WWE is back in Riyadh, Saudi Aradia for this year’s Crown Jewel. The Crown Jewel Championships are up for grabs once again for this event. Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn battle for the men’s title, and Liv Morgan takes on Chelsea Green looking for her second women’s title. Cody Rhodes goes one-on-one with Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing Match; Penta and Je’Von Evans challenge fights The Vision’s Austin Theory and Bron Breakker for the World Tag Team Titles; and much more! With both champions for the men and women in-house, will there be a Money in the Bank tease or cash-in? Will The Bloodline or The 946 get involved at all? What else can we expect with the Crown Jewel Titles on the line? Check out the live recap for WWE Crown Jewel results starting at 12 PM ET/9 AM PT on ESPN Unlimited (USA) and Netflix (worldwide). Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates!
Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary, but they are not live in the arena. We see the superstar arrivals of everyone involved in today’s matches. Cody Rhodes is the first man out and the Last Man Standing Match will start the premium live event! Randy Orton saunders out next, taking his time getting to the ring for this big match, and ignoring hi-fives from the fans while Cody paces in the ring. Charles Robinson is the referee assigned for this match.
* Last Man Standing Match: Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
The bell dings, Cody goes on the attack, Orton fights back, Cody punches him back, Orton stomps him down in a corner, Cody side-steps him in the corner and Orton crashes into the ringpost. Cody asks Charles Robinson to start his count, and Orton rolls to stand on the floor to break the count, so Cody hits a suicide dive! They battle on the outside, Orton blocks the steps, slams his head on the steel steps, delivers the back suplex onto the Arabic announce table (the only announce table at ringside), does another back suplex onto the announce table, the crowd chants for one more time, so Orton drops him one more time onto the table. Orton removes the top cover of the table, suplexes Cody onto it, the ref starts his count, Rhodes is back up at 6, they fight in the timekeeper’s area, and the fight into the crowd.Rhodes slams his head on a barrier, Orton uppercuts him, hits him in the head with a trash can, the ref starts his count, Rhodes is back up at 6, so Orton smacks him over the head with the trash can lid. Rhodes gets up at 6, Orton hits him in the head again with the lid, Rhodes is up at 2, kicks him in the midsection, tosses him over the barricade back to ringside, and Rhodes takes some water to rejuvenate.
Orton surprised him with a kendo stick to the ribs, hits him in the back, Rhodes is dropped to the mat so the count is on until the count of 5. Rhodes ducks a swing, hits him on the back and ribs with the kendo stick, clotheslines him over the ropes, and Charles Robinson starts his count. Orton is back up at 6, Rhodes goes after him with mounted punches, the ref counts, Orton is up at 5, they fight up the ramp, they trade punches at the entranceway, Rhodes drops him, goes to the back, hits him in the head with a trash can, and smacks the lid on his head. Rhodes heads to the back again as he sees Orton get back up.Rhodes brings out a table on the big stage, sets it up, hits him on the back with the trash can before he even gets up to his feet, Orton fights back, slams his head on the table, and POWERBOMBS CODY THROUGH THE TABLE!! The ref starts his count, Rhodes stirs at the count of 7, gets back up at 9, Orton thought he had it, and he clubs him on the back as he fights him down the ramp.
Back in the ring, Rhodes kicks him as he steps through the ropes, pulls him in, hits the draping DDT, and the count is on for both men. Rhodes is up at 4, Orton is up at 7, Rhodes gets on the top rope, Orton cuts him off with several punches, Rhodes fights back, Orton headbutts him, and delivers a TOP ROPE SUPERPLEX! Rhodes gets back up to his feet by the count of 8. Orton clotheslines him, another clothesline, hits the snap powerslam, Rhodes rolls onto the apron, and Orton pulls him in for the VINTAGE draping DDT! The ref counts, Rhodes is back up at 9, counters the RKO, Cody with a thumb to the eye, clotheslines him, floats over, hits his own snap powerslam, the crowd is slightly booing, and Rhodes hits the Cody Cutter! Orton is back up at 7, Rhodes hits the left jabs, and Orton hits the RKO OUTTA NOWHERE!! Rhodes is back up at 9 just in time.
Orton kicks him out the ring, follows after him, grabs the top half of the steel steps, side-steps the steps being thrown at him, picks it up and smacks Orton in the head with it! Rhodes clears off the announce table, doesn’t even wait for Orton to stand as he stomps on him, brings him up to place him on the announce table, lays in some more punches, checks under the ring, and brings out a LADDER. Rhodes climbs up the ladder to the top, Orton rolls off the table, and Rhodes crashes through the table as it collapses!! Rhodes is up on his feet at 8, and Rhodes is up at 9, but collapses back down in the announce chair. Orton drags him to put him back in the ring, Rhodes can’t stay on his feet as he collapses, Orton sees him in position, backs up to the corner, Rhodes avoids the Punt Kick, and hits the SUPER CODY CUTTER! Cody gets back up at 3, Randy gets back up at 8, and Cody hits CROSS RHODES!! Orton gets back up to his feet at he count of 9.
