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What's the story?
As announced by WWE.com, Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle are going to be among the 50 superstars taking part in this year's historic Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia.
In case you didn't know
WWE's Greatest Royal Rumble event is set to be one of the most eventful nights of the year, with seven championship matches taking place alongside a 50-man Royal Rumble match.
Heart of the matter
The following statement was released by WWE.
Fifteen WWE Superstars, including Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle, 2016 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner Baron Corbin, four-time Tag Team Champions The New Day, and three-time World Heavyweight Champion and 9-time Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho, have officially entered the first-ever 50-Man Greatest Royal Rumble Match, which will take place at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. AST.
WWE Superstars Apollo, Shelton Benjamin, Sin Cara, Elias, Chad Gable, Goldust, Titus O’Neil, Mojo Rawley and Dolph Ziggler have also declared for the first-ever Greatest Royal Rumble Match. Additionally, the historic event includes John Cena vs. Triple H, Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns in a Steel Cage Universal Championship Match and six other championship matches.
What's next?
As the days go on leading up to the Greatest Royal Rumble, more names will likely be announced in order to generate even further in the event. The event will broadcast live on Friday, April 27th at 12pm ET / 9am PT.
Author's take
This show is shaping up to be on par with WrestleMania, and that's saying something. The 60,000+ fans in Jeddah are going to be in for one hell of a night, and we're all for it. It's very rare that you get to see this much star power on display on any given night, and because of that, everyone should tune into the WWE Network to see it.
Yes, the issue of no women being allowed to compete needs to be addressed - and in time, we're confident it will be.
