{"id":57518,"date":"2019-06-13T10:58:35","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=57518"},"modified":"2019-06-13T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:58:35","slug":"wwe-signs-two-wrestlers-from-saudi-arabia-tryouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2019\/06\/13\/wwe-signs-two-wrestlers-from-saudi-arabia-tryouts\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE signs two wrestlers from Saudi Arabia tryouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-4245853104\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE announced the signing of Faisal Kurdi and Hussain Aldagal to developmental contracts. Both wrestlers took part in WWE&#8217;s talent tryout last year in Saudi Arabia. Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/article\/faisal-kurdi-hussain-aldagal-join-wwe-performance-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> The WWE story notes that Kurdi has a background in amateur grappling, Muay Thai boxing, and mixed martial arts. Aldagal is a volleyball player and a bodybuilder. WWE will also be holding tryouts in Shanghai, China next month.<\/p>\n<p><i>Check below for the latest Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast with Jason Powell and Pat McNeill of the Wayback Playback podcast, who discusses how the more things change the more they stay the same with the return of the XFL and AEW coming to TNT, plus thoughts on WWE&#8217;s struggles, how wrestling from 20 years ago holds up through today&#8217;s eyes, and more.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: solid 1px #dedede;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/splayer\/f\/180116\/61872673\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-260598946\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-57518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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