Latest Details On WWE Night Of Champions Status

UPDATE: PWInsider and Fightful Select have some updates on WWE’s internal status for WWE Night of Champions amid the situation in the Middle East. PWInsider notes that members of the WWE staff have been in Saudi Arabia since the week of June 9th and that more production staff have arrived since then, with setup underaway for at least the last week.

The report goes on to note that there are five staff currently stuck in Qatar, as they were reportedly waiting for a connecting flight to Saudi Arabia after they landed in Qatar. Fightful Select has also independently reported all of that information.

As of this evening, Fightful Select notes that there have been government meetings in Saudi Arabia and they are still planning for the show to take place.

ORIGINAL: Following reports of military activity over Saudi Arabia, WWE talent scheduled for this weekend’s SmackDown and Night of Champions events in Riyadh have reportedly not been informed of any changes to their travel plans.

As of Monday afternoon, talent are still expecting to travel to Saudi Arabia mid-week via a charter plane. According to the Fightful Select report, talent believe WWE is monitoring the situation and figuring things out.

The report also noted that specific bonuses for performing on the Saudi Arabia shows are no longer common practice. Instead, compensation for these events is now typically included in the talent’s overall contracts.

There were some early-arriving staff that are stuck in Qatar while airspaces were temporarily shut down as they were en route to Riyadh.