Roman Reigns will defend the WWE Universal Championship against YouTuber and boxer Logan Paul in the main event of the Crown Jewel Live event on November 5 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Paul signed a contract with WWE earlier this year, but has only been in the ring for two matches – in WrestleMania 38 In a tag team match against Mysterios and in summerslam against the Miz. After interactions on Paul’s podcast, social media, and last week’s episode of SmackDown, the pair’s match was confirmed at a press conference in Las Vegas on Saturday hosted by Triple H.
Why does this match happen? According to Dave Meltzer during his last appearance on the day The main event on Sunday night, It’s mostly about entertaining the Saudi government, which has agreed to an insanely lucrative deal for WWE to run stadium shows in the country twice a year.
“He (Paul) is a big deal in Saudi Arabia,” Meltzer said. “It’s a big deal for the prince of Saudi Arabia and that’s all about these shows.”
He then noted that the decision had nothing to do with selling tickets – “It has nothing to do with it. Tickets in Saudi Arabia mean nothing. It’s not part of the game. Of course, TV numbers whatever they are. If it attracts younger viewers, that’s fine but it’s not theatrical.” For TV ratings.It’s a play because the prince wants celebrity battles in Saudi Arabia to build the name in the Saudi media and Logan Paul will get the kind of journalism Saudi Arabia is looking for more than Kevin Owens or Seth Rollins.That’s what Saudi Arabia has to offer Saudi Arabia is for the matches that the Prince wants that will attract the attention of the press around the world to Saudi Arabia, so this is a great match for that.”
Reigns spoke to a number of reporters who were at the press conference and continued to talk trash with Paul – “When I’m sitting on the same platform and I hear some of that stupid shit spouting [from Logan]Of course, he will piss me off, and things will explode. At the same time, before he came here, without disdain, I didn’t know who he was. I’m not a 15-year-old girl. I don’t watch Logan Paul or any of Paul’s blogger/YouTube bloggers. This is not what I do.
“So I don’t have any issues with him for not watching me, because he’s been busy doing what he’s doing and this is videotaping himself doing – God knows – what. So go film yourself doing – God knows – what and leave the real sports entertainment, professional wrestling, to people like me. , and there is no one like me,” he added in an interview with Seconds.
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