Investigative Reporter Karim Zidan on WWE & Saudi Arabia | Pollock & Thurston

Wrestlenomics

English - May 26, 2023 19:20 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston chat with Karim Zidan of Sports Politika on the WWE’s business partnership with the Government of Saudi Arabia.

They chat about the attitudes regarding the ten-year agreement that was announced in 2018, how sport washing works, WWE’s navigation of the Jamal Khashoggi murder during the first year of the agreement, and his recent article on WWE’s Propaganda Spectacle.

Karim Zidan is an investigative journalist and you can read his work at Sports Politika

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