Overview
- General Entertainment Authority chairman Turki Alalshikh shared a video presenting Sahli, who uses the ring name Fahd Tuwaiq, as joining WWE and offered public support on social media.
- The footage shows Tuwaiq traveling from Saudi Arabia and training at WWE’s Performance Center in Orlando, where he says he aims to make his country proud.
- WWE has not announced a contract, and reporting notes he would be the first Saudi grappler on the roster since Mansoor in 2018 if the signing is finalized.
- The promotion arrives days before the Royal Rumble scheduled for Jan. 31 in Riyadh, with WrestleMania planned to be staged in Saudi Arabia in 2027.
- Online reactions include speculation that Tuwaiq could receive a prominent push, as renewed scrutiny focuses on WWE’s Saudi partnership and past human-rights criticism.