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Backstage News On Why MVP Missed WWE Crown Jewel

There is your explanation. Starting back in 2018, WWE has presented a pair of events in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia every year they have been able to go. The company is very well compensated for running the shows and it makes a lot of business sense, but there have been some public relations issues as a result due to some of the country’s laws. Now another one has caused a wrestler to miss the latest event. Last week on SmackDown, Braun Strowman attacked Omos’ manager MVP, laying him out with a series of running powerslams. As a result, MVP did not appear at this weekend’s Crown Jewel event from Saudi Arabia. According to Fightful Select, MVP did not appear at the show because he is a former Muslim turned atheist, which is a violation of Saudi Arabian law. Opinion: This is one of those situations where there is not much MVP could do to avoid missing the show so something had to be done to deal with the situation. WWE used the most logical method they had available while also tying it..

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Original Plans Revealed for SAnitY

<p>While speaking on the Pancakes and Powerslams podcast, former NXT Superstar Marcus Louis revealed that he was originally planned to take the leadership role in the SAnitY faction.</p><p><em>“Initially, SAniTy was supposed to be Sami Callahan, myself, and <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/sawyer-fulton" title="Sawyer Fulton">Sawyer Fulton</a></strong>. [We] were the the three people who were supposed to be SAniTy at first. I was told about this idea in late 2015. It was September 2015, I think, I was told by <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/wrestler/triple-h" title="Triple H">Triple H</a></strong> himself. He came [and said], ‘I have this great idea for you guys. We’re gonna bring you in as a trio of sort of like punk-looking people, sort of like Mad Max.’ And then it was supposed to be <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/crowe/" title="Crowe">Crowe</a></strong>, myself, and Fulton. But he was like long-term, and it was a long shot already. So Callahan left NXT, and then there was a different talk. They were talking about bringing in somebody new to be the leader of this faction.”</em></p><p>You can check out the <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/pancakesandpowerslams/2017/05/10/pancakes-and-powerslams-episode-267" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">full interview here</a>.</p>