It appears as if all contingency plans are about to fail, at least with respect to the talents that worked yesterday.
WWE released a statement about an hour ago which indicated that the plane rumored to carry the necessary talent announced for tonight's Smackdown isn't going to make it in time. At least one "sheet" has claimed the small plane actually has landed in Buffalo already, but the math doesn't work and the statement the WWE has made does not coincide with this.
I would have to think WWE had a contingency in place for tonight in case this happened (in fact, there's one interesting angle revealed yesterday that, for the first time, NXT will fully take part in the Survivor Series Network special/PPV this month -- so tonight could be a good opportunity to get top-level NXT talent to Buffalo and showcase them as an invasion or something).
But, more concerning, it appears as if the talents stuck in Saudi Arabia are still going to be stuck there tonight (it's, by my math, about 10 PM Friday in Saudi Arabia as I type this). Though the WWE statement says there were some mechanical issues, nothing has been said to assure wrestling fans that some sort of international incident has not occurred regarding the Crown Jewel event last night.
Stay tuned.
EDIT TO ADD 11:05 AM PDT: At least one other "sheet" is claiming that the WWE is owed "seven figures" from the Saudi government for the four shows they've had, and that this might be not only part of the problem, but the reason this might be the last show they do over there until at least the money is paid.
Confirmed are at least two talents who have expressed serious concern on their WWE social media accounts.
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