On Saturday, WWE Crown Jewel takes place outdoors Saudi Arabia for the primary time because the occasion’s inception. This 12 months’s occasion shall be held in Perth, Australia, although it’ll function below the identical format as final 12 months’s Crown Jewel.
Meaning two headline matches that includes WWE’s high champions. On the lads’s facet, undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes will tackle world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins. For the ladies, world champion Iyo Sky will face WWE ladies’s champion Tiffany Stratton. The winners of these matches will win the ceremonial Crown Jewel championship, taking residence a hoop for his or her victory.
There are another enormous matches set for the cardboard, which can happen at 8 a.m. on Saturday, together with certainly one of John Cena’s last matches on his retirement tour as he takes on an previous rival in AJ Types. Roman Reigns may also be in motion, dealing with Bronson Reed in an Australian Road Struggle.
With so many large matches set for the occasion, let’s check out what the CBS Sports activities professional wrestling consultants suppose will occur when the motion goes down in Perth.
2025 WWE Crown Jewel predictions
Males’s Crown Jewel Championship — Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins: The Crown Jewel stipulation is tailored for Rhodes to lose. It is meaningless within the grand scheme of issues. Rhodes solidified himself as a high draw by repeatedly beating Rollins upon his return to WWE. It is about time Rollins obtained one over on “The American Nightmare.” On Uncooked, CM Punk teased that he respects Rhodes an excessive amount of to become involved in his enterprise, suggesting The Imaginative and prescient’s numbers sport may get the higher of the son of a son of a plumber. Decide: Seth Rollins wins — Shakiel Mahjouri
Perhaps I lean too closely into what can be most fascinating slightly than what WWE is prone to do. Rhodes having Rollins’ quantity and inflicting a disaster of confidence for The Imaginative and prescient’s chief is fascinating; Rollins successful with the help of Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker will not be. Equally, Rollins successful on his personal does not actually do a lot for a way the story of The Imaginative and prescient is being constructed. Paul Heyman already despatched a message to Rollins {that a} loss was unacceptable and would make him query the choice to again Rollins over Roman Reigns. Would Breakker be content material to sit down behind a person who cannot get the job performed in opposition to Rhodes? Essentially the most fascinating possibility is for Rhodes to win, so that is what WWE ought to do. Decide: Cody Rhodes wins — Brent Brookhouse
Ladies’s Crown Jewel Championship — Tiffany Stratton vs. Stephanie Vaquer: Vaquer is a recent champion who must proceed constructing credibility as a essential event-level star. Stratton has had a superb run along with her title, so a loss is not notably damaging in the identical approach it could be for Vaquer. That makes for some fairly simple arithmetic that simply says to offer Vaquer the victory. Decide: Stephanie Vaquer wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
John Cena vs. AJ Types: Cena vs. Types is essentially the most deserving farewell tour match requiring the least storyline construct. That they had shockingly nice matches on the peak of their rivalry. That is sufficient to warrant one final tango. It is only a disgrace most of Cena’s retirement tour has been half-baked. Cena’s loss to Brock Lesnar at Wrestlepalooza actually deflated followers. It is unlikely he takes one other clear loss together with his last match quick approaching. Types, who lately stated he’d retire subsequent 12 months, does not have a lot to realize by beating Cena. All anybody desires to see is another stable outing from one of the vital stunning hit feuds in WWE historical past. Decide: John Cena wins — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)
Roman Reigns vs. Bronson Reed: Reigns matches are so uncommon that it makes the outcomes pretty predictable. Reed has been round to offer Reigns somebody he can defeat to remain across the title image with out truly being in it. It is exhausting to think about Reed being given a win over Reigns. What objective would that serve? To arrange a 3rd Reigns vs. Reed match? That does not look like a great way to make use of Reigns transferring ahead. That ought to imply a win for Reigns so he can transfer on to Breakker. Decide: Roman Reigns wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky vs. The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane): Ripley and Sky are greater stars than The Kabuki Warriors. Plain and easy. It does not appear WWE has a lot deliberate long-term for the villainous duo, no less than not sufficient to offer them a win over two of the ladies’s division’s greatest stars. This match is usually an excuse to get Ripley in entrance of her residence followers. Anticipate “Mami” to select up a giant win for her fellow Aussies. Decide: Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky win — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)