AJ Styles has given his own account on what WWE superstars were told while they were stuck in Saudi Arabia following Crown Jewel last Thursday.

WWE superstars were expected to fly back to the USA following Crown Jewel last Thursday, and some of them were even expected to work on SmackDown on Friday night.

However, the vast majority of WWE superstars and personnel were stuck in Saudi Arabia for several hours longer than what they should have been due to what was described as a 'mechanical failure' on their plane.

Speaking on his Mixer gaming stream, AJ Styles gave his own perspective on what happened after Crown Jewel and why there was a delay, based on all the facts he knew.

Styles said, via Wrestling Inc: "We were supposed to leave after the show. We got to the airport, they weren't letting us board.

"What was the problem? Not really sure, heard there was a fuel truck in the way, the guy who drove the truck had left to go home. I know, this makes no sense. Why would the fuel guy leave if he knows he's got a plane that's leaving? Then there were some paperwork issues.

"Finally, after at least 4-5 hours, we get on the plane. Then they found something wrong, the fuel or something or another was broken.

"People can say what they want, 'It wasn't broken.' But I talked to the pilot. On that 14-hour flight the pilots, I guess they take naps as well. We were all chatting, sitting around on this flight and he said, 'Listen, there was a problem. That's a real thing.'"

The Phenomenal One gave his thoughts on if he thought this hold up was planned by those in Saudi Arabia.

He said: "The problem was, we spent all that time, from one o'clock all the way to six or eight in the morning, waiting to board this plane, they are telling us we can't go anywhere because the pilots and everybody had timed out.

"They can only go so long before they are not able to fly because they're not able to go 24 hours at a time. They had to go back to a hotel, we had to find a hotel.

"Were there guns? Were there people yelling 'EVERYBODY OFF THE PLANE!'? No, that never happened. My wife called me in a panic, she's scared to death.

"I go, 'Babe, listen, we're just not able to go anywhere. It is not a big issue, nobody has threatened to kill us.' There was none of that going on. Nobody was going to get murdered, it never happened. There was no threat of physical harm or anything like that."

Immediately following the news of the delay, reports emerged that WWE was owed money by Saudi Arabia for previous events. Styles commented on this as well.

He said: "It is almost blown up, as if, we were on the verge of being killed. That wasn't the case. I don't know what happened between Vince and the King, the Prince or whoever it is. That's not my job to say anything, my jobs to go to work, my jobs to get home.

"Was I pretty angry about not going home because I missed my son's wrestling match? You have no idea. But, if this is out of our hands, if it is out of the pilot's hands, then there's nothing we can do.

"There is no point in getting mad, getting angry about something I have no control of. I'm home now, and I'm happy to be here. We'll find out as we go along why things happened, or we won't. I don't know what's going to happen going forward, it is just going to be what it is going to be."

A lot of WWE superstars have commented on the situation on social media, with some saying they will never return to Saudi Arabia again. The Phenomenal One, on the other hand, wants to make sure he himself has all the facts together.

Ultimately, this isn't going to be the last we hear about WWE's relationship with Saudi Arabia and the plane delay.