Crown Jewel 2018

WWE Crown Jewel is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event promoted by WWE 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 WWE's second PPV held in Saudi Arabia and will feature the first-ever WWE World Cup.

Background
On March 5, 2018, WWE 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, WWE 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 WWE 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 WWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live.

On September 16, 2018, at Hell in a Cell, Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman fought to a no contest in the namesake match for the Universal Championship after former champion Brock Lesnar attacked both men. The following night on Raw, acting general manager Baron Corbin scheduled a triple threat match between Reigns, Strowman and Lesnar for the title at Crown Jewel.

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

Matches

 * Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.


 * Roman Reigns (c) vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman in a Triple threat match for the WWE Universal Championship

DVD release

 * Amazon.jpg [ WWE Crown Jewel 2018 on DVD]