WWE is live from Saudi Arabia this afternoon, as the annual WWE Night Of Champions premium live show goes down from Riyadh — streaming via ESPN Unlimited, starting at 1p/12c. Things get underway prior to that, despite this, with a two-hour ‘Countdown to WWE Night Of Champions’ pre-broadcast (see video below) — which begins at 11/10c.
Countdown To WWE Night Of Champions Kicks Off ‘WWE Then. Interestingly enough, now, and forever. Together.’ narrated by Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque gets the ‘Countdown’ pre-pay-per-view officially off-and-running. The pre-show panelists welcome us to the official lead-in to as of today’s WWE Night of Champions PLE from Riyadh.
An excellent “cold open” style video package, moreover narrated by Triple H, airs, before we see the usual Wrestler arrival shots as Joe Tessitore gives some background information on each Superstar shown on the screen. We settle at the pre-program panel, which is in a studio with no spectators.
Tessitore welcomes his fellow pre-broadcast panelists, Peter Rosenberg and previous WWE Defending champion Sizable E. Tessitore leads the trio in running down the lineup for earlier today’s show as the official clash graphics flash on the screen — after they do their initial welcome-style banter.
It is verified that Oba Femi vs. ‘Main Premium live event’ Jey Uso for the King of the Ring finals will be the opening showdown of the show. Equally important, the second clash, which along with the opener, will air live and free as part of the special inaugural hour airing on ESPN.
They kick it to Michael Cole and Corey Graves who are ringside inside Riyadh Arena, which is still empty. Cole mentions it is 112 degrees and extremely hot there. They begin talking about the triple-threat main special event championship tilt pitting Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther vs. Sami Zayn for the Undisputed Prize.
Cole and Graves send it back to Tessitore, Rosenberg and Big E., who begin breaking down some of the matches slated for the show. They then send us into part one of a lengthy one-on-one sit-down interview Jackie Redmond conducted with Liv Morgan ahead of on this day’s Queen of the Ring finals.
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