Crown Jewel is scheduled for November 7th.

With WWE’s 2026 Crown Jewel Premium Live Event being scheduled for November 7th in Saudi Arabia, WrestleVotes on Fightful Select learned that WWE is offering crew members $3,000 in hazard pay for making the trek.

“WWE is offering crew members $3,000 in hazard pay for this weekend’s trip to Saudi Arabia, @WrestleVotes on @FightfulSelect has learned.

Several crew members have opted out of traveling to Riyadh despite the additional compensation.

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[–] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

This is kinda more embarrassing than if they offered them nothing. Shockingly low.

I got $900 in 2015 from an airline for taking an hour later flight… which actually left before my original flight.

$3,000 sounds legitimately embarrassing for real entertainers crew going all the way to Saudi Arabia. Especially given the history and that the pay is subject to taxes.

My favorite part of WWE is that they spent 30 years trying to convince everyone they were “real” entertainers, and the company itself devalues their people constantly.

Fuck WWE literally forever. Awful people.

Edited because I remembered the specific details

Thinking about this more actually just gets worse. The wrestlers crew are losing 3 days including travel time, at best. That’s a whopping $1,000 a day to go to a place they were TRAPPED IN before.

I’ve literally been paid that before as a contract software developer. I got paid that for an entire year, not as “hazard pay” for maybe being trapped in a hostile country. Holy shit, man.

The WWE are horrifying.

I’ve been corrected that it’s the crew and not the wrestlers themselves, but I’m still a little surprised by how little money that seems to go all the way to Saudi Arabia.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    This is for the crew, not the talent.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the clarification!

    This makes me feel a little better… but just a little.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 4 days ago

    It was being reported at one point the bonuses wrestlers were getting for going to the Saudi shows are just figured into their contracts now, though I would hope they're getting offered some sort of hazard pay too.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 4 days ago

    $3000 doesn't seem like enough to make risking your life worth it, especially the company is getting who knows how many millions/ billions to do the show.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago

    Damn. It’s almost like if you have to offer hazard pay, it means they shouldn’t be there in the first place.

    Man fuck WWE/TKO. Greed has no bounds.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago

    You can't even buy a shitty beater for that

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