The first two matches are set for the Saturday, November 2 WWE Crown Jewel event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As first revealed during Saturday’s Bad Blood PLE, two champion versus champion matches between the top men’s and women’s singles title holders in WWE are set for Crown Jewel. The winners of the matches will be crowned the first-ever WWE Crown Jewel Champions.
It was officially announced during Monday’s Raw that those bouts will feature Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther, and Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan vs. WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax.
Morgan and Jax retained their titles with wins at Bad Blood last Saturday to cement their matchup. Gunther retained his World Heavyweight title on Monday’s Raw in the main event with a victory over Sami Zayn to make the Gunther vs. Rhodes bout official. Rhodes and Gunther then had a brief staredown to close Raw.
The lineup to this point for WWE Crown Jewel streaming live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, November 2:
- Inaugural WWE Crown Jewel Championship match: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther
- Inaugural WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship match: WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax vs. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan
