WWE Crown Jewel: Riyadh (2026) Discussion

[TheScarlettChad]

Sami is definitely joining them at War Games as member of The Bloodline. No idea what Punk and Owens will do. 

[Supremo]

He’s a political genius, Big Rome. Top heel, getting to beat everyone clean, but then chucking them a tokenistic hair ruffle to pretend he’s somehow still putting them over. Seth got the Shield Fist. Sami got the Samoan approval. Maybe he can give Penta a big bag of Roman candles after he inevitably beats him clean when he cashes in.

Cut to Wrestlemania next year. “I could lose to Oba Femi clean, but do you know what would really make him the next big star? If I give him a big thumbs up after I beat him.”

It was your typical Skippable Saudi Shitshow. Whole thing felt somehow even more grim for it being moved into a tiny warehouse. They’re already shooting weird AI/Green Screen promos. I wouldn’t be shocked at all if it was revealed this was actually all staged at the Performance Center, with the crowd CGI’d in afterwards. Looked identical.

A vintage Randy Orton match. Dull, boring waste of time. Cody is floundering badly right now. Man’s in desperate need of something new and exciting. Best I’ve heard is the suggestion that he wins the Cena Tournament, but then immediately turns heel and smashes up the belt. Circle of life.

“Soon.”

A real sense of, “the worst person you know makes a great point,” with them taking the belt off Chelsea Green. I championed her as much as anyone, and was buzzing when she won the belt, but woof. Turns out Michael Hayes was right all along. A dreadful run, filled with stinkers.

Has a woman ever held the Money in the Bank briefcase for a significant amount of time? Always feels like they rush it off them.

I refuse to discuss a Vision match. Worst act in wrestling. Bin them off already.

Sami put in a good performance despite the finish making him look so rubbish. That spot where he interrupted Roman doing the, “OOOOOHH-AHHH,” taunt with a Helluva Kick was brilliant. Maybe they’ll still stick him in War Games now that he finally has Roman’s approval. Co-Tribal Chief is out the window, though. Assistant to the Regional Manager Tribal Chief.

On the plus side, if you ever needed something to distract from the WWE Champion losing clean, then there’s not much better than Hunter’s hair right now. Incredible. Is he on his way to challenging CM Punk for who can do the best tribute to Vince’s bouffant?! It’s like 2011 all over again! Kevin Nash will show up with his own quiff next week!

Edited Sunday at 08:07 AM by Supremo

[The Dart]

15 hours ago, Supremo said:

Has a woman ever held the Money in the Bank briefcase for a significant amount of time? Always feels like they rush it off them.

The longest anyone's ever held it before cashing in is a woman.

[tiger_rick]

On 11/7/2026 at 11:58 PM, Supremo said:

Kevin Nash will show up with his own quiff next week!

Kev already on the phone to WCW's crack FX team.

[Sheffbag]

On 11/6/2026 at 10:05 PM, wordsfromlee said:

According to Fightful, the commentary team are going to be calling the show from WWE HQ in Stamford.

Certainly sounded like it and visibly not at ringside during Chelsea's celebration. 

How come they got the gig off when wrestlers had to fly over?

[The King of Old School]

1 hour ago, Sheffbag said:

How come they got the gig off when wrestlers had to fly over?

Nobody should have gone anyway, but why take more people than you need when they can just do there job working from home?

[DavidB6937]

1 hour ago, Sheffbag said:

How come they got the gig off when wrestlers had to fly over?

Because they didn't need to be there. I don't think the Saudis would've been too happy paying for a live stream of Sami/Roman.

[mim731]

They've done similar for AAA shows at times too, so knowing TKO there's every chance this an opportunity for cost savings as much as safety.