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WWE News: Roman Reigns Explains How Greatest Royal Rumble Will Show Progress to the World, NXT Superstars Visit 305 Lifestyle in Saudi Arabia, and Stats for Greatest Royal Rumble Event

April 26, 2018 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
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Arab News recently spoke to WWE Superstars, such as Roman Reigns, on WWE promoting equality and progress in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the Greatest Royal Rumble event.

Roman Reigns stated on the event, “We are trying to show Saudi Arabia to the world, that’s a big thing. We trying to be there for progress, to get better as human beings, to promote equality. Anything you can do on that level, it’s greater than you can do in the ring.”

Titus O’Neill of Titus Worldwide added: “Our job is to put smiles on people’s faces and those faces are all colors, all religions, all backgrounds. We are entertainers and I feel our company, WWE, does the best job of breaking barriers and going into different situations and making the absolute best from it. That absolute best is making sure that every single person that comes to one of our events has a life-changing experience in Saudi Arabia and in Jeddah. This is the first time we are here, it’s the first time a Royal Rumble has had 50 men in the ring, and the first time that every single match is a championship match. Where-ever we are in the world we don’t separate by color or creed, we just want to entertain the masses. At the end of the day we all rooted in love and I embrace that, regardless of who you are, what religion you are we are all the same. Sports definitely unifies people and WWE have been doing it for years, bringing people from all different backgrounds into arenas and in front of televisions at home. The fact this show sold out in a very short space of time goes to show the fanbase is as strong here as it is anywhere else in the world.”

– WWE released a video showing Tucker Knight and Dan Matha visiting 305 Lifestyle in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The organization teaches children the importance of staying fit and healthy.

WWE.com has released a new infographic ahead of tomorrow’s upcoming Greatest Royal Rumble event and the Royal Rumble match. This will be the 25th venue to host a Rumble match and the first that’s located outside of North America. The match will begin with two Superstars, and the remaining Superstars will enter in one-at-a-time fixed intervals.

Another video was released that says 750 tons of gear were shipped from the US to Saudi Arabia for the event, using 60 sea containers and two full Boeing 747 jets. Four 80-ton cranes were then used to offload the gear in order to build the set for the event inside the stadium. You can check out that video of event stats below.