WWE Night of Champions is set to take place on Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Earlier this week, there was much speculation on whether the event would go ahead as planned due to the political tensions in the Middle East.
The announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran allowed WWE to proceed with the show without making any significant changes. However, former WWE employee and wrestling veteran Teddy Long said that he wouldn't have agreed to travel to Saudi Arabia for the event if he were still working for the company.
On the latest episode of The Wrestling Time Machine on Sportskeeda WrestleBinge, Long said he was praying for the safety of the performers and WWE personnel traveling to Riyadh for Night of Champions.
"I'm just glad I'm not in a part of that now that I don't have to go over there, man, because I'm telling you, I'd probably get fired because I wouldn't go. That's pretty risky, but like Bill, like we're saying, this is a business, you know what I mean? To be way over there and not knowing the next move and not knowing what's going to happen, you know what I mean? It's pretty dangerous, but let's give it to God and hope that they have a safe show and everybody gets out okay," Long said. [From 1:30 onwards]
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The former SmackDown general manager felt it was dangerous to visit Saudi Arabia at this juncture due to the conflict between Iran and Israel. Meanwhile, Apter said he didn't want his close ones to travel to the country because of the war.
"If it was [sic] my children? No. I don't want my kids, I don't want anyone I know, going to put themselves in danger, even though there's a truce at this point, a 60-day truce, depending upon when that part of the world right now is not tourist or showbiz friendly, in my opinion. I could be totally wrong, but it's a business, and that's what they're going to do," Apter said. [From 0:42 onwards]
Night of Champions is going to be the 13th WWE event in Saudi Arabia since its first major show in 2018. It is also set to be the final appearance of John Cena as an active wrestler in the country.
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