WWE is back in the Middle East for its latest PPV event. Crown Jewel will compete on Saturday from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with a loaded match card that features some interesting concepts. Raw and SmackDown's four major singles champions in the men's and women's divisions will compete for the inaugural WWE Crown Jewel Championships.
Levesque unveiled two annual games at Crown Jewel. Raw's World Heavyweight Champion and Women's World Champion will face SmackDown's undisputed WWE Champion and WWE Women's Champion, respectively. The winners will be crowned Crown Jewel Champions.
Additionally, the next chapter of the Bloodline saga begins as Jey and Jimmy Uso join “Original Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns against Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa in a six-man tag team match. The Usos recently reunited after the new version of the Bloodline continued to run roughshod over SmackDown. With both Usos back together with Reigns, anything could happen as we get closer to Survivor Series.
Plus, there's even more bad blood in the air in two singles games where the title isn't at stake. Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed will face off after the two brutalized each other over the last month or so. Reed's first violent attack put Rollins out of action for several months. And former friends become rivals when Randy Orton takes on Kevin Owens. Owens became more and more unstable each week and began attacking both Orton and Rhodes, his former best friends, after months of provoking Rhodes.
Take a look at the confirmed matches for Crown Jewel below and get a crystal ball look at what could be coming. The event will air live on Peacock on Saturday's pay-per-view card starting at 1 p.m. ET.
WWE Crown Jewel Matches 2024
WWE Crown Jewel Championship – Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther: Rhodes and Gunther are expected to headline Crown Jewel. Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 in April to become champion. He most recently defended it against Solo Sikoa in a steel cage match on the September 13 episode of SmackDown. Gunther won the title from Damian Priest at SummerSlam in August and recently defended the title against Sami Zayn on the October 7 episode of Raw. What's notable is that Rhodes and Gunther are both competing for a WWE World Championship title for the first time.
WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship – Nia Jax vs. Liv Morgan: Jax and Morgan take a break from long-standing rivalries. Jax and Morgan defeated Bayley and Rhea Ripley, respectively, winning the titles at SummerSlam and leaving Bad Blood rematches with their titles intact. Jax won the Queen of the Ring tournament the last time she was in Saudi Arabia, earning her a shot at the SummerSlam title.
Roman Reigns & The Usos vs. The Bloodline: The story of The Bloodline has dominated WWE programming for years. This saga continues at Crown Jewel as the newly reunited Usos team with Reigns against Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa in a six-man tag team. The game doesn't appear to be anywhere close to ending the ongoing conflict between the two teams, but the winning side will go into the next phase with plenty of momentum.
Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed: After Reed took out Rollins with a vicious attack for several weeks, it was clear that revenge would be in store for Rollins when he returned. This happened when Rollins attacked Reed and cost him the Last Monster Standing match with Braun Strowman. Since then, Rollins and Reed have demanded a match – and attacked each other several times – leading Adam Pearce to announce the Crown Jewel match.
Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens: Orton demanded a match against Owens after the prizefighter attacked his former tag team partner. WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque was initially hesitant to give Orton the match, citing Owens' brutality and Orton's age. Orton insisted he wasn't being hot-headed and asked Levesque what he would do if he were Orton. Levesque conceded and scored the game.
United States Championship – LA Knight (c) vs. Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes: Andrade and Hayes should complete their unofficial best-of-seven series. At stake was the chance for the US title. Knight did a poor job as special guest referee, triggering a no contest after hitting both men with BFTs. SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis punished Knight by booking the triple threat title match for Crown Jewel.
WWE Women's Tag Team Championships – Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill (c) vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven vs. Meta-Four (Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson) vs. Damage CTRL (Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane): SmackDown General Manager Aldis and Raw General Manager Pearce met on the October 25 episode of Raw. Authorities announced the fatal four-way tag team title match for Crown Jewel, as well as a traditional fatal four-way with one entrant from each team, on the November 1 episode of SmackDown.
