TKO CEO Ari Emanuel and Executive Chairman Vince McMahon likely to make an appearance at Crown Jewel 2023

TKO's two most high-profile personalities could possibly grace the show with their presence at Crown Jewel.

TKO CEO Ari Emanuel and Executive Chairman Vince McMahon likely to make an appearance at Crown Jewel 2023

Vince McMahon and Ari Emanuel (via X)

Crown Jewel 2023 is all set to be one of the biggest events of the year in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The show will be headlined by the mega-match between Roman Reigns and LA Knight. Recently, there have been reports that TKO’s Executive Chairman Vince McMahon and CEO Ari Emanuel can make an appearance at the show.

According to PWInsider, the internal belief backstage is that both high-profiled personalities of TKO Group Holdings could be present at Crown Jewel this Saturday. Although it is yet unclear how the entities will be making their respective appearances, there will be no press conference before or after the show.

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"The belief among those spoken to is that Vince McMahon, and possibly Ari Emanuel would be present at #WWECrownJewel this Saturday."
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Vince and Ari will be making a media appearance. Most likely, they will be present backstage to address the management or even the talents. WWE’s shows in Saudi Arabia are mega-events. Therefore, with Crown Jewel being hyped as a star-studded show, both prominent personalities of TKO could have a guest presence.

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It is going to be interesting to see Ari Emanuel and Vince McMahon for the first time on WWE TV together if they make an appearance. The show will be live on Peacock for the audience in the United States at 1 p.m. ET. Crown Jewel is most likely going to be an important premium live event heading forward in WWE’s current programming.

Ari Emanuel’s plan after removing Vince McMahon from WWE creative revealed

Vince McMahon is the reason behind WWE’s success in the world of professional wrestling. He has been working with the company for over four decades. However, amid the merger with the UFC, McMahon was allegedly removed from the WWE creative. Recently, Dave Meltzer revealed the actual reason for Ari Emanuel removing the 78-year-old from the creative.

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Ari Emanuel and Vince McMahon (via PWMania)

Dave Meltzer, in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter, wrote that Ari wanted to use Vince’s notoriety for the worldwide success of the company. He went on to reveal that Emanuel doesn’t plan for McMahon to be making creative edits to the WWE product. The TKO CEO believes that Triple H is the right guy for that role.

"One person close to the situation said that Emanuel has a vision for how he can use the worldwide notoriety of McMahon, and that vision doesn’t include him micro-managing the weekly television shows."
Dave Meltzer on Vince McMahon’s removal from WWE creative

Furthermore, Meltzer also revealed that McMahon’s work backstage was affecting the long-term vision of the company. It is going to be gripping to see the next step for WWE from here on out. As of now, the company has been at an all-time high since WWE’s merger with the UFC.

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