WWE's Saudi Shows USED to be RIDICULOUS!
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- WWE has been holding special events in Saudi Arabia since 2018, and these days the shows are pretty standard affairs. Nothing to out of the ordinary from regular WWE, just maybe a Logan Paul title match. However, that wasn't always the case. When these shows first began, these Saudi shows were unlike any WWE PPVs we had ever seen before. These were basically treated as the worlds most expensive house shows, tailored made for the Saudi's. You combine that with how bad the WWE was at the time, and the results were horrendous. From 50 man Royal Rumbles, to legends returning and tarnishing their legacies, to just idiotic booking. We got it all, and what better time to revisit them.. then now!
0:00 Intro
0:31 The Greatest Royal Rumble?
3:20 Crown Jewel 2018
6:35 DX vs. Brothers of Destruction
9:45 Super Showdown 2019
11:16 GOLDBERG VS THE UNDERTAKER
15:26.. I Can't, I'm Done.. The Last Two 
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how the hell did we remain WWE fans after this era??😭😭
Hope you guys enjoyed ❤️
YOU TELL ME😂😂😂😂
We’re like World War 2 vets. We survived 2018-2019 WWE, literally in the trenches fighting for our lives
Erm…. I didn’t …. 💀
It’s simple. I wasn’t a fan after 2010. I was still around the games before 2K15, but that was it. But since 2K22, I finally became a fan. I’m sorry for you guys growing up with this, but hey y’all made it out alive.
I got pissed like 3 minutes into reliving this 💩
Crown jewel was the day of my dads funeral, literally terrible day for me, but it was glimmer of light that my favorite team DX was wrestling my brothers favorite tag team Kane and undertaker. I would rather re attend the funeral then watch that match again lmaoooooo
Brother, please check my twitter real quick. I posted your comment and it’s going crazy 😭, sorry for your loss bro 🙈
Bro😭
@@WrestlinGifs lmaoo
@@WrestlinGifs yooooo let’s gooo when wrestling video collab on this one match 🙏
Broooooo😂😂
Taker vs. Goldberg was the personification of the “Stop, he’s already dead” meme.
I was thinking about that meme the whole time
Undertaker almost died too💀 seriously that match was 6 minutes but felt like 60
We made it out of the trenches boys. We really did.
I swear man i thought we would never see the day😢
Mate Cody defended his first time against a midcarder in a predictable match, the bloodline are now 2/3rds dwarfs, Damien priest is WHC...we are still in the trenches
@@user-rj8sx9do5b happiest wrestling fan
Hold up, hold up! ....let@@user-rj8sx9do5bcook...
@@user-rj8sx9do5bah yes, let's not focus on the good, let's just focus on the bad, why? Because some people cannot find happiness in their life
Crown Jewel 2018 deserves a special place in hell.
If that’s the case, Super ShowDown ‘19 deserves even worse
@@javi994nothing is worse than seeing shane McMahon winning wwe tournament that's too when he is not in the match. Also how miz vs ziggler became finals over Guy like kurt, randy, jeff, seth who were top guys. Miz vs Dolph was just used so shane gets the trophy.
That's like you had current king of the ring tournament and you got ricochet from raw side and Corbin was SmackDown side in final and in the end Goldberg comes and wins it
@@thegameking3931 naw dawg not goldberg in KSA again
Triple H really did save the WWE
Fake fans like won’t admit things were getting better under Vince
Gunther roman was champion under Vince Rhea in judgment day under Vince and Cody returning was under Vince. What has hhh don’t besides give a celebrity a title and curb La knight every chance he gets
No they werent. Vince was a hack. Cope @@pleaseshutup7053
@@pleaseshutup7053Yeah the guy who was booking his top star to eat DOG FOOD
@@pleaseshutup7053Yeah we had 2016 and then Vince went senile this company would be an absolute hellhole with that piece of crap in charge right now
They would’ve brought back Ric Flair with the way they were going
😳
Kinda did with the flair vs hogan. But at least that was sorta decent.
