{"id":63867,"date":"2019-10-30T08:33:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=63867"},"modified":"2019-10-30T08:33:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:33:44","slug":"wwe-to-hold-the-first-womens-match-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2019\/10\/30\/wwe-to-hold-the-first-womens-match-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE to hold the first women&#8217;s match in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-160853109\" 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><i>WWE issued the following press release to announce the first women&#8217;s match to be held in Saudi Arabia.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>STAMFORD, Conn.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; WWE (NYSE: WWE) today announced at a press conference at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh that the first-ever WWE women\u2019s match in Saudi Arabia will take place tomorrow, October 31 as part of Riyadh Season, which includes more than 100 events over a two-month span featuring world-class entertainment and sports properties.<\/p>\n<p>WWE Superstars Natalya and Lacey Evans will perform at CROWN JEWEL, one of WWE\u2019s premier pay-per-view events, which also features Roman Reigns, the undefeated lineal heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar, Universal Champion Seth Rollins and many more.<\/p>\n<p>CROWN JEWEL will stream live on WWE Network tomorrow, October 31 at 8 pm AST\/1 pm ET.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> While there are still many reasons to be uncomfortable about the company doing business with the Saudis, it is an encouraging sign of progress that women will be allowed to wrestle in the country for the first time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1878547044\" 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":[2,4],"tags":[1822,187,101,2381],"class_list":["post-63867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-lacey-evans","tag-natalya","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-crown-jewel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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