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Playing Devil's advocate, I dont think he means the financial deal with Saudi, I think he means the Saudi plane situation. With most of the roster stuck in Saudi Arabia, Smackdown had a very limited number of wrestlers who either did not go on that trip, or got out on a private jet.
Instead of putting on a show with a limited amount of people, they had the NXT roster fill in. The timeframe with Survivor Series coming up was the easiest storyline to explain kayfabe why they were there.
After that, Vince booked them the way he did because that is what Vince wanted to do at the time. It certainly was not a long term plan. All they got out of it afterwards was Keith Lee's surprise Rumble entry, and Shayna and Rhea putting over Becky and Charlotte at Mania.
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