Good to see women's rights progressing but...

[theking]

...the WWE should've showcase their female performers too to encourage the Saudi women to fight even harder for gender equality...Tri ple H hopes the female roster can perform in the near future for the Saudis so that's good to har. I guess progress regardless of how little is still better than no progress (baby steps)  :

WWE can't avoid controversy in foray into Saudi Arabia

The event was sponsored by -- and entirely funded by -- the Saudi General Sports Authority, according to multiple reports. WWE has not answered questions about how much it was paid to throw the event, the first in a long-term deal with the country, but as a public company details will be available on its second quarter report.

...Unlike 2014, women were allowed to attend the "Greatest Royal Rumble" event -- but WWE's women wrestlers were left at home.

The move generated anger from WWE fans, especially since the company has repeatedly pushed its self-titled "women's revolution."



"You can't dictate to a country or a religion about how they handle things, but having said that, WWE is at the forefront of a women's evolution in the world and what you can't do is affect change anywhere by staying away from it," Paul Levesque, WWE's executive vice president of Talent, Live Events and Creative, told U.K. newspaper The Independent in an exclusive interview this week. "While, right now, women are not competing in the event, we have had discussions about that and we believe and hope that, in the next few years they will be. That is a significant cultural shift in Saudi Arabia."