A new report has surfaced that shed some insight into the meeting that WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon held with the RAW talent on Monday afternoon.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Daily Update on F4Wonline that the meeting took place at 3 p.m. today at NYCB Live. Although not all of the details about what was said in the meeting are out yet, some interesting tidbits were revealed.
According to the report, WWE blamed stars speculating on the reason behind having their flight delayed last week in Saudi Arabia for the Crown Jewel event for causing a problem.
The talent was told the flight issues were all mechanical and nothing more.
The company stated that the delays were not over a dispute. McMahon stated that he had flown out long before ever knowing there were any problems with the other talent flying out as he left at about 12:40 a.m. local time, about two hours before the talent was to board their plane that never took off.
There have been rumors that flight delays were caused by McMahon deciding to delay the broadcast of Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia due to money from their previous show, Super ShowDown, being owed to them by the government.
WWE & Saudi Arabia Expand Partnership With 2 Shows Per Year Through 2027
Regarding today’s announcement of WWE extending their deal with Saudi Arabia to guarantee two shows a year going forward, it was noted that this was to guarantee two shows a year going forward.
The previous deal only had WWE hold one show in the country per year in the deal but ended up doing two shows in the first two years of the deal. It was an informal announcement and put the agreement in writing.
Meltzer speculated that the timing of this announcement being today was due to WWE’s stock declining in a big way over the uncertainty of the big-money deal and the company needed to quickly stop the decline.
With media publications talking about the uncertainty, the belief is that it could have also negatively affected the stock price.
