Saudi Arabia to stage first women's wrestling match

The first ever women's wrestling match in Saudi Arabia will be held on Thursday at the at King Fahd Stadium, organizers said, the latest event to be staged in the Kingdom.

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) said that its "superstars" Natalya and Lacey Evans will face off in the pay-per-view event which will also feature former boxing champion Tyson Fury as he takes on Braun Strowman.

The organizers said the two women had done battle in some tough bouts recently, including one that Evans, a former US Marine, "won by powerbombing her foe off the side of the stage and through a table".

Saudi Arabia is boosting entertainment that allows citizens to have



fun.

Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, has introduced reforms including allowing concerts, reopening cinemas, and lifting a prohibition on women driving.

Developing the tourism and leisure sector is one of the foundations of his Vision 2030 plan to prepare the Arab world's largest economy for the post-oil era.

In a landmark decision in August Saudi Arabia announced it would offer tourist visas — relaxing rules that had largely restricted visits to business travelers and Muslim pilgrims.

The wrestling match is part of the Riyadh Season, which includes more than 100 entertainment and arts events over two months during the capital's cooler winter months.