I'm surprised they didn't at that time LOL
flair did that by himself lmao
"He hits his head on the door like a Neanderthal" LMAO
I laughed my ass of when he said Goldberg hits his head on ring post and said he's got a double double 😂😂😂😂😂 and then he got a CTE hat trick with a triple double
The Saudi shows were just free acid trips that no one asked for 😂
Facts
The time of airing itself was already a heavy pregame
RVD must’ve been having the time of his life watching this 😂
@@javi994 definitely was
I wonder what ever happened to that Dan Matha guy. Showing up in a random rumble in the middle of Saudi Arabia must be the weirdest gig ever.
I think he does fitness type of content now, he got released in the first cuts in 2020 and I don't believe he's done any wrestling since then, don't know for sure though.
If these guys still have to cover all their own travel, I wouldn’t even want to go unless I was supposed to win the thing. Damn if I’d travel half way across the world for a meaningless
@@jamiegaskins3687Apparently the Saudi shows paid *insanely* well. It was why so many legendary wrestlers showed up.
@@phabiorules well considering where it is, I could see that
@@dwightyboy5324 Also nearly died in a car crash shortly after beign released
"This match had a combined aged of 206 years old" Fucked up, but funny.
Goldberg squashing The Fiend who was red hot at the time is the reason I stopped watching wrestling up until last year when CM Punk returned and The Rock slapped Cody
Just to let you know despite moments like these that gets us the slap in the face, I would *NEVER* stop watching WWE or wrestling because professional wrestling is everything to me. Just like Ric Flair says...
*I WILL NEVER RETIRE!*
@@dallasarnold1803wrestling is life
Same, stopped watching until before summerslam2022 when news broke that Triple H had taken control.
We have the exact same reason and dates. I stopped watching wrestling after Goldberg squashed the fiend. Came back to cm punk returning and a certain someone finishing his story. Rip bray such a great wrestling mind.🙏🏾
@@dallasarnold1803 congrats pal I got a lot of other stuff going on in my life besides wrestling especially during that time of my life I’m not gonna support a company that consistently disrespected its fans Punk was right when he said WWE would be better when Vince is gone
The first years of Saudi were truly some of the world’s worst PPVs of ALL TIME. Years of botches, disasters, cringe, current day talents being buried, it was all awful stuff. DX Vs Brothers of Destruction, Undertaker Vs Goldberg, Goldberg Vs The Fiend, etc. I’m glad these years are passed us now, and that Saudi shows for the most part are now ok to awesome. Here’s hoping KOTR can be just as good.🙏
It’s interesting how when WWE is doing good, people like you always bring up “remember when this happened and WWE sucked” it’s weird.
@@kamfisher1714well, it’s true
I agree.
@@kamfisher1714what are you talking about everyone was talking about how bad they were since they happened
@@pleaseshutup7053 It’s like someone posting a video about WWE in the 90s and some clown randomly says “remember HBK was a d*ck backstage” like who asked ?
Gotta love whenever the Saudi Prince asked Vince to book wrestlers way past their prime to wrestle.
Or wrestlers who are straight up dead like Ultimate Warrior and Yoko
@@javi994he asked for Warrior?!!
@@judeelaman1902For Crown Jewel 2018
@@javi994 Hey man if that's what it takes to create a modern ally for the future, I'm sure with WWEs connections and Saudis money they could clone them or find someone genetically identical and upload their memories and thoughts or use crispr on a descendent or just find them somewhere else in time or space.
@@killeranime3591Greatest Royal Rumble
a triple double concussion bro I CANT 😭😭😭
I will never forgive that 2019 show for basically killing the Kofi Kingston title run for a UFC rematch that time forgot. I don’t care what your thoughts are for that Kofi title run, it deserved a better ending than less than 10 second squash and immediately after, have a match with an injured signee with minimal training just to lose to Brock.
