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WWE will present Crown Jewel this Saturday on ESPN Unlimited and Netflix from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with a 12:00 PM Eastern start time for the show. Here is what we think will happen on Saturday.
Women's Crown Jewel Championship Match: Liv Morgan vs Chelsea Green
Dave: With the godawful way that they have booked Chelsea, to be a lucky champion just waiting to be beaten, she should win here. Given Triple H's bad booking, I doubt that happens. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if he had Tiffany Stratton cash in and beat Green with no build up or logic behind it. That's how little I think of the recent booking.
Mike: If Chelsea Green doesn't win after the poor way she has been presented of late, she's going to need a long time to recover. She needs to win clean and strongly. Morgan is absolutely treated like a franchise of the company, but Chelsea is not. The smart thing to do is try and pull chelsea up by having her win in a strong manner. Especially since the majority of the audience adores her act. It doesn't seem like management has felt the same way. It's about time that changes.
Richard: Liv pinned Chelsea on Monday so using the Inverse Transitive Theory of Go Home Shows, Chelsea has to win this match. Will the fluke champion get the win? I think so. It makes sense to give Chelsea the victory and do it in a clean manner so Roxanne can point out that Raquel and she are the only reason why Liv is still champion and she then cashes in on Lv (wait, Perez didn't win Money in the Bank?) Chelsea will be able to avoid obLIViion and get the win and she can gloat about it . . . until Tiffany eventually cashes in on Chelsea in the future.
Men's Crown Jewel Championship Match: Roman Reigns vs Sami Zayn
Dave: Sami should win here too, given the way Roman has put him down and dismissed him. Will it happen? I don't know but if it does I expect it to be due to 946 causing Roman to lose more than Sami getting the win.
Mike: I severely doubt anyone but Roman is going over here. As much as Zane has been doing excellent promos of lately. He still comes off like he's very much beneath Roman, and all of his underhanded shenanigans aren't helping that. Everything is primed for Roman to take him out. And once that happens, I don't see him having a long WWE title reign afterwards.
Richard: This match will have a lot happen in it, but it will not be due to the old school Roman Reigns booking scheme. I don't think they fly the rest of the Bloodline or 946 to this show to continue their build to War Games. Roman is back to being a jerk for the build. This will be a decent match and Sami will come close, but Roman gets the win. To add insult to injury, Sami will be cashed in on by Penta and lose the WWE Title.
World Tag Team Championship Match: The Vision vs Penta and Je'Von Evans
Dave: I would flip the belts here. Breakker doesn't need to carry around a tag belt (and Austin Theory). If he is going to be a bad ass single, he needs to be a single first.
Mike: I am in agreement with Dave. Surprise the fans and make them happy live. There's something extremely likable about the baby faces here. And the Vision can absolutely absorb the loss and move on.
Richard: I think this will be a good night for Penta because I think he leaves Saudi Arabia with a second title thanks to this match. We have thrown together challengers against (more) established team so if we go by the WWE Trope chart, it means new tag team champions. I think it happens, but not because of the trope, but because of Bron being fed up hanging out with a couple of losers. Evans will hit his usual spectacular moves in this match and Penta will strut and show Cero Miedo. I don't know if the rest of the Gang that Couldn't Cheat Right show up for this match, but something happens that forces Theory to get pinned. After the match (or on Monday) Bron beats the crap out of Theory and threaten Logan.
Last Man Standing Match: Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes
Dave: I think they will put Cody over but after the segment on Raw, Orton is the babyface and I bet the crowd will be totally behind him.
Mike: you would have thought being at Monday Night Raw, this past week that Randy Orton was going to be the dominant baby face was going to vanquish the villain. There is a big problem with that. Since Randy IS the villain. They absolutely need Cody to go over and go over strong, because the way this was built. He is very much underneath Randy in the presentation and was not sympathetic.
Richard: The moment that it was announced as a Last Man Standing match, this was my first thought: Someone is getting kicked in the head and they are going to get up at 9 1/2, and then win the match with a kick to the head. Who will be the guy who survives is the big question. Which of them needs the win more? I don't think either needs to win and whoever loses won't be hurt in the way they are booked. Will this be the end of the feud? Let's hope so and one can challenge for the title while the other tries to get back to the top of the mountain. Getting back to the first part of this match analysis, it will be Cody who survives the kick and finishes off Randy with it. FINISH THE STORY.
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