WWE Crown Jewel Breaks Record
A record has been broken by the Crown Jewel PLE, as announced by WWE.
The sixth edition of WWE Crown Jewel took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 2nd with two huge matches taking place with a unique reward.
For the first time ever at Crown Jewel, WWE had the top men’s and women’s champions face off with the winners receiving a brand new championship and a ring.
On the women’s side, Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan from Raw defeated WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax from Smackdown thanks to Morgan getting some help from her allies Dominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriguez. That meant that Morgan was the first Women’s Crown Jewel Champion.
In the main event, the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes faced the World Heavyweight Champion Gunther. The two top stars had a competitive match featuring a lot of big moves by both guys. In the end, a counter hold got the win because when Gunther applied a sleeper, Cody flipped over and pinned Gunther, who held onto the sleeper long enough that his shoulders were down on the mat for the three count.
After the match, Gunther paid respect to Cody by shaking his hand. Cody was presented with the Men’s Crown Jewel Championship by WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Morgan joined Cody in the ring as well.
WWE Touts Success Of Crown Jewel
A press release sent out by WWE notes that it was the most-viewed WWE event from Saudi Arabia. They did not specifically mention how many views the show got on Peacock and WWE Network.
CROWN JEWELBREAKS ALL-TIME VIEWERSHIP RECORD
November 4, 2024 – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today announced that Saturday’s Crown Jewel event from Riyadh saw a 28% viewership increase vs. 2023, marking a new record as the most-viewed WWE event ever from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Additionally, the sixth annual Crown Jewel sold out Mohammed Abdo Arena in Saudi Arabia’s capital city.
The event was highlighted by the introduction of the Crown Jewel Championship Titles which were decided by champion vs. champion matches. Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes outlasted World Heavyweight Champion Gunther in the main event and Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defeated WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax to capture the inaugural Crown Jewel titles.
This was the sixth year since WWE’s deal with Saudi Arabia started in 2018.