Paul Heyman Suggests Idea Of Third Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes Match Taking Place In Saudi Arabia

A suggested location for the third Roman Reigns versus Cody Rhodes bout.

Paul Heyman opened up about his current roles in WWE outside of being an on-air talent. He went on to state that his current obsession is booking out WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia.

He said the following while on Insight with Chris Van Vliet:

“That it’s not about the immediate moment,” Heyman responded when asked what fans need to understand about booking a wrestling show. “You asked me before, what I do behind the scenes in WWE? I do not go into the weekly television meetings. I don’t get into that level of micro anymore. I stay very macro. I attend the long-term meetings, the long-term creative meetings. I take the ride up to Stanford. I sit in on those meetings and love those days. My latest obsession has been, ‘Let’s book out SaudiMania. Let’s get that done.'”

Heyman further spoke about his interest in WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia. He would then bring up the champion versus champion matches that happen at Crown Jewel events in Saudi.

Heyman stated that if Roman Reigns is still WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Cody Rhodes is still Undisputed WWE Champion, the third match could happen in Saudi Arabia.

“Oh, I’m looking at the year after Saudi. If it was up to me — and it’s not — Let’s start there. We’ll change it every week if we have to. We’ll change it every time we meet but let’s get something that we’re building towards. Let’s write the last page now, and then let’s build towards it. I would love to know what we’re doing the year after Saudi at WrestleMania. I’d love to have a concept for that. Who is Roman Reigns’ opponent then? Who’s CM Punk’s opponent then? Who’s Logan Paul’s opponent then? Who’s Bron Breakker’s opponent then? Who’s Seth Rollins’ opponent? Jade Cargill, Becky Lynch, Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley. What are we building towards? Because if we know that and we have a concept for that, then it makes SaudiMania really easy. It’s not about, oh, you know what I would do this Monday? Okay. But how does that affect next Monday? How does that affect what I want to do in January? How does that affect the Royal Rumble? How does that affect SaudiMania? How does that affect what I want to do the year after? Here’s an example: Okay, right now we have lined up for Crown Jewel, the trilogy. The champion on Raw is Roman Reigns. The champion on SmackDown is Cody Rhodes. It’s 1-1. If they both retain the titles all the way to Crown Jewel, we get the trilogy at Crown Jewel. What an enormous main event. What a prestigious main event. What a historic main event for Crown Jewel. You want to sell Crown Jewel, you want that to be one of the biggest PLEs of the year, you want that to be a hot ticket both in terms of selling tickets and on the secondary market? Put the trilogy match there.”

Rhodes is scheduled to defend his title at WWE Night of Champions on June 27th. He’ll be defending in a Triple Threat against GUNTHER and Sami Zayn.