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#3. Hope isn't true: 4 WWE stars released due to bad publicity for Saudi Arabia

Crown Jewel

WWE has had quite a few issues with regards to their shows in Saudi Arabia - whether it's been media backlash or issues with Saudi officials. Last year in October for Crown Jewel, there was the entire "plane debacle" that happened that kept the WWE roster stuck in Saudi Arabia for far longer than expected.

Dave Meltzer revealed on the Wrestling Observer Radio that Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Rusev, and Joe Hennig (aka Curtis Axel) were all released partly due to the bad publicity that came out of the incident. Interestingly, Andrade was protected:

"The other thing that I didn't know, another thing was that the guys who had given the company bad publicity over Saudi Arabia, which was Rusev and Karl Anderson and, Joe Hennig, I think. The other one was Andrade, but Andrade is in the Flair family, so he was safe. So those guys, there was a lot of bitterness because, you know, whatever, the WWE sees it one way, 'nobody should have said anything.' The reason there was a problem is because guys said there was a problem and everything and there's all those tweets out there that WWE couldn't deny."

We hope this isn't true because it would be an unfair reason to release them. While we're sure that it was only one among a few things that led to their releases, it wouldn't make sense on WWE's part to do so.