WWE’s Strategic Plan Behind CM Punk’s Saudi Arabia Apology Revealed
The real story behind CM Punk’s apology in Saudi Arabia has been revealed. A new report details how the moment was a premeditated business decision by WWE and TKO.
WWE Night of Champions is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. The inaugural event took place in June 2007 and was a crossover with Vengeance titled Vengeance: Night of Champions. In 2008, Vengeance was dropped in favor of Night of Champions and it took over the June PPV slot. The event then moved to July in 2009 before becoming the annual September PPV beginning in 2010. The original concept of Night of Champions was that every championship promoted on WWE's main roster was contested. In 2016, Night of Champions was replaced by the similarly themed Clash of Champions which was discontinued after its final use in 2020. After eight years, Night of Champions was revived to be held in May 2023 as WWE's ninth event in Saudi Arabia. Although the 2023 event was based around championship matches, not all of WWE's main roster championships were contested. A Night of Champions event was not held in 2024, but scheduled to return in June 2025, also in Saudi Arabia as the 13th event in the Saudi Arabian partnership.
To coincide with the original WWE brand extension (2002–2011), the events…
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The real story behind CM Punk’s apology in Saudi Arabia has been revealed. A new report details how the moment was a premeditated business decision by WWE and TKO.
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