POST Wrestling revisits Crown Jewel 2019 plane incident, discusses Saudi venue change and court ruling
On their latest episode, John Pollock and Brandon Thurston re-examine the 2019 Crown Jewel plane incident, outline a venue change for WWE’s Saudi event amid reports of an “aerial hostile threat,” and discuss a court decision limiting WWE’s ability to redact a Netflix contract line.
On their most recent episode, POST Wrestling hosts John Pollock and Brandon Thurston revisited the 2019 WWE Crown Jewel plane incident and covered several developments related to WWE and events in Saudi Arabia.
The hosts reported that Riyadh had been described as facing an “aerial hostile threat,” and that Riyadh Season moved the location of Crown Jewel in response. They also discussed TKO, WWE’s parent company, holding an employee meeting that addressed safety concerns tied to Saudi events.
Other items discussed on the episode
- The revisit of the Crown Jewel 2019 plane incident.
- A court ruling that a line in WWE’s Netflix contract could not be redacted.
- A response from a former Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority vice president after their firing.
- A report that Nick Khan and Steve Koonin nearly moved SmackDown to avoid clashing with the WNBA Finals.
- Notes that John Cena and Cody Rhodes were added to NXT head-to-head programming.
- Comments attributed to Bob Arum suggesting Saudi money for boxing is "drying up."
POST Wrestling listed the episode as being hosted live at 8 p.m. ET and included music credit and cross-promotional links in the episode details.
