WWE held its first event in Saudi Arabia this year with Night of Champions this past Saturday night. The company will return later this year, likely in October/November, for its contractually obligated second event of the year.
The show saw Seth Rollins win the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the tournament finals over AJ Styles, Brock Lesnar beat Cody Rhodes, and Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn retain their Undisputed Tag Team Championships over Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa after The Usos turned on Reigns.
Pwinsider reports, “WWE is extremely happy with how their Night of Champions event went over the weekend.”
The report also noted that the show set a new record as they made their most merchandise sales for a show in Saudi Arabia.
The event was also a hit on Peacock as it had the highest viewership of any premium live event in Saudi Arabia thus far. It surpassed the previous record for last November’s Crown Jewel featuring Reigns vs. Logan Paul for the Undisputed Universal Title by 18%.
