WWE Crown Jewel (Nov 2nd) Rundown/Review

 Well, Crown Jewel has come and gone.. and it sure was something else, let me tell you! We've got a lot to unpack, so let's get into it!

-Bloodline(OG) vs. Bloodline(2.0)

I've seen a couple of people talk about how this match was lack luster and wasn't enough for them. My question is.. did y'all watch the rest of the PLE?? Because this had to be one of the best matches. I felt like the story was really told and you could feel the tension throughout the entire match. I really enjoyed it for the most part. However.. the ending is what took  me out. We saw Solo hit Roman with THREE Samoan Spikes.. to get the pin for the win. LIKE WHAT.. He pinned Roman?? Took me completely by surprise on this one. After the match Solo and his Bloodline went on to beat down the OG Bloodline.. because you know.. winning wasn't enough. But who makes the "save"? That would be Sami Zayn! We got a little worried when we thought he was working with Solo, but went on to help out the OG Bloodline. This is where things get a little dicey. During the fight there was a bit of a mix up.. and Sami ended up kicking Roman.. when Solo slipped out of the way. OH NO.. to end it all.. we see Sami, Jey, and Jimmy arguing in the ring. I'm tell you right now... they went quickly with reuniting the OG Bloodline because there is still tension between Jimmy, Jey, and Roman. But now they have FOUR weeks to bring Sami in after this mistake. That is FOUR Smackdowns to build up the story to make it work with War Games. 

-Belair and Cargill vs. Jackson and Legend vs. Sky and Sane vs. Green and Niven

This was the other good match in this PLE.. While there was a few mistakes throughout the match, it was still able to be saved and make everyone look good. Overall, I really couldn't tell who would take the win. My guesses would be either Belair and Jade would retain or we would see Iyo and Sane win. Very fun match in my opinion, and I'll go on to say that these women work fairly well together. In the end, Bianca and Jade picked up the win to retain! I am pretty interesting to see how this will go moving forward. Who will they face next?

-Seth Rollins vs. Bronson Reed

I love this feud. At first I wasn't 100% on this, but I am LOVING it and pray they give us more. This match was hard hitting and did such a good job at putting over Reed. This guy is IT! There is so much intensity in this feud and you can just feel the hate for each other. Seth does such a wonderful job with putting Reed over as well. We see Seth stomp Reed into the steps which results in a cut on his eye. After THREE more stomps, Seth picks up the win! I wasn't expecting this at all.. I could have sworn that Bronson would pick up the win. Right after the match Bronson got right up, staring straight at Seth the entire time. INSANE. Please tell me we are getting match number 3?? Because yes please.

-Liv Morgan vs. Nia Jax

Man.. this is where I am going to get annoying. What the hell was even this shit? Now, before we get started.. let me say my peace. I love Liv Morgan... she is wonderful and I believe she deserves the world. With that being said, this wasn't it. Nia deserved better.. she deserved a better ending that than. Of course we had Raquel and Dom helping out Liv to get the win. Let this woman win without help. What the hell happened with this? I am getting really sick of it overall and wish Judgement Day wasn't a thing anymore. While I am happy for Liv and all she has accomplished.. the ending should have been different. We also say Tiffy attempt to cash in but ended up not because of Nia and Raquel/Dom.

-Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

This wasn't even a match, so..... What happened was.. these two just beat the hell out of each other (with KO being mainly in control) before the bell rang and they just went insane. We saw Randy give Adam Pearce an RKO (out of no where) and it went on from there. And yes.. Nick ran. LOL! This will be brought up I just know it. Also.. please let this be the start of a match between Nick and Adam at Survivor Series because I need it in my life. At the end, we saw KO put Randy through some tables to end it. I don't know what I expected for this match, but it wasn't this. I am more than certain we will see more of this on Smackdown next week.

-LA Knight vs. Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes 

I enjoyed this match.. however it's just over done at this point. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it tho. All three men work wonderfully together but I hope this is the end of this feud. I'd love to see who else LA can fued with. The ending was pretty damn good.. as LA hit his finisher on both Andrade and Hayes at the same time.. and pinning Hayes to retain the tile.

-Gunther vs. Cody Rhodes

I felt like this match went on for forever. I can't tell you it was great nor bad.. it was just decent in my opinion. There was something different about this match, because you could really feel the intensity of it all. Gunther and Cody can work VERY well together and to be honest.. I expected someone to get involved. However, I was wrong. I am very much glad I was wrong on this.. because this match deserved it all in full without complications. At the end, I was more than convinced that Gunther has this.. and Cody would receive his first loss since Wrestlemania. Cody was able to counter a sleeper hold by rolling into a pin to pick up the win.

Overall: 7.3/10

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I am just not a huge fan of Saudi PLEs.. But again.. that is just me. 

UP NEXT: Monday Night Raw

Remember: This MNR will be in Saudi as well! If I am not mistaken, it will be filmed TODAY around the same time of the PLE yesterday. Beware of spoilers! It will still air as the same time in the US as normal! 

until next time

xoxo,
Chels