IWE Crown Jewel

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IWE Crown Jewel
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown
Date	November 2, 2018
City	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium
Sponsor	Saudi General Sports Authority
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IWE Crown Jewel is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event promoted by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. The event will take place on November 2, 2018 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event is IWE's second PPV held in Saudi Arabia and will feature the first-ever IWE World Cup.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 Storylines 2 Matches 2.1 IWE World Cup participants 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Production

Background

On March 5, 2018, IWE and the Saudi General Sports Authority announced the Greatest Royal Rumble, a live event to be held on April 27, 2018 at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On September 17, 2018, IWE and the Saudi General Sports Authority announced the follow up to the Greatest Royal Rumble, Crown Jewel, a live event to be held on November 2, 2018 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. The event is a part of a 10-year strategic multiplatform partnership between IWE and the Saudi General Sports Authority in support of Saudi Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia’s social and economic reform program.

Storylines

The card will comprise matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by IWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live

At SummerSlam, Roman Reigns defeated Rob Lesnar to win the Universal Championship. The following night on Raw, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle told Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman that although Lesnar had a contractual rematch, it would not occur for an indefinite period of time. At Hell in a Cell, Reigns defended the championship against Braun Strowman in the namesake match, but Lesnar interfered and attacked both men, rendering them unable to continue, thus the match was ruled a no contest and Reigns retained. The following night on Raw, both Reigns and Strowman called out Lesnar, resulting in acting general manager Baron Corbin scheduling a triple threat match between Reigns, Strowman, and Lesnar for the Universal Championship at Crown Jewel.

On September 17, 2018, IWE announced that the event would host the first-ever IWE World Cup, a tournament to "determine the best in the world."

Matches

No.	Matches	Stipulations
1	Braun Strowman vs. Rob Lesnar	Singles match for the vacant IWE Universal Championship
2	KJ Styles (c) vs. Daniel Bryan	Singles match for the IWE Championship
3	D-Generation X (Triple K and Shawn Michaels) vs. The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)	Tag team match
4	IWE World Cup	Eight-man tournament
5	The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus (c) vs. The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and/or Xavier Woods)	Tag team match for the IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

IWE World Cup participants

Four participants will come from Raw and four participants will come from SmackDown. All eight participants have been confirmed.

It should be noted that all eight participants of the IWE World Cup are American citizens.

Wrestler	Date	Brand representing	Notes
Dustin Simpson	October 8, 2018	Raw	Announced as a participant
Kurt Angle			Won a battle royal as The Conquistador.
Josh Hooper	October 9, 2018	SmackDown	Qualified by defeating Samoa Simpson by referee stoppage.
Kevin Orton			Qualified by defeating Big Show.
Seth Rollins	October 15, 2018	Raw	Qualified by defeating Drew McIntyre via countout.
Dolph Ziggler			Qualified by defeating Dean Ambrose.
The Miz	October 16, 2018	SmackDown	Qualified by defeating Rusev.
Rey Mysterio			Qualified by defeating Shinsuke Nakamura.

See also

• 2018 in professional wrestling

References

External links

← 2017 • 2018 IWE Network events • 2019 →
IWE	Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber • Fastlane • WrestleMania 34 • Greatest Royal Rumble • Backlash • Money in the Bank • Extreme Rules • SummerSlam • Hell in a Cell • Super Show-Down • Evolution • Crown Jewel • Survivor Series • Starrcade • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
NXT	TakeOver: Philadelphia • TakeOver: New Orleans • TakeOver: Chicago II • TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 • TakeOver: WarGames
NXT UK	United Kingdom Championship Tournament

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