Despite the fact that no women competed at the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble event at the King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, there was still controversy coming out of the event.
The Saudi Arabia General Sports Authority tweeted an apology after the event regarding an ad that WWE aired during the event that showed WWE women wrestlers.
“Compromise,” a Reddit user, provided the following translation of the apology:
“The General Sport Authority would like to apologize to the viewers and attendees of last night’s WWE event that took place in Jeddah, over the indecent scene involving women that appeared as an ad before a segment. It would like to confirm it’s total disapproval of this, in the shadow of its commitment to eliminate anything that goes against the communities values.
The authority has made sure to ban showing of any segment that involves women wrestling or any scenes related to it, and stipulated that to the company (WWE). The authority also disapproved any promotional stuff with pictures or videos showing women in an indecent way, and emphasized on commitment of this rule. And it’s a commitment that the authority would still commit to forever in all of it’s events and programs.”
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— الهيئة العامة للرياضة (@gsaksa) April 28, 2018
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