WWE in Saudi Arabia

WWE, an American professional wrestling promotion based in Stamford, Connecticut, has been promoting events in Saudi Arabia since 2014. After initially holding non-televised house shows, WWE announced a 10-year strategic partnership with the Ministry of Sport in 2018, which would see the hosting of pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming events in Saudi Arabia. In 2019, WWE announced it had "expanded" its partnership with the General Entertainment Authority through 2027, under which it would hold two "large-scale events" in the country per-year. These events have been held at venues in Riyadh and Jeddah.

Since the beginning of the agreement, two PPV and livestreaming events have been held in Saudi Arabia annually. One is held in the first half of the year typically in Jeddah and usually within an existing WWE event chronology, while an annual event known as Crown Jewel was held in late October–early November in Riyadh as part of Riyadh Season. WWE's first major event in Saudi Arabia was Greatest Royal Rumble—a one-off special version of WWE's annual Royal Rumble—on April 27, 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and WWE's suspension of touring, the Saudi events were suspended after Super ShowDown in February 2020 and returned with Crown Jewel in 2021. The 2025 calendar year will only have one event in Saudi Arabia as 2026 will have three events, starting with the 2026 Royal Rumble, which will be held as part of that year's 2025–2026 Riyadh Season and the first of WWE's "Big Five" events to be held in the country.

The partnership has faced criticism over Saudi Arabia's poor human rights record (including suppression of women's and LGBT rights), allegations of sportswashing, and the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Some WWE performers have declined or were restricted from participating in the shows due to government policies and political tensions, while members of WWE's women's division were initially barred from performing in the first three events; Crown Jewel in 2019 would eventually feature WWE's first women's match in the country, and Super ShowDown featured its first women's title defense.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter gave the partnership between WWE and Saudi Arabia its yearly "Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic" award in 2018, 2019, and 2024, with four Saudi Arabia WWE events being recipients for Worst Major Wrestling Show between 2018 and 2023.