WWE The Greatest Royal Rumble Network Special Thread (Spoilers)

Itssoeasy · 25-04-2018 9:25pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Pulled from a Deadpsin article on WWE's trip to the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia... This is what Vince & Co are getting into bed with..

Full article
https://deadspin.com/what-is-wwe-doing-in-saudi-arabia-1825506325?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&__twitter_impression=true

Bix is doing his best to piss WWE off. I'm a big fan of his and his wrestling knowledge is stupidly good. Actually is Stephanie going to the event ?

Loughc · 25-04-2018 9:44pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Bix is doing his best to piss WWE off. I'm a big fan of his and his wrestling knowledge is stupidly good. Actually is Stephanie going to the event ?

Yes but she has to remain back stage and needs to be escorted everywhere.

montyrebel · 26-04-2018 9:37am

J. Marston wrote: »

The VIP seats at ringside are leather armchairs.

Is it like mania and you get to keep them? Imagine trying to ship that back to Ireland :pac:

sky88 · 26-04-2018 9:40am

Loughc wrote: »

Yes but she has to remain back stage and needs to be escorted everywhere.

I can imagine steph being thrilled with that

Lithium93_ · 26-04-2018 10:42am

Loughc wrote: »

Yes but she has to remain back stage and needs to be escorted everywhere.

sky88 wrote: »

I can imagine steph being thrilled with that

Stephanie being put in her place? What kind of bizzaro world is thi.... Oh right Saudi Arabia...

Would the women's roster get financial compensation from having to stay home from this trip?

sky88 · 26-04-2018 10:54am

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Stephanie being put in her place? What kind of bizzaro world is thi.... Oh right Saudi Arabia...

Would the women's roster get financial compensation from having to stay home from this trip?

https://twitter.com/WrestlingSheet/status/989200802291109888

saw that yesterday but probably lawler bull****ting

tbh im sure in a way there loving it as they have time off from the road for once

Agent Coulson · 26-04-2018 12:43pm

This is €21.95 on Sky Box Office I didn't know the WWE were still doing this on Sky.

Are the WWE still doing PPV buys in the States?

Omackeral · 26-04-2018 1:59pm

Agent Coulson wrote: »

This is €21.95 on Sky Box Office I didn't know the WWE were still doing this on Sky.

Are the WWE still doing PPV buys in the States?

Yeah I think so. I recall the commentators basically slagging viewers live on air that were purchasing them from PPV distributors!

Officer999 · 26-04-2018 2:08pm

I'm excited for this. It's something different, and feels like a nice post Wrestlemania bonus.

J. Marston · 26-04-2018 2:43pm

Saw on Reddit that, according to WOR, that there might be an hour-long intermission to accommodate a prayer hour that falls during the show.

CastorTroy · 26-04-2018 2:49pm

That'll be Taker's entrance

martyos121 · 26-04-2018 3:01pm

Hopefully they spend that hour to pray for a Reigns heel turn.

sky88 · 26-04-2018 3:24pm

have to respect shawn for staying retired

https://twitter.com/411mania/status/989509924899012608

Lithium93_ · 26-04-2018 3:38pm

J. Marston wrote: »

Saw on Reddit that, according to WOR, that there might be an hour-long intermission to accommodate a prayer hour that falls during the show.

Seem about right, I mean from a quick Google search, they do it 5 times a day in that part of the world..

Salat al-fajr: dawn, before sunrise.
Salat al-zuhr: midday, after the sun passes its highest.
Salat al-'asr: the late part of the afternoon.
Salat al-maghrib: just after sunset.
Salat al-'isha: between sunset and midnight.

So they'd probably put the brakes on the in ring action between the late part of the afternoon and just after sunset, possibly.. I'm sure Sami's given them the heads up..

J. Marston · 26-04-2018 4:10pm

They all hour-long sessions? Mad yokes.

Going to mass once a week up until I was 12-13 felt like torture to me.

PTH2009 · 26-04-2018 4:29pm

i love the song for the event

didnt even knw it Godsmack are still around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xRfxSHShBs

ATM wont see the event in full til late Friday night but will prob see the first few matches

Lithium93_ · 26-04-2018 5:49pm

J. Marston wrote: »

They all hour-long sessions? Mad yokes.

Going to mass once a week up until I was 12-13 felt like torture to me.

Yeah 5 hours daily devoted to praying, we have, or had it easy going once a week...

Omackeral · 26-04-2018 6:09pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Yeah 5 hours daily devoted to praying, we have, or had it easy going once a week a year...

God bless Xmas

Officer999 · 26-04-2018 6:57pm

Vince is in Saudi too I see on Twitter.

Wonder could he be a surprise Rumble entrant?

Itssoeasy · 26-04-2018 8:45pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Yeah 5 hours daily devoted to praying, we have, or had it easy going once a week...

I know people in their seventies who give out if the local priest goes above 30 minutes.
"25 minutes in out and back home. Lovely stuff." Actual quote. So what exactly is going to happen during this hour long break ? Is it a case of them leaving the cameras pointed at the ring and running and we get an hour of silence ?

Lithium93_ · 26-04-2018 8:52pm

Itssoeasy wrote: »

I know people in their seventies who give out if the local priest goes above 30 minutes.
"25 minutes in out and back home. Lovely stuff." Actual quote. So what exactly is going to happen during this hour long break ? Is it a case of them leaving the cameras pointed at the ring and running and we get an hour of silence ?

Guess you'll just have to find out on Friday afternoon, LIVE & FREE (for new subscribers to the WWE Network).

I'll just skim through the thread on Friday evening to see what unfolded... Also expecting SlickRic to chime in somewhere along the way

martyos121 · 26-04-2018 9:08pm

They’ll probably put the Reigns match during the prayer hour so that he doesn’t get booed.

Lithium93_ · 26-04-2018 9:13pm

martyos121 wrote: »

They’ll probably put the Reigns match during the prayer hour so that he doesn’t get booed.

Don't think they'd get away with that, far as I know, everything grinds to a halt for that hour, found this BBC article from 2013

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-25214743

People in Muslim lands often stop what they're doing when the call to prayer comes from the local mosque five times daily. But Saudi Arabia is the only country where everything shuts down for the duration.

Now that could've been relaxed in the following 5 years, but I highly doubt it.

Omackeral · 26-04-2018 9:14pm

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Now that could've been relaxed since 2013, but I highly doubt it.

Ah yeah sure didn't the progressive Saudis allow women to drive there last year. No bother to the lads.

martyos121 · 26-04-2018 9:15pm

‘Twas but a joke Lithium, I’d love to see them try it though!

Lithium93_ · 26-04-2018 9:16pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Ah yeah sure didn't the progressive Saudis allow women to drive there last year. No bother to the lads.

The Saudis, a great bunch of lads..

Lithium93_ · 26-04-2018 9:17pm

martyos121 wrote: »

‘Twas but a joke Lithium, I’d love to see them try it though!

Ah it whooshed over my head

:pac:

Brains on holiday mode...

Agent Coulson · 26-04-2018 10:13pm

I wonder what the Saudis stance on the 8th is?

oneilla · 26-04-2018 11:09pm

J. Marston wrote: »

They all hour-long sessions? Mad yokes.

Going to mass once a week up until I was 12-13 felt like torture to me.

Used to work with someone from Pakistan who took maybe 10-15mins to pray in a secluded part of the building definitely wasn't an hour.

PTH2009 · 27-04-2018 12:05am

Few of WWEs big boys had a nice owl dinner with a few Saudi big boys tonight

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiDEclrhd4O/

WWE The Greatest Royal Rumble Network Special Thread (Spoilers)

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