Rhodes brings in the bottom half of the steel steps, hits him with a steel chair, Orton is seated on the steps, Rhodes with straight punches, picks up the chair, stands over him with the chair, and Orton sits up with a LOW BLOW! Ref Robinson starts his count, Rhodes crawls until he can stand at 8, Orton goes for the RKO, but Rhodes counters with CROSS RHODES, rolls him over and up, hits a second CROSS RHODES, brings him back up, and hits a THIRD CONSECUTIVE CROSS RHODES!!! Orton is back to his feet at 8 as blood trickles down his head after connecting with the edge of the steel steps. Rhodes tells Robinson not to count, just so he can back up to the corner, think about what he’s about to do, and HITS THE PUNT KICK TO RANDY ORTON!!!! Cody Rhodes has finally done it, and punted Orton in the head! The ref is counting… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10! WINNER: CODY RHODES!!!
Cody Rhodes is having second thoughts about what he just did. Even the crowd is booing Cody for winning. We get replays of Monday Night Raw with the battle between The Bloodline and The 946, which ultimately ended with Sami Zayn hitting the Helluva Kick to Roman Reigns.
Je’Von Evans heads to the ring, gets the crowd excited, and they get even more excited when Penta heads out with pyro shooting out his Money in the Bank briefcase. Bron Breakker and Austin Theory show up to defend their championships, with Maxxine Dupri by Theory’s side. The referee for this match is Ryan Tran.
* World Tag Team Championship: Je’Von Evans & Penta {Mr. MITB} vs. The Vision {C}
Je’Von Evans and Austin Theory will start the match for their respective teams. They lock up collar-and-elbow, Theory backs him into a corner, and no clean break as he stomps him down and Maxxine blows him a kiss. Evans starts to whoop Theory’s ass in a corner, Penta tags in, superkicks Theory, and Evans hits the Bouncy headscissors. Theory rolls out the ring, Breakker runs in, both men kick him, Breakker falls out the ring, and Evans and Penta hit suicide dives! Penta gets Theory back into the ring, hits a float-over backstabber, Evans tags in, and hits a high diving frog splash for a near-fall.
Breakker pulls Evans out the ring and throws him into the barricade and a cameraman. Maxxine pulls Penta’s leg, Theory knocks him down with a big back elbow, beats him down in the ropes, Breakker tags in, big punch to Penta, hits a back elbow, covers, and Penta grabs the bottom rope to break the count. Breakker with a hammer throw into the corner, shoulder thrusts into the midsection, sets him up on the ropes, Penta fights him off, and hits a flying crossbody for 2. Breakker clobbers Penta, covers for 2, then sits on his back with a chinlock to prevent the tag from happening, and applies the body scissors as well for more pressure. Penta fights back, superkicks him, Breakker wobbles, Penta superkicks him again, Breakker snaps to deliver a German suplex, he tags out, they deliver a double suplex, and Theory covers for 2. Theory knocks Evans off the apron, mocks Evans and the crowd, pummels Penta, tags, Breakker punches him, delivers an overhead belly-to-belly suplex, and Penta superkicks him!
Both sides get the hot tags, Evans stick hits boot up to Theory, blockbuster to Breakker, spin kick to Theory, hits the springboard lariat, and knocks Breakker off the apron. Theory counters the Red Dot with a spinning torture rack bomb, and gets a 2-count. Breakker runs the ropes, Evan puts his boot up to block the Spear, Breakker catches him for a German suplex as Theory hits a rolling clothesline, and Breakker covers for 2. Breakker takes the straps down, runs the ropes, Evans hits a jumping knee, side-steps Theory sending him out the ring, and tags out! Penta kicks Breakker, hits the reverse sling blade, tags out, enzuigiri to Breakker, sweeps the leg, and hits the low dropkick. Evans hits the standing shooting star press, covers, and Theory breaks up the count!
Theory tags in, picks him up, Evans escapes, Penta gets the tag, superkicks Theory, hits the springboard tornado DDT, covers, and Maxxine puts Theory’s boot on the bottom rope to stop the count. Maxxine gets up on the apron, which is a distraction for Bronson Reed to run in, plants Penta with the Jagged Edge on the floor, and clotheslines Evans over the barricade! Breakker puts Penta on his shoulders in the electric chair, Theory hits the Doomsday bulldog, and covers for 2.5! OBA FEMI IS HERE!!! Bronson charges up the ramp, and Oba blasts him with the european uppercut, then drops him with the SHOTPUT SUPLEX OFF THE STAGE THROUGH A COUPLE OF TABLES!! Oba Femi walks down the ramp, staring at Breakker at ringside, and Evans superkicks Theory in the ring! Evans goes for the suicide dive, but Breakker blocks it by catches him, so Penta hits Breakker with the diving crossbody off the top!!! Penta gets on the middle ropes, Evans tags himself in, Penta hits the MEXICAN DESTROYER to Theory, then Evans follows up with the OG CUTTER and covers for the 3-count!! WINNERS, and NEW, WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: JE’VON EVANS & PENTA!!!
Je’Von Evans has finally won his very first championship in WWE!! Evans gives a not to Oba Femi still standing at the top of the ramp. Penta not only is Mr. Money in the Bank, but he is now also a World Tag Team Champion! Je’Von and Penta stand at the top of the stage as the new World Tag Team Champions with Oba Femi raising their hands in victory.
