Our WWE Crown Jewel results for tonight include Cody Rhodes facing Gunther for the WWE Crown Jewel Championship, and Nia Jax battling Liv Morgan for the WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship. Plus, Roman Reigns and The Usos will face The Bloodline, and Randy Orton will clash with Kevin Owens.
Elsewhere on the show, Seth Rollins will take on Bronson Reed, and LA Knight will defend the WWE United States Championship against Carmelo Hayes and Andrade. Finally, Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair will defend the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship in a four-way match. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from Riyadh, Daudi Arabia, at Mohammed Abdo Arena.
WWE Crown Jewel Card:
- WWE Crown Jewel Championship: World Heavyweight Champion Gunther vs. Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes
- WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship: WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan vs. WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax
- WWE United States Championship: LA Knight (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes vs. Andrade
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair (c) vs. Damage CTRL (Kairi Sane & IYO SKY) vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven
- Roman Reigns & The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu & Tama Tonga) (with Tonga Loa)
- Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
- Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed
WWE Crown Jewel Results:
The broadcast team welcomes viewers and previews the show.
Roman Reigns & The Usos vs. The Bloodline
Roman Reigns and Jimmy Uso enter together. Jey Uso comes out by himself. The two sides strategize before Tama Tonga and Jey Uso start the match. Tonga gains the upper hand, but Jey fires up. The Usos double-team Tama. Tama takes control and tags Jacob Fatu, who grounds Jimmy. The Usos team up and drill Fatu with some strikes. They sent Tonga to the outside. Jey tags in Jimmy instead of Reigns when Reigns asks for the tag. The Original Bloodline briefly argues, and Fatu gains the upper hand again.
Solo Sikoa tags in and maintains the advantage. He keeps Jimmy grounded. Jimmy manages to tag Jey, who rallies with a flurry of offense. The Bloodline again takes control and overpowers Jey. They isolate him in the corner. Jey tries to rally, but Sikoa stops him. Tonga locks Jimmy off of the apron with a cheap shot. Jey keeps fighting, and he tags Reigns.
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Reigns squares off with Sikoa, and they trade blows. Reigns drops him with a clothesline and hits two more. Sikoa counters the Superman Punch, but Reigns hits it on a second attempt. Sikoa counters the Spear and drops Reigns with a Samoan Spike, but Jimmy just barely breaks up the pin. Fatu kicks Jimmy and slams him. Jey superkicks Fatu and hits Sikoa with one. Fatu catches a dive attempt by Jey and drops him. Reigns hits Sikoa with a Superman Punch.
Tonga and Loa try to interfere, but Reigns fights him off. Fatu rocks Reigns with an elbow and a diving moonsault. He dives onto The Usos at ringside. Sikoa hits a Samoan Spike and pins Reigns with another.
Winners: The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga & Jacob Fatu)
The Bloodline attacks Reigns after the match, and they beat down The Usos as well. They go to slam Reigns through a broadcast table, but Jey stops them. The Bloodline overwhelms him. Sami Zayn comes out. Sikoa opens his arms for a hug. Zayn suplexes him, but The Bloodline gangs up on him. The Usos make the save, and the brawl continues. Zayn accidentally kicks Reigns, and Sikoa escapes. The Usos argue with Zayn.
Grade: B+
As far as Bloodline matches go, this was pretty typical. It took 20 minutes for the match to begin, including the opening video and the entrances for both groups. The action itself was standard for The Bloodline as well, but the story-telling with the tension between Jey and Roman was well-done. Sikoa pinning Reigns cleanly was a big surprise. Zayn’s allegiance remains somewhat questionable, given how he helped the O.G. Bloodline. It seems inevitable that he will fully reunite with them soon, but today was not that day.
Bianca Belair And Jade Cargill Defend WWE Women’s Tag Titles
Bianca Belair and IYO SKY start the match. Belair gains the upper hand. SKY fires up. Belair and Jade Cargill overpower their opponents. Cargill tosses Chelsea Green into Lash Legend, and they square off. Legend and Jakara Jackson double-team Green. Legend suplexes Green and continues to overpower her. Jackson slams Green head-first to the mat. Sane fires up with a flurry of offense. Damage CTRL double-teams Jackson. SKY hits a missile dropkick. Piper Niven tags in and gains the upper hand. Legend drops Belair with a pump kick.
Cargill and Legend trade blows. Cargill drills her with a kick. Niven dives onto them. Green dives off the apron and onto Niven . Sane dives onto them with an Insane Elbow. SKY takes them all out with a moonsault. Legend launches Jackson onto everyone.
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Belair sends herself and Legend tumbling over the top. Cargill hits Jaded on Green, but Damage CTRL breaks it up. SKY dumps Belair with a German suplex. Sane hits Belair with an elbow.
Jackson drops SKY with a missile dropkick. Legend and Jackson double-team Sane. Niven slams Legend. She and Green double-team Jackson. Niven accidentally splashes Green. Belair and Cargill hit Niven with a Doomsday Device for the win.
Winners and still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair
Grade: B+
This was a good showing for everyone involved, especially Legend and Jackson, as the match marked their Premium Live Event debut. They more than held their own with everyone else in the match. The miscommunication between Green and Niven teased their potential breakup, which would be a shame because they’re a fun pairing and the division needs depth. This match would have been a good spot for Belair and Cargill to drop the titles, given the multi-team stipulation, and their win suggests that they might continue to hold the gold for some time to come.
Seth Rollins Battles Bronson Reed
Seth Rollins takes the fight to Bronson Reed during his entrance, and they brawl up the ramp. They continue to brawl around ringside. Rollins gets into the ring and dives onto Reed. Reed slams Rollins into the timekeeper’s area and takes control. He squashes Rollins with a splash in the corner and drops him with a clothesline. Reed hits a Tsunami. Rollins evades a second Tsunami and hits a Stomp for a two-count.
They go back and forth, and Reed crushes Rollins by sitting on him. Reed continues to overpower Rollins. Rollins goes to slam Reed, but he fails, so the big man lands on top of him. Reed maintains the advantage.
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Rollins fires up and drops Reed with a DDT. He hits a clothesline, but Reed doesn’t go down. Rollins knocks Reed off the second rope and hits a Frog Splash.
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