Randy Orton has given his take on whether WWE should move forward with their next big pay-per-view event, Crown Jewel. Over the last few days, there have been reports that multiple members of the WWE roster were uncomfortable with going to Saudi Arabia for the event because of the disappearance and alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi of the Washington Post.
Thus, there has been some talk of WWE potentially canceling this show but WWE has made it known through statements that they are monitoring the situation at this time.
According to the former WWE Champion, he thinks that the company should move forward with plans for the event. “I think we should go,” Orton stated to TMZ in a recent interview. “I think the only way to help with change over there is to go and not to cancel the trip.”
He would continue by stating that he thinks having women wrestle in Saudi Arabia will be something that happens eventually as he brought up the female talent working in Abu Dhabi not too long ago. “That’s the goal is to make things better everywhere and I think us not going doesn’t help. Going helps.”
Orton will compete in the World Cup Tournament at this show. John Cena, Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins & Dolph Ziggler will represent RAW while Rey Mysterio, The Miz, Orton & Jeff Hardy will represent SmackDown.
WWE presents the Crown Jewel pay-per-view event on November 2nd, 2018 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the King Saud University Stadium and will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.
