WWE SummerSlam 2025 Retro Review: Every Match Rated and Revisited

SummerSlam 2025 took place over two nights, August 2 and 3, 2025, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It was the 38th SummerSlam and the first ever held over two nights, a format WWE had only used for WrestleMania before. Rapper Cardi B was the host. Reported attendance was 53,161 on Night 1 and 60,561 on Night 2, or 113,722 across the weekend. It was the fourth SummerSlam in East Rutherford, after 1989, 1997 and 2007, in a stadium that had already hosted WrestleMania 29 and WrestleMania 35.

The weekend mattered for more than its size. It was the first SummerSlam streamed on Netflix in most countries outside the US, and the last one on Peacock in the US before ESPN took over. It was also John Cena's last SummerSlam before his planned retirement at the end of 2025, with the Undisputed WWE Championship around his waist. Thirteen matches, six or seven a night, and no kickoff matches on the pre-show. Here is how every one of them looks today.

The build

• Cena vs. Rhodes, round two: Cena had beaten Cody Rhodes for the title at WrestleMania 41 in a controversial finish. Rhodes won the King of the Ring at Night of Champions on June 28 to earn a rematch. At the July 18 contract signing Cena stalled, a brawl broke out, and Rhodes revealed the match would be a Street Fight. On the final SmackDown before the show, Cena hinted that Rhodes had made him rethink his heel turn.
• World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk won a gauntlet match on the July 14 Raw to earn a shot at Gunther. Seth Rollins, still holding the Money in the Bank contract, had suffered a knee injury at Saturday Night's Main Event on July 12.
• The Paul Heyman fallout: Heyman had betrayed Roman Reigns and Punk at WrestleMania 41. Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed joined Rollins' group, and after Reigns returned to save Jey Uso on July 14, he challenged Jey to team with him against the two Brons.
• The women's titles: Naomi cashed in Money in the Bank at Evolution on July 13 to win the Women's World Championship, and was set to defend against both Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky. Jade Cargill won the Queen of the Ring to face Tiffany Stratton. Becky Lynch put her Women's Intercontinental Championship on the line against Lyra Valkyria under a Last Chance stipulation, with no disqualification and no count-outs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss, an uneasy team since spring, challenged The Judgment Day's Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez.
• The rest of the card: The Wyatt Sicks returned in May, won the WWE Tag Team Championship on July 11 and were booked in a six-team TLC match. Solo Sikoa took the US title from Jacob Fatu at Night of Champions with help from his new group, and a fake car-crash storyline led to a steel cage rematch. Dominik Mysterio's Intercontinental title match with AJ Styles had been postponed over Dominik's medical clearance. Logan Paul wrecked a Jelly Roll performance on SmackDown, setting up Paul and Drew McIntyre against Randy Orton and the country singer. Karrion Kross had spent months tormenting Sami Zayn, and the loser of their match had to admit he was wrong about the other.

Night 1: match by match

Roman Reigns & Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed

Night 1 opened with a tag match that WWE billed as the biggest party of the summer. Jey Uso came out first and had the stadium on its feet, and Bleacher Report noted that he got a bigger reaction than Reigns, which tells you how far Jey had come in a year. Paul Heyman walked out with Breakker and Reed.

The cousins cleared the ring early and Jey danced with the fans. Then the Brons took over. Reed threw Reigns to the floor, Jey dived onto everyone, and the heels cut Jey off from his partner for a long stretch. When Reigns finally got the hot tag he dived over the top rope, Breakker sent him flying over the announce table, and Reigns later speared Breakker through the barricade. Reed went for a Tsunami and ate a Superman Punch, and a 1D on Reed was broken up by Breakker.

The finish was all story. Breakker lined up a Spear on Jey, and Reigns shoved his cousin out of the way and took the hit himself. Jey superkicked Breakker, then put Reed away with a Spear and a Uso Splash at 21:10.

For us this was a very good opener, and it gets better in the second half. Breakker in particular looked like a future main-eventer: explosive, believable and never out of place next to Reigns. The Reigns sacrifice is a simple idea, but it was a smart way to show that the old Tribal Chief had changed, and letting Jey score the pin gave the crowd exactly what it wanted. The one fair criticism is that it sometimes felt like a list of planned big moments rather than a match that flowed on its own. At just over 21 minutes, it was also a touch long for an opener. Still, it set a strong tone. Our rating: ★★★¾

The Judgment Day vs. Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair (WWE Women's Tag Team Championship)

Charlotte Flair got a strong reaction for her entrance, which Bleacher Report linked to how fans had taken to her odd-couple team with Alexa Bliss. The champions, Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez, did not wait for the bell. They attacked first and threw Flair out, so the match began without her.

