As WWE heads towards the top of 2023, consideration turns to Saudi Arabia. WWE will host the 2023 version of Crown Jewel in Riyadh on Saturday afternoon.
The motion options outstanding storylines from the Bloodline and Judgement Day factions. Undisputed WWE common champion Roman Reigns is again in motion when he defends his crown towards red-hot contender LA Knight. Bloodline enforcer Solo Sikoa is in singles motion when he takes on legend John Cena.Â
Judgement Day chief Rhea Ripley must maintain off 4 challengers to her crown when she takes on Nia Jax, Zoey Stark, Shayna Baszler and Raquel Rodriguez in a deadly five-way match. And Damian Priest appears to finish his ongoing rivalry and feud with Cody Rhodes after they tussle in singles motion.Â
The cardboard seems to be full upfront of WWE’s tenth occasion in Saudi Arabia.
Have a look under on the confirmed matches for Crown Jewel, which streams reside on Peacock with the principle card beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
2023 WWE Crown Jewel matches
Undisputed WWE Common Championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. LA Knight: Knight is WWE’s largest success story this yr. Saddled with a really male modeling supervisor gimmick upon his important roster debut, Knight has flourished since reverting to his NXT persona. Knight is getting a few of the loudest crowd reactions nowadays and he teamed with John Cena to defeat Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa at Fastlane. Knight shined in a verbal altercation with Reigns on SmackDown and can now formally face him at Crown Jewel.
World Heavyweight Championship — Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre:Â After Rollins’ grueling win over Shinsuke Nakamura at Fastlane, McIntyre made it clear that he supposed to take the title from Rollins. McIntyre did make it clear, nevertheless, that he wasn’t inquisitive about sneak assaults or fights previous to the match and that he wished Rollins as near his greatest as potential, leading to a match being made for Crown Jewel. McIntyre didn’t save Rollins from an assault by Cash within the Financial institution contract holder Damian Priest however did cease Priest from cashing in on Rollins. So, it stays potential that Priest finally ends up factoring into this match.
Ladies’s World Championship — Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Zoey Stark:Â All 5 ladies have been mixing it up with numerous matches and assaults in latest weeks, all whereas attempting to put declare to being “the baddest girl in WWE.” A “deadly five-way” made sense for an uncommon bout full of WWE’s most bodily highly effective ladies.
John Cena vs. Solo Sikoa: Cena is itching to win on his personal benefit. The 16-time world champion shared an epiphany with followers on the Sept. 20 episode of SmackDown: he hadn’t gained a singles match in additional than 2,000 days. Cena mentioned he contemplated retirement however was decided to show he can maintain his personal. The surefire Corridor of Famer put out an open problem that was answered by Sikoa. A brawl broke out earlier than the match may formally happen, however was formally booked for Crown Jewel.
WWE Ladies’s Championship — Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bianca Belair: Belair revealed on the Oct. 27 episode of SmackDown that she was granted a rematch towards Iyo Sky for the WWE ladies’s championship at Crown Jewel. Sky cashed in her Cash within the Financial institution briefcase on Belair moments after Belair defeated Asuka to win the title at SummerSlam on Aug. 5.
United States Championship — Rey Mysterio (c) vs. Logan Paul:Â Paul known as Mysterio out after defeating Dillon Danis in a crossover boxing combat. Mysterio issued a response, saying Paul is aware of the place to search out him. Mysterio welcomed Paul to problem for Mysterio’s U.S. championship at Crown Jewel. Paul accepted and the foes shook palms. The large query is whether or not WWE places a championship round the social media influencer’s waist.
Cody Rhodes vs. Damian Priest:Â Priest nonetheless holds the Cash within the Financial institution briefcase however has been held again from his want to money in by Rhea Ripley on a number of events. With nothing else occurring for Crown Jewel, Rhodes and Priest made for a smart pairing, particularly after a number of clashes over the undisputed WWE tag staff titles.
Sami Zayn vs. JD McDonagh (Kick-off present): Zayn has been a persistent thorn within the facet of Judgement Day. He’ll get an opportunity to deal additional blows to the group in a battle with Judgement Day’s fringe member, McDonagh.