WWE Crown Jewel 2026: Date, Start Time, Match Card, Predictions and How to Watch

WWE Crown Jewel 2026 takes place on Saturday, November 7, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. For the third year in a row, the show is built around Champion vs. Champion matches, and this year's main event puts World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns against Undisputed WWE Champion Sami Zayn.

Here is everything you need to know: the date and start time, how to watch, the full match card so far, the story behind Reigns vs. Zayn and our predictions. We will update this page as WWE adds more matches.

Crown Jewel 2026 date, start time and venue

• Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
• Start time: 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT
• Venue: Riyadh Season Stadium at KAFD, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Because the show is in Saudi Arabia, it starts much earlier in the day than a usual WWE Premium Live Event. Our Crown Jewel 2026 event page shows the start time in your own time zone with a live countdown.

How to watch Crown Jewel 2026

• United States: the ESPN app, with an ESPN Unlimited plan. It is also available through pay TV providers that carry ESPN.
• Everywhere else: Netflix, in the countries where Netflix streams WWE.

What is the Crown Jewel Championship?

Crown Jewel is the one night of the year when WWE's top champions from Raw and SmackDown face each other. The men's champions meet for the men's Crown Jewel Championship, and the women's champions meet for the women's Crown Jewel Championship.

The winner takes home the Crown Jewel Championship. In past years, the champions' own titles were not on the line, so both Superstars leave Riyadh still holding the title they brought in.

Previous winners:

• 2024 (Riyadh): Cody Rhodes beat Gunther, and Liv Morgan beat Nia Jax.
• 2025 (Perth): Seth Rollins beat Cody Rhodes, and Stephanie Vaquer beat Tiffany Stratton.

Crown Jewel 2026 match card

Two matches are official so far:

• Men's Crown Jewel Championship: Roman Reigns (World Heavyweight Champion) vs. Sami Zayn (Undisputed WWE Champion)
• Women's Crown Jewel Championship: Liv Morgan (Women's World Champion) vs. Chelsea Green (WWE Women's Champion)

More matches are expected to be announced on Raw and SmackDown over the next two weeks. Possible additions include Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton, Chad Gable defending the Intercontinental Championship against Ethan Page, and a World Tag Team Championship match for The Vision. None of these are official yet.

Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn: the story so far

Few rivalries in recent WWE history have as much behind them as this one.

In 2022, Sami Zayn worked his way into The Bloodline and became the group's Honorary Uce. Fans loved him in that role, but it ended at the 2023 Royal Rumble, when Zayn refused to attack Kevin Owens and hit Reigns with a chair instead. A few weeks later, Reigns beat Zayn in front of Zayn's home crowd in Montreal at Elimination Chamber.

Zayn got his payback at Night of Champions in May 2023. He and Kevin Owens beat Reigns and Solo Sikoa for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship after Jey Uso turned on Reigns. Zayn got the pin.

In 2026, both men found their way to the top of their brands. Reigns beat CM Punk in the main event of WrestleMania 42 Night 2 to win the World Heavyweight Championship, and he retained it against LA Knight at Money in the Bank. On SmackDown, Zayn beat CM Punk in Mexico City on September 11 to win the Undisputed WWE Championship for the second time. Kevin Owens hit Punk with the title belt behind the referee's back, and Zayn finished him with the Helluva Kick.

The match was made official on the October 12 episode of Raw. A week later, the two opened Raw arguing over whose championship means more. Reigns even suggested that Zayn might not still be WWE Champion by the time Crown Jewel comes around. Then Penta, who holds the men's Money in the Bank contract, came out and reminded both champions that he can cash in on either of them at any time.

Reigns also has trouble of his own to deal with. At the end of that same Raw, he came out to help The Usos against The 946, and he stood in the ring with Jey, Jimmy and Solo Sikoa as the show went off the air.

Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn by the numbers

• Head to head on WWE TV and Premium Live Events: they have been on opposite sides five times, and Reigns has won four. Zayn's only win was the tag team match at Night of Champions 2023.
• Roman Reigns in 2026: 7 wins, 0 losses.
• Sami Zayn in 2026: 10 wins, 27 losses and 1 draw.
• Reigns has held the World Heavyweight Championship since April. Zayn won his title less than two months ago.

You can compare both Superstars in more detail on our Compare page.

Liv Morgan vs. Chelsea Green

Liv Morgan won the Women's World Championship at Money in the Bank on October 10, when she pinned Stephanie Vaquer in a triple threat match that also included Becky Lynch. She was also the first ever women's Crown Jewel Champion in 2024, so she knows this stage.

Chelsea Green first won the WWE Women's Championship as interim champion in a ladder match at SummerSlam in August, and she has spent the last few weeks proving she belongs at the top. On the October 19 Raw, she teamed with IYO SKY to beat Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez, even with Morgan getting involved from ringside.

Head to head on WWE TV and Premium Live Events, Morgan leads 5-1 in matches where they were on opposite sides.

Crown Jewel 2026 predictions

Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn: Roman Reigns wins. WWE has put him back at the center of Raw this year, and with The Bloodline story against The 946 just getting started, there is little reason to have him lose in Riyadh. Sami works best when he is chasing and scheming, and the Kevin Owens angle around his title win suggests his story on SmackDown is still going somewhere else.

The real wild card is Penta. WWE did not put him in that Raw opening segment for nothing. A cash-in at Crown Jewel would be a big moment, but it may make more sense for WWE to keep the briefcase hanging over both champions for a while longer. Our guess is that Penta at least shows up and makes his presence felt.

Liv Morgan vs. Chelsea Green: Liv Morgan wins. She only just became Women's World Champion, and WWE is unlikely to cool her off two weeks later. Chelsea is at her best as a character who schemes her way through, and that usually means coming up just short on the biggest stage. With Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez and IYO SKY all involved in this story on Raw, do not be surprised if the finish comes with some outside help.

We will add predictions for the rest of the card as the matches are announced. You can also vote for your own picks on our Crown Jewel 2026 event page.

Final word

With two Champion vs. Champion matches already set and the card still growing, Crown Jewel 2026 is shaping up to be the biggest show of WWE's fall season. Check back here for match card updates, and come back on November 7 for the results.