Major news broke on Wednesday, as Turki Alalshikh took to Snapchat to tell the world that WrestleMania is heading to Saudi Arabia. “WrestleMania has been announced, for the first time outside of America, WrestleMania in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2027,” Alalshikh said in his video. According to Fightful, “Saudi officials have made their desire to have a WrestleMania in the country clear since virtually the start of their relationship.”WrestleMania in WWE is the biggest step in Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing campaignFor Saudi Arabia, the goal of the partnership with the WWE was about one thing: sportswashing. As long as the bottom line continues to be the governing factor in sports and entertainment, Saudi Arabia will be a major player in both worlds. With such large sums of money tied to this partnership between Saudi Arabia and WWE, it is hard for fans to find an effective measure to push back.