A huge match was recently announced for the WWE Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia. AJ Styles will defend his WWE Championship against Daniel Bryan. Styles vs Bryan is a match that a lot of fans are pumped to see at a WWE PPV event.
Bubba Ray Dudley shared his theory on why this match could be happening in Saudi Arabia on Busted Open Radio. Here is what he said (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“Remember when Rusev was supposed to wrestle The Undertaker [at Greatest Royal Rumble] and then Rusev got taken out of the match? Then it was going to be Jericho vs. Undertaker, and then Rusev was back in the match. You know why that happened? Because the Prince wanted Rusev in the match.
“He was adamant, he was a Rusev fan. He said, ‘no I want Rusev vs. Undertaker.’ So, maybe he wants AJ vs. Daniel Bryan. When you’re dealing with a bought show in wrestling, you’re purchasing the show.”
“Hypothetically, [the Prince] said ‘This is the match I want’ and Vince is going to accommodate him because it’s an ungodly amount of money. So you give them the show that they want to see, you wrap it around a network special and you turn it into something. And that’s what it really is.”
“Hypothetically, this guy said ‘This is the match I want’ and Vince is going to accommodate it because it’s an ungodly amount of money.” @bullyray5150 & @davidlagreca1 discuss AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan at #WWECrownJewel pic.twitter.com/GWUMJuzJhD
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) October 8, 2018
This is obviously just a theory but it would kind of make sense. Styles vs The Miz seems like a match that Vince McMahon would be more likely to book.
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On a related note, here is the reason why the WWE Crown Jewel venue was changed.