Overview
- Crown Jewel takes place Saturday, Oct. 11 at RAC Arena in Perth, streaming in the U.S. on the ESPN app’s ESPN Unlimited and in the U.K. on Netflix, marking the event’s first staging outside Saudi Arabia.
- The card’s centerpiece features inter-brand champion vs. champion bouts—Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins and Stephanie Vaquer vs. Tiffany Stratton—with winners receiving ceremonial Crown Jewel rings.
- John Cena faces AJ Styles in one of the final stops of his retirement tour, a matchup that was arranged after Cena solicited fan input on social media.
- Roman Reigns meets Bronson Reed in an Australian Street Fight, and Reed told The West Australian he might use a cricket bat during the no-disqualification bout.
- Reigns said on The Pat McAfee Show that recent travel left him feeling jetlagged and not at peak health, while outlets continue to speculate about surprise appearances such as an unadvertised Brock Lesnar, which remains unconfirmed.