WWE stars cannot wait to return to Africa

South African WWE fans were left yearning for more of the action as the wrestling stars completed their three-day performance at the Pro Ticket Dome in Johannesburg on Saturday.

But just like the fans, the professional wrestlers cannot wait to return to Africa after massive crowds in Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg watched their shows before they headed to Saudi Arabia to stage similar shows.

"I love Africa, the fans here are so passionate, it's been way better than what I imagined. I don't know why it has taken us long to come to Africa," Bayley said.

She said she feels inspired by everyone she works with including her mum, sister and children in the crowd.

"It's been 2 full weeks without seeing my fiancé and my dog. I'm looking forward to a free day, but the ring is my happy place; performing with the WWE is just the best thing on earth for me," she said.

Braun Strowman was also amazed by the natural beauty of the continent saying; "Africa is so beautiful, it has always been on my bucket list. There is so much natural beauty, the cultures are amazing. Everywhere we go we meet very passionate WWE fans but here it was awesome," the man who calls himself a monster said.

The African food and barbeque is what worked wonders for Samoa Joe."Africa has been great. The food is out of this world, the barbeque here is fantastic; We want to start investing across Africa, hopefully we will be expanding across borders" Samoa noted before warning the youngsters who are the majority of their fans not to try out what they see as it is ‘dangerous work' only performed by professionals.

"We present what we do as entertainment and put our bodies through a lot of punishment. Our training is more consistent than, say that of boxers and it is more demanding

WWE live South Africa was promoted by Big Concerts and presented in partnership with MultiChoice Africa that airs WWE programming on SuperSport, Africa's premier sports broadcaster  in more than 50 countries and territories throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

SuperSport channels S3, S4, S9 and SS10 televise Raw on Tuesdays and SmackDown Live on Wednesdays, offering both live telecasts and same-day re-airs, and broadcasts all WWE specials live, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series and Royal Rumble.

GOtv viewers have access to the action on Select 3, available to GOtv Plus customers.