Crown Jewel (2026)
WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2026 Crown Jewel, also promoted as Crown Jewel: Riyadh (Arabic: جوهرة التاج: الرياض, romanized: jawharat altaaji: alriyad), is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE, to be held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It will be the eighth Crown Jewel and will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at Riyadh Season Stadium, a purpose-built temporary outdoor stadium in the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as part of Riyadh Season. This will be the 16th event that WWE will hold in Saudi Arabia under a 10-year partnership in support of Saudi Vision 2030. The event will center around the men's and women's Crown Jewel Championship matches, which will feature the respective men's and women's world champions of Raw and SmackDown against each other to determine the better champion.
| Crown Jewel جوهرة التاج (Arabic) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | November 7, 2026 | ||
| City | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Venue | Riyadh Season Stadium at King Abdullah Financial District | ||
| WWE event chronology | |||
| |||
| WWE in Saudi Arabia chronology | |||
| |||
| Crown Jewel chronology | |||
| |||
Production
Background
Crown Jewel is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American promotion WWE since 2018, typically held in late October–early November. From its inception, it is the main recurring event that takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of a 10-year partnership with the country in support of Saudi Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia's social and economic reform program, and it is held as part of the annual Riyadh Season festivities.[1] Beginning with the 2024 event, Crown Jewel became centered around the men's and women's Crown Jewel Championship matches, held between the respective men's and women's world champions of WWE's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions to determine who is the better champion.[2]
Announced on the August 31, 2026, episode of Monday Night Raw, the eighth Crown Jewel and the 16th event in the partnership with Saudi Arabia will be held on Saturday, November 7, at an unannounced venue in Riyadh.[3] WWE would later announce that Crown Jewel would take place at Riyadh Season Stadium, a purpose-built temporary outdoor stadium in the King Abdullah Financial District.[4]
In addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide, Crown Jewel will be available to livestream on ESPN's direct-to-consumer streaming service in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, and SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa.[5]
Storylines
The event will involve matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[6][7] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[8]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raw's World Heavyweight Champion vs. SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Champion | Singles match for the WWE Crown Jewel Championship[4] | ||
| 2 | Raw's Women's World Champion vs. SmackDown's WWE Women's Champion | Singles match for the WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship[4] | ||
| ||||