New Day just stay getting clapped by Lesnar
Kofi was gonna get clapped anyway the plan was to always put the belt on lesnar
Yea but still at least a punch or something@@pleaseshutup7053
@@pleaseshutup7053 The problem is how it happened
@@osolofetswe1171 it was gonna happen like that eventually
Vince from 2017 till 2019 had to be on something because everything was so bad it had me questioning myself
He was literally forgetting his own booking decisions week after week
2020-2022 was even worse tbh, glad he’s out
@@EpicAndrew97even worse? You must be joking right?
@@saptarsi7868 ikr Romans heel turn, The Hurt Business, Randy and Drew, Edges return, Jey Uso solo run, these things really carried the pandemic era, the product was starting to take some shape again, though not perfect of course. In 2022 things were starting to become much much better.
Get this man behind the announcement table with Michael Cole
Saying that bald HBK looks like 2007 Britney Spears is fucking diabolical 💀💀💀
As a proud bald man, I can say with all sincerity...bald Shawn gives me nightmares.
Me to lamo😂
Triple H is the best thing that's happened to WWE
How
@@pleaseshutup7053Because during this down period, he was booking NXT which was legit LEAGUES above whatever the main roster stuff was
And now he can work his magic on the main roster
Booking makes logical sense, there’s continuity
Vince literally admitted that he forgot his own booking decisions week after week
Does that sound like someone who should be writing a TV show?
And Vince almost killed Roman Reigns’ career
Shawn Michaels almost died doing that moonsault 😭💀
The fact that these shows didn't end the company.
Damn, it really tells the WWE might actually never die
They got too much money to die
I just want to wipe that DX vs BOD match away from my memory, it was so sad to see them like that. Also I can’t believe that was really Shawn Michael’s “last match” he should’ve let the iconic match with Taker at WM 26 be his last because it was PERFECT
Wdym? 26 WAS his last match
@@ImTheReverseThis man got the Men in Black treatment 😂
Where can I go to get that operation?
Your delusional if you dont remember WM 26 being his last dance
@@javi994 rewatch Crown Jewel enough times and your brain will start suppressing the memory as a coping mechanism
The crowd atmosphere in the Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party match is literally what 2020 WWE would sound like. The fact that the match ended on a DQ from LHP jumping Lars made me even understand more for why the crowd is just dead silent. Good bloody grief.
The saudi ppvs are probably the peak of vinces dementia
More like greed
@@jwaz500Or both 😂
Bro I’m dead💀💀💀
Saudi PLE shows back then feels like wrestling game matches
"yo bro ill play kane you play undertaker and we'll fight DX, dream match right there"
@@killerbug05 haha exactly 😆
The worst is when Goldberg beat "THE FIEND" Bray Wyatt
Semi respect to Goldberg surprisingly saying he didn't want to beat Bray.
Literally from 2017-2021WWE was 2000 WCW bad. The reason why AEW was as white hot as it was during 2019-2022 was because the WWE product was absolute dog shit. Vince being forced to step down was a blessing in disguise.
Thank god for HHH. Undoing and restarting the product wasn't an easy task. Hunter should have been the head booker 5 years ago.
I mean Reigns and Mcintyre at CATC was a Banger of a match
2021 was way wayyyy better than 2017-2019, 2020 was also decent tbh.
I'm not even joking right now, reliving all of these moments just made my body feel physically exhausted lol. This just unlocked so many horrible memories of when I sometimes hated being a wrestling fan 😭THANK GOD WE MADE IT THROUGH
That Triple H vs Randy Orton match in a random saudi PPV being Hunter's last match ever is crazy
WM 35
@@Myfavchannel492 wrestlemania 35 was 2 months before super showdown 2019
It was his last PPV match but his last match was on Raw in 2021 against Randy Orton (again)
@@Hugezu dude there's no shot I forgot about that, I just remembered....
Saudi shows have come a long way. The 2023 night of champions is one my favorite shows .
They went from a propaganda show to just a ppv in Saudi Arabia.
That Goldberg taker match almost made me quit wrestling.
