According to leaked documents that surfaced online this week, legendary sports-entertainer The Undertaker appeared at WWE Crown Jewel last month in Saudi Arabia because WWE made him an offer he could not refuse: more than $2.1 billion to appear in a tag team match at the event.
The leaked documents, which have been declared legitimate by wrestling prolific blogger ColeBayBay_69, show that Crown Jewel in Riyadh was the highest-grossing event in WWE history, as Saudi fans paid up to $1.2 million apiece for ringside seats.
The Undertaker was the highest-paid performer on the event, earning a payday roughly equivalent to the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Guyana, though other members of the WWE roster also took home significant sums for one evening of work:
The lucrative paydays explain why WWE did not cancel the event despite worldwide condemnation of Saudi Arabia for human rights violations, but a WWE spokesperson said such criticism is unwarranted because “we kindly asked the Saudi government to Be A Star.”
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