Following WWE’s announcement that John Cena will not be traveling to Saudi Arabia for this Friday’s Crown Jewel event, reports are now stating that Daniel Bryan is also officially off of the trip.
Bryan was scheduled to challenge WWE Champion AJ Styles and despite WWE taking out new advertisements to promote the match, Bryan will not be going to Saudi Arabia for the event either, according to PWInsider. WWE reportedly started making other plans regarding the match last week.
According to the report, WWE at one point had planned not to send Styles to Saudi Arabia either, and were planning on filming their match at the Performance Center in Orlando with it airing during the Crown Jewel broadcast. That idea was dropped yesterday while they were in the middle of production plans.
It’s not known how WWE plans to handle Bryan’s absence, although they are advertising that Bryan and AJ will be on tonight’s SmackDown to promote their match. They could always film an angle to postpone the match until Survivor Series, or have Styles face someone else this Friday. The PWInsider report noted that no final decision had been made as of last night on how to proceed.