Ask a new fan and WWE is a perfect company, ask old fans and they have PTSD flashbacks of the 2016-2020 eras
At least 2016 had great shows
Ask the REALLY old fans and the mid 90s will give them a Vietnam flashback
2016 was the last good year before hell
2016 Smackdown and NXT were fantastic but 2017-2021 minus NXT gives me Vietnam Flashbacks
To answer the question at the end of the video:
I stopped watching WWE (excluding NXT) in 2018 bc the creative direction and no bright futures in the company, and then The Fiend brought me back. When the Firefly Funhouse debuted he made me start watching again. So then they have Oldberg beat The Fiend in 2 minutes. Absolutely wild
And the Hell in a Cell match with Rollins a couple months before
As far as I know from people working with the GEA that Vince was the big reason behind these RIDICULOUSNESS that was on the Saudi Shows he tried to impress HE Turki Al Alshaik and the Crown Prince by making crazy matches and sacrificing the quality of the matches and shows to get paid extra the moment Vince Left and HHH took control which is what was the GEA and Turki wanted from the beginning everything became better
But the shows started getting better before HHH took charge, crown jewel 2021 is critically acclaimed and it was before hhh took power
@@theoldhermit2601well tbf late 2021 - early 2022 triple h was extremely invovled in the booking of the wwe. So i doubt it was all just Vince.
Turki Ala Shit 😂
@@MohammedRoien-bi8pzat the end of the day, every idea had to be green lighted by Vince himself
Did you just call that dumbass “his excellency” on a yt comment
After Vince, Saudia Arabia PPVs have improved so much after he was forced to restep down from the company
4 old men doin anything athletic always end up with someone hurt 😂
I knew the DX vs B.O.D match was going to suck after it was announced
I really forgot how hilariously bad the DX vs brothers of Destruction and taker vs Goldberger match was
Thanks Pav for bringing back repressed memories
Goldberger lmaoooooooo
Good idea: have "When legends rise" as your event's theme song
Not so good idea: it's for the Saudi Arabia shows
Crown Jewel 2018 might be the first PPV to give people CTE
Super ShowDown might have caused people to get paralyzed with how bad that main event was
True. It was damaging to watch.
That ppv gives me Vietnam flashbacks
I love your videos.!! I’ve never laughed as hard as I did listening to your Crown Jewel ‘18 commentary 😂
😭❤️❤️
Not enjoying every video, but most of them. Especially couple of the newest ones. Great work dude!
2017-19 was the reason behind AEW!
I know, 2017-2019 is the worst period in WWE history. We get it.
Current AEW makes me wish AEW never existed if what they're putting on TV now is genuinely the best they can do.
Love watching your vids man, KEEP IT UP
My brain still can’t comprehend bald Shawn Michaels
7:41 That should have been announced 🤣
If the undertaker vs goldberg match wouldve happened 20 years ago, just imagine............
Prime Crow Sting vs Ministry Undertaker take my money
Just the fact that Saudi wanted Yokozuna and Ultimate Warrior in the Greatest Royal Rumble is evidence enough of how insane these shows used to be😭
The kingdom does not watch the product 😂
The fact that all of this was Vince and technically not management’s fault makes us wrestling fans hope that Vince will NEVER come back again🤦🏾
I laughed so hard during this video I loved it😂 keep up the good stuff man
Bro your content 😂😂😂😂 I’ve never laughed so hard, what makes it more funny is that you don’t even try too hard, u just being “you”…. RESPECT 🫡 🤜🏼🤛🏼
66k views in less than 24 hours, brother you got the support just stay consistent
Wouldn't it have been crazy if the Suaids asked for Benoit?
Oh my god 😮
At that point you’d probably have to ask yourself if they’re truly wrestling fans or not. Tbh I feel like they probably aren’t. I can understand if they don’t know everything no one does but they couldn’t research on the internet about Yokozuna? What next bring back Daniel Bryan even tho he’s in aew now and under a different name?
@@oofmaster1003The kingdom is in it for the dinero
They should've gotten Rikishi for The Greatest Royal Rumble instead of that random sumo guy. Would've been way more exciting.
Just wanted to say that yours and superkick studios are the only 2 wrestling channels I keep up with. Both of you guys are very easy to listen to.
