WWE show Smackdown is in jeopardy as Saudia Arabia flight delays mean only TWELVE wrestlers have flown back to the US.

Following the Crown Jewel event in Riyadh the next big show is Smackdown in Buffalo.

But according to Pro Wrestling Sheet, delays "have lasted for hours" and WWE stars have been "stuck on a plane".

The flight back to the US is expected to be around 14 hours. At the time of writing that leaves less than three hours before the show.

But there is no indication as to when they will be flying out.

Mexican star 'El Idolo' Andrade wrote: "Bad day on Sadi Arabia, I hope to arrive before my birth."

And former NXT tage team champion simply posted: "Never again".

The WWE is trying to scramble a charter flight to take as many stars as possible back to the US.

Several wrestlers have tweeted out their dismay at the ongoing travel issues.

The Crown Jewel event in Riyadh saw heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury make his WWE debut.

And it was a successful one – the Gypsy King  DEFEATED 'The Monster Among Men', Braun Strowman, landing a right hook on his opponent who was then counted out.

But the Lineal boxing champ was then brutally attacked after the bell sounded his victory by a raging Strowman.

History was also made on the night when Natalya and Lacey Evans took part in the first ever women's match in Saudi Arabia.

And Brock Lesnar stole the show by beating his former MMA nemesis Cain Velasquez in just 88 SECONDS.

The final match of the night saw The Fiend Bray Wyatt crowned Universal Championship by pinning Seth Rollins in the Falls Count Anywhere clash.

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