IWE Crown Jewel (2019)

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Crown Jewel (2019) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view and IWE Network event produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on October 31, 2019 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It will be the fourth event held under IWE's 10 year partnership in support of Saudi Vision 2030, and will be the second IWE event promoted under the Crown Jewel chronology.

Production

Background

Main article: IWE in Saudi Arabia

In early 2018, the IWE began a 10-year strategic multiplatform partnership with the General Sports Authority in support of Saudi Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's social and economic reform program. The first event under this new partnership, the Greatest Royal Rumble, was held at the King Abdullah Sports City's King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah on April 27. On September 27, IWE's Arabic Website announced that Crown Jewel would be held for a second time in 2019 at the King Fahd International Stadium on October 31. On September 27, it was announced that Hulk Hogan and The Undertaker would be making appearances at the event.

Storylines

The show will include matches resulting from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.

On the September 30 episode of Raw, IWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair were guests on "Miz TV" where Hogan and Flair teased a match against each other. The Miz then announced that at Crown Jewel, there would be a 5-on-5 tag team match between Team Hogan and Team Flair, with Hogan and Flair as the respective coaches. Universal Champion Seth Rollins and Kevin Orton were selected as the captains of Team Hogan and Team Flair, respectively. Later, Rusev, joined Team Hogan while King Corbin joined Team Flair.

On the September 30 episode of Raw, Rob Lesnar and his advocate Paul Heyman interrupted an in-ring promo by Rey Mysterio. Lesnar proceeded to brutally attack Mysterio as well as Mysterio's son, Dominic, who was seated in the front row. After Lesnar defeated Kofi Kingston to win the IWE Championship on SmackDown's 20th Anniversary that Friday, Mysterio along with former Ultimate Fighting Champion (UFC) mixed martial artist Cain Velasquez appeared, making his IWE debut. Velasquez, the man who defeated Lesnar for the UFC Heavyweight Championship by technical knockout in 2010, entered the ring and attacked Lesnar. Lesnar managed to escape and retreated. In a backstage interview, Velasquez stated he came to extract revenge from Lesnar for what he did to Mysterio and Dominic, who was later revealed to be Velasquez's godson. At the Crown Jewel press conference in Las Vegas on October 11, it was announced that Lesnar would defend the IWE Championship against Velasquez at Crown Jewel.

During SmackDown's 20th Anniversary on October 4, Braun Strowman taunted professional boxer Tyson Fury, who was seated in the front row. After Strowman's match, Fury jumped the barricade only to be restrained by security. On the following Raw, Fury appeared, wanting an apology from Strowman. Strowman said he was just messing around on SmackDown until Fury seemed to indicate that he wanted to fight. After exchanging verbal insults, a massive brawl broke out between the two that had to be separated by security and other wrestlers. At the Crown Jewel press conference in Las Vegas on October 11, it was announced that Strowman would face Fury at Crown Jewel.

Matches

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