Tl;Dr - Big fan, notification bell and everything
Welcome back. We missed you.
Only half way through this video and I can’t stop cracking up. 😂
Couldn't stop laughing during the whole duration of this video. Man great stuff
I know Bret Hart was smiling looking at the 3 time head smash
oh god 😂
I'm watching this right before today's PLE and now I'm second guessing if I even want to tune in lol
love the vids!!!
Bro this is the funny commentary on WWE Saudi show, I ever seen 😂
I was in wwe smackdown in Jeddah yesterday! It was genuinely was different than the greatest royal rumble and supershowdown (which I both attended). These two events had whatever matches but it was still hype seeing my childhood heroes! But smackdown had an amazing crowd! Half the stadium singing voices and kingdom was genuinely one of the best experiences of my life. Half the crowd was sorta dead but I feel like if they were all chanting then it would have been better than the backlash crowd! (seeing Goldberg and undertaker kill each other was genuinely depressing)
I remember watching Super Showdown 2019 live at home on my couch, and I fell asleep during Kofi Kingston vs Dolph Ziggler 💀
I couldn’t stop laughing throughout this😭😭😭
12:47 “CTE hat trick “ I’m crying 😂😂😂
Lol love the commentary bro
In supershowdown 2019 the crowd was so dead you could hear the referee yell "what the hell are you doing?!"
Great video per usual Pav, I thought that 2018 show with the BITW trophy sucked the worst, btw what’s the instrumental you use at the end of the video, it slaps bro 🙏🏾😅
Side note Pav was killing me this video😭😭😭 I was crying literal tears “double double”💀💀😭😭😭
“Crown Jewel” sends shivers down my spine
bro the way pav just showed bray getting squashed like that is actually hilarious🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm dying laughing bro hahahaha. Your narration is on point.
5:17 IDK why, but this part makes me laugh SO HARD 🤣🤣🤣🤣 “crying, screaming, dying…” 😂😂😂
The Smackdown crowd in Jeddah was 🔥
That thumbnail and their expressions, leave me to know those men are the next League of Extraordinary Gentlemen...
"Sounds more like a fetish" brush had me dead 🤣🙏🏾
That goldberg v undertaker narration had me dying😂😂
2018 - 2022 WWE treaded Saudi shows as just huge house shows.
Goldberg beating the fiend was the only time I saw the IWC be pissed in unison 🤣
CTE HATTRICK AHAHAHAHAHAH PAV YOU HAD ME ROLLING
I think the super show down match in Melbourne Australia between Undertaker and Triple H is forgotten but it was actually pretty good to my memory
Bros commentary makes these matches ten times better lmao
I have seen all of these live but still cant remember any of it. That explains a lot.
I can't stop laughing after remembering this 😂
After watching the Goldberg Vs Undertaker match I had to go rinse my eyes with Ric Flair Vs Ricky Steamboat matches😶
I’m laughing my ass off hearing the DX vs brothers of destruction lol
WrestlingGifs' commentary is hilarious, CTE triple-double had me dead 🤣🤣
Please make a video on backlash 2024
It was amazing and i am shocked that u haven’t made a video on that !
i loved every single one of the Saudi PPV's just because how objectively trash they all were. peak entertainment
Same. I actually enjoyed 2019 WWE just because of how ridiculous it was every week.
@@emmytea-uv5nehow is your sanity still intact? 😂
the purple pills background music 🔥
I’m so glad I didn’t get the WWE Network till after these Saudi shows
I’ve never laughed this hard in awhile 😂
Kane losing his mask is so funny 😂😂😂😂
The thumbnail took me out😭😭
I genuinely cried and got depressed during Pav’s recap of DX Vs BOD😂. My entire childhood picked apart and destroyed like it meant nothing…💔
So sad
This is why it took so long for Austin to have one more match, he didn’t wanna destroy his legacy
Man I lost it here 12:43 😂😂😂😂😂
i remember watching Greatest RR and it was a dream come true. at stadium it felt like i was watching Wresltemania.
the match having a combined age of 206 is actually hilarious