Corey Graves Reveals How WWE Stars Feel About Performing In Saudi Arabia

WWE will hold their next Crown Jewel PPV in Saudi Arabia on Thursday. The decision to hold a WWE event in the country has come under criticism from fans. WWE announcer Corey Graves opened up about traveling to Saudi Arabia. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, he talked about how the roster feels about Crown Jewel.

Here’s what he had to say:

“It’s a long, grueling trip over there, but most of the talent like it because it’s a pretty good pay day,” Graves said. “To me, it’s super exciting to have these totally unusual attractions like Cain Velasquez-Brock Strowman and Tyson Fury-Braun Strowman. If you take any sort of political feeling out of the equation, aren’t you, as a fan of WWE, aren’t you curious and excited to watch these attractions?
“It is what it is. This is not about politics for the talent, it’s about doing what we do best on the planet all over the planet. Everyone that works for any company has things they love and things they don’t love, but what we’re all focused on is having to fly back to SmackDown in Buffalo the next day.”