Turki Al-Sheikh Feels Nick Khan Is Continuing Vince McMahon’s Legacy, Discusses WWE WrestleMania 43 In Saudi Arabia Being Leaked On Snapchat

WrestleMania 43 will officially be taking place in Saudi Arabia.

WWE held a press conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, and among those present were WWE Chief Content Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque, Saudi Arabian adviser Turki Al-Sheikh, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Seth Rollins, Stephanie Vaquer, Logan Paul, and Charlotte Flair.

It was announced that WrestleMania 43 will emanate from Saudi Arabia. Al-Sheikh spoke at the presser about what it means to him to have WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia. He commented on the legacy of Vince McMahon being continued in regards to the relationship with Saudi.

“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.”

Al-Sheikh spoke about the news of WrestleMania coming to Saudi Arabia being leaked on his Snapchat. He stated that people in Saudi Arabia were excited and could not believe it.

“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.”

Saudi Arabia will be hosting WWE’s Royal Rumble Premium Live Event in January 2026.

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