A weird turn of events happened prior to the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia. WWE first announced Rusev vs the Undertaker in a casket match. It was eventually changed to Chris Jericho vs the Undertaker. A few days later, WWE replaced Jericho with Rusev.
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In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here), Dave Meltzer provided some insight into what happened.
Meltzer says that Jericho let Vince McMahon know as a courtesy that he was planning on going to New Japan to shoot an angle for his match with Tetsuya Naito at Dominion.
A few hours later, Jericho was reportedly told that the Prince of Saudi Arabia specifically asked for Rusev to be in the match instead of him.
Meltzer finds this hard to believe because of the Prince asking for wrestlers from the past, including some who have passed away like Yokozuna and Ultimate Warrior. Also because Rusev was switched from the match originally.
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