>>19601803That was definitely the case back in 2009-2010 when Space Power (RIP) was airing Raw and SmackDown. They were showing stuff from 2006-2008 with Arabic dub, and since it was a major free-to-air channel, it blew up immediately. That’s the main reason guys like Cena, Orton, Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, ect.. are massively popular in the Arab world.
Eventually, MBC snatched the rights around early 2011( don't know exactly but around when the Summer of Punk was kicking off) and they actually kept the delay pretty short, usually about a week for subtitling.
Nowadays, hardly anyone watches wrestling as religiously as they used to. People might catch a couple of segments on MBC Action or a match on YouTube, but everyone still remembers that specific "space power" era. It’s no wonder Saudi Arabia keeps pushing for people they actually recognize rather than 'dimeless' shitter like Seth Rollins.
