{"id":58890,"date":"2018-04-24T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=58890"},"modified":"2018-04-24T14:29:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T19:29:03","slug":"triple-h-addresses-controversy-of-wwe-running-a-profitable-show-in-saudi-arabia-only-by-agreeing-to-the-rule-excluding-women-from-performing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/04\/24\/triple-h-addresses-controversy-of-wwe-running-a-profitable-show-in-saudi-arabia-only-by-agreeing-to-the-rule-excluding-women-from-performing\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple H addresses controversy of WWE running a profitable show in Saudi Arabia only by agreeing to the rule excluding women from performing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3177776025\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/general\/wwe-mma-wrestling\/wwe-greatest-royal-rumble-saudi-arabia-triple-h-interview-defends-no-women-wrestlers-a8319446.html\">Triple H spoke to The Independent<\/a>about the controversial decision by WWE to run a profitable show in Saudi Arabia under the condition that they follow Saudi Arabia&#8217;s rules that women cannot perform on the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand that people are questioning it, but you have to understand that every culture is different and just because you don\u2019t agree with a certain aspect of it, it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not a relevant culture,&#8221; he said.\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t dictate to a country or a religion about how they handle things but, having said that, WWE is at the forefront of a women\u2019s evolution in the world and what you can\u2019t do is affect change anywhere by staying away from it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Triple H believes women will be allowed to perform on a future event.\u00a0\u201cWhile, 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.\u00a0The country is in the middle of a shift in how it is dealing with that \u2013 the position is changing, and rights are changing, as are the way women are handled and treated in society. We think that\u2019s a great thing and we\u2019re excited to be at the forefront of that change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Triple H did cite an example from a few months ago of Sasha Banks vs. Alexa Bliss in the first-ever women&#8217;s match held in the Middle East.\u00a0\u201cYou talk about the cultural shift in the world, and just a few months ago we were in Abu Dhabi and had the first ever match with women competing, with a crowd of women, men and little boys in the audience with tears in their eyes.\u00a0The audience were chanting \u2018This is Hope\u2019 \u2013 that is cultural change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Would WWE agree to run an event in a country that didn&#8217;t allow African-Americans to perform, or gay people, or people not of a certain official religion, all in hopes of changing their culture at a future time? Or is excluding an entire gender different than those examples?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RECENT REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/04\/18\/smackdown-rating-superstar-shake-up-edition-viewership-key-metrics-compared-to-last-two-years-2018-averages\/\">Smackdown Rating: Superstar Shake-up edition viewership, key metrics compared to last two years, 2018 averages<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1417227901\"><div id=\"pwtor-3576921900\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Triple H spoke to The Independentabout the controversial decision by WWE to run a profitable show in Saudi Arabia under the condition that they follow Saudi Arabia&#8217;s rules that women cannot perform on the event. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/04\/24\/triple-h-addresses-controversy-of-wwe-running-a-profitable-show-in-saudi-arabia-only-by-agreeing-to-the-rule-excluding-women-from-performing\/\" title=\"Triple H addresses controversy of WWE running a profitable show in Saudi Arabia only by agreeing to the rule excluding women from performing\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2018\/04\/GreatestRoyalRumble.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58896,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58890\/revisions\/58896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}