Published: 2 hours ago by Dave Adamson | Last Updated: 6 hours ago by Dave Adamson
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With championships on the line at WWE Money in the Bank, those who leave with titles will head to Crown Jewel on November 7.
Taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, WWE Crown Jewel will see the top champions on the men’s and women’s Raw & SmackDown roster face off for their respective Crown Jewel Championships.
At the time of writing, Money in the Bank on October 10 sees Roman Reigns defend the World Heavyweight Championship against LA Knight, while Stephanie Vaquer puts the Women’s World Championship on the line against Becky Lynch or Liv Morgan.
This is in addition to the men’s and women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, granting the winner of each a championship match upon cash-in.
A new graphic has been released for WWE Crown Jewel that has an interesting lack of a subset of stars:
Current main roster WWE champions
The World Heavyweight Championship is held by Roman Reigns, while the Undisputed WWE Championship is held by Sami Zayn.
Stephanie Vaquer is the Women’s World Champion, with Chelsea Green holding the WWE Women’s Championship on SmackDown.
Beyond the top men’s titles, Chad Gable holds the Intercontinental Championship, with Trick William as United States Champion. The Vision (Austin Theory & Bron Breakker) are current World Tag Team Champions, while The MFTs (Talla & Tama Tonga) are WWE Tag Team Champions.
For the women’s roster on Raw & SmackDown, Raquel Rodriguez is the Women’s Intercontinental Champion, with Jacy Jayne as the Women’s United States Champion. Fatal Influence are further represented by Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid, holding the Women’s Tag Team Championship.
So, who is on the WWE Crown Jewel graphic?
On the official event page for WWE Crown Jewel, the graphic shows four WWE stars, all members of the men’s roster and none of whom are currently champions.
The stars in question are Penta, Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and CM Punk, with the American Nightmare standing towards the front of the collective.
Does this mean #AndNew?
Well, here’s something to consider.
The men’s Money in the Bank match currently consists of Bron Breakker, Je’Von Evans, Trick Williams, Penta, CM Punk and one other name.
This week’s SmackDown will see Cody Rhodes, Johnny Gargano, and Kevin Owens all compete for the final spot ahead of the October 10 PLE.
Of the four stars in the graphic, two of them are confirmed for the men’s Money in the Bank match, with a third potentially being added on October 2.
While it’s not inconceivable, it would require quite the shake-up for these four stars to be competing in the Crown Jewel Championship match on November 7.
Phew! So, why are they on the poster?
This may not be the final graphic we see for WWE Crown Jewel.
Last year’s featured Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, Rhea Ripley, and Drew McIntyre, with John Cena as the centerpiece.
Stephanie Vaquer would be victorious in the Women’s Crown Jewel Championship match, defeating Tiffany Stratton, while the main event would see Seth Rollins defeat Cody Rhodes for the Crown Jewel Championship. Ripley would tag with IYO SKY in a victory over The Kabuki Warriors. Roman Reigns would lose to Bronson Reed and John Cena would defeat AJ Styles. As for Drew McIntyre, he wouldn’t feature on the PLE in any of its five matches.
With no matches confirmed for WWE Crown Jewel, it’s pretty such guaranteed that Rhodes, Punk, Penta and Orton will feature in some capacity yet to be revealed for the upcoming show. Even when matches are announced, however, the card is “subject to change”.
Matches TBA
At the time of writing, the only matches that are pretty much guaranteed to happen are the Crown Jewel Championship matches.
More will no doubt be announced as WWE heads out of Money in the Bank to their next stop in Saudi Arabia, volatile situation permitting.
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