Turki Al-Sheikh Praises Nick Khan For Continuing Vince McMahon’s Legacy

WWE announced today that WrestleMania 43 will take place in Saudi Arabia, and at the announcement in Las Vegas, Saudi Arabian adviser Turki Al-Sheikh spoke alongside Triple H, Nick Khan, The Undertaker, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Shawn Michaels, and others.

Al-Sheikh praised Nick Khan, and at one point, said Khan is continuing Vince McMahon’s legacy. Highlights of his comments are below (h/t Fightful).

“First of all, I want to thank the Crown Prince, who supported us… Without him, we can not do anything, and with his support, especially also for WWE, this will happen in our country, and before eight years ago, I meet my father, Vince McMahon, and Triple H, in my home when I was the Minister of Sport in my country, and I say to them, ‘Let’s go and have change into the future doing big project together,’ and I hope we deliver now some of what we say. Before couples of years, my close friends, Nick Khan, became the President of WWE, and now, we are saying to him that, ‘You’re continuing the legacy of Vince McMahon and you delivered for us a very big project and very big surprise will come in this year and next year, inshallah.’ I see WrestleMania in Vegas… It bring 200,000 people to Vegas and bringing $1.5 billion for the city. This is very important for us. For the first time in our region, the big event in the history of entertainment is in our city, in our country, and this is very big to us.”

He also commented on the news leaking on his Snapchat ahead of today’s announcement.

“For two days, one of my office have a mistake and put something in the social media and his social media for two seconds, and he get it out. The people get crazy, and they doesn’t believe it. Now it is truth.”

WWE is reportedly getting paid “mindblowing” money for the show. An earlier report today noted that Saudi Arabia wants The Rock to headline the show against either Roman Reigns or Cody Rhodes.

Turki Alalshikh thanks Nick Khan for keeping the legacy of Vince McMahon going.

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