays in the Middle East, and as for the talent and personnel all being out there, it probably was never a comfortable time, knowing just how much civil unrest there was.<\/span><\/p>\n

All the same, I remarked to my bros as well as a few communities, that I\u2019m assuming that the guys at the top of the WWE\/TKO org chart, Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro, probably aren\u2019t planning on making the trip out east, and if they were required to do so, then this is probably a non-issue.\u00a0 But if we start seeing odds on potential incidents or superstar deaths on like Kalshi or Polymarket, then shit needs to be ceased immediately, full stop, because I don\u2019t want to hear of Sami Zayn or Tiffany Stratton getting killed, and someone actually getting rewarded monetarily because of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Welp, hopefully the pyro at Crown Jewel are not <\/em>going to be lit, and if it were up to me, then there wouldn\u2019t be any at all, because there just wouldn\u2019t be a goddamn show in the first place.\u00a0 But money talks, and TKO likes money, and who gives a shit about human life if there\u2019s money to be made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Reason #1,509 why I ask myself why I continue to like professional wrestling. :\\<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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