We were on the verge of making history at the bygone pay-per-view event in Saudi Arabia. WWE was hopeful of conducting the first-ever women’s wrestling match on the show. Hence they flew down two female superstars, Alexa Bliss and Natalya who would have competed in one singles contest. But that did not happen as the authorities in Saudi Arabia decided to not have the women’s match on the show.
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However, there’re still hopes about this one-of-a-kind incident when women superstars of WWE will get a chance to wrestle in some capacity. There will be plenty more PPV events lined up for the sports stadiums in Saudi Arabia and one of them should definitely host the same to earn some mainstream media attention for WWE.
WWE’s Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon recently spoke at the Celebrating Women In Sports luncheon to reveal something interesting in this matter. She confirmed that there will be a women’s wrestling match in Saudi Arabia in the near future. After all, the WWE women’s division is synonymous to making history.
.@WWE's @StephMcMahon is speaking at the Celebrating Women in Sports Luncheon. @DespinaBarton asked about #WWE's dealings in Saudi Arabia and the correlation to women. McMahon believes there will be a women's match "in the near future." More from her tonight on @SpecSports360. pic.twitter.com/29C38r0WP6
— Jon Alba (@JonAlba) June 12, 2019
The WWE Raw commissioner took us back to the UAE event which saw Alexa Bliss wrestling Sasha Banks in a match. This was the first women’s division match in the country that brought hope to the females. So the trend soon hit Saudi Arabia too as the authorities promised the company, too. Check out the comments from Stephanie McMahon,
“It took us six years to have our women be allowed to perform in Abu Dhabi. But just over a year ago, they were allowed. And not only that, but a chant broke out in the arena of both men and women chanting, ‘This Is Hope’. ‘This Is Hope,’ which is not your typical WWE chant. And we’ve been promised that we will be a part of the forefront of change that’s coming in Saudi. I believe we will have a women’s match in the near future.”
Yeah that definitely never happened. We were treated with nothing but respect while in Jeddah. https://t.co/epPohAVmAc
— Renee Young (@ReneeYoungWWE) June 12, 2019
Renee Young was the third WWE female superstar who visited Saudi Arabia alongside Bliss and Natalya. Some of the reports claimed that the religion police yelled on her during this visit. Renee took her Twitter handle to rubbish those speculations as the countrymen treated them with tremendous respect. Hopefully, the other two names were happy too with Saudi gestures and will go back to the country if any opportunity occurs in the future.