The Judgment Day controlled long stretches and kept a fast tag-team pace. Flair took a lot of punishment before she got going, hitting a moonsault and locking Rodriguez in the Figure Eight. Then came the story beat everyone expected. Bliss went to hit Rodriguez, Rodriguez moved, and Bliss caught Flair instead. Rodriguez followed up with a Texana Bomb and Pop Rox on Flair, and Bliss had to break up the pin to fix her own mistake.

What made the finish work was Flair's reaction. Instead of turning on her partner, she held back, dealt with Rodriguez with a big boot, and let Bliss hit Sister Abigail on Perez for the win at 13:30.

We think this was a solid, predictable match with a few rough moments, and Bliss was the standout. The accidental-punch spot is one of the oldest ideas in tag wrestling, but here it actually did a job: it told you this team might fall apart, and then showed that Flair was choosing not to let it. That is good television storytelling. The Judgment Day did their part as heels, though the match never quite reached a level where you felt the result was in doubt. A fine second match that was clearly in its right place on the card. Our rating: ★★★

Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

Kross came out with Scarlett, and something unusual happened: a good part of the MetLife crowd cheered him. Bleacher Report found that surprising, and it said something about how fans had warmed to Kross' character work over the spring, even as a villain. The stakes were personal rather than golden. The loser had to admit he was wrong about the other man.

Kross had the power advantage and used it, while Zayn answered with quick strikes and trash talk. Zayn hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near-fall. The pipe that Kross had used to cost Zayn matches all summer came back into play: Kross missed a shot with it behind the referee's back, and then Scarlett tossed it to Zayn's feet. Zayn picked it up, thought about it and threw it away. Kross nearly stole it with a roll-up, but Zayn hit an Exploder Suplex and a Helluva Kick to win at 8:10. Kross did not take the microphone to concede afterwards.

Looking back, this match is more interesting for what came after it than for what happened in it. It turned out to be the final WWE appearance for both Kross and Scarlett, whose contracts ran out on August 11. Kross had arguably the most organic support of his WWE run at that point, and he left on a clean loss.

As a match, we think it was decent and nothing more. Eight minutes was not enough to tell a months-long story, and it felt very close to their earlier meeting at Night of Champions. Zayn refusing the pipe was the right character moment for him, but it was the only real moment the match had. Our rating: ★★½

Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill (WWE Women's Championship)

The presentation was the most colourful part of this one. Cargill's entrance included fake snow, which blurred the camera at points, and her gear honoured her Jamaican heritage. Stratton's gear nodded to Tiffany & Co. and to Sabrina Carpenter. Cargill came in as the Queen of the Ring and, on paper, as the woman WWE had been building toward this exact moment.

Cargill used her size and strength early and took the fight to the floor with a suplex. Stratton answered with a suicide dive. There were small errors along the way, and one near-fall was muddled by a slightly exaggerated rope-break setup. Cargill hit Jaded, but Stratton got her foot on the middle rope to void the pin. When Cargill tried Jaded again from the second rope, Stratton countered, threw her off, and hit the Prettiest Moonsault Ever to retain at 7:05.

For us this was the most frustrating match of Night 1, and not because of the result on its own. Seven minutes is far too little for a title match at a stadium show, especially one involving a challenger who had been built as a star for over a year. Cargill had a lot to prove and did her part, but the finish arrived so abruptly that it felt like the match had been cut short to save time. Stratton looked good in spots, and the moonsault is a great finisher, but nothing here felt like a big-show title match. Our rating: ★★½

Drew McIntyre & Logan Paul vs. Randy Orton & Jelly Roll

This was Jelly Roll's first wrestling match. The country star walked out with Randy Orton, and the announcers noted his big weight loss. Fans in the front rows held signs calling Logan Paul an outsider, and Paul reacted angrily, which was a nice bit of unscripted-looking heat.

Paul cheap-shotted Jelly Roll before the bell, McIntyre headbutted him, and the heels kept him isolated in their corner. Orton cleared both opponents off the apron, only to be stopped by a Claymore. The big spot came next. McIntyre put Jelly Roll on the announce table, and Paul came off the top rope with a frog splash through it. Jelly Roll needed medical attention and Orton was left alone.

Then Jelly Roll came back, refusing help, for the hot tag. The stadium gave him a huge pop. He hit Paul with a chokeslam, McIntyre with a black hole slam and Paul with a bodyslam. Orton hit an RKO on McIntyre, but Paul sent Orton into the ring post and finished Jelly Roll with another frog splash at 17:10.

We think this was exactly the right kind of celebrity match, even if the wrestling was basic. It was laid out to protect Jelly Roll, with his big moments spaced out and the heavy work left to Orton, McIntyre and Paul. Jelly Roll clearly cared and threw himself into it, and the comeback after the table spot was the moment the crowd had come for. Our complaint is the length. At over 17 minutes, there were stretches where little happened, and the constant video packages and breaks around it made Night 1 feel more like a long TV show at times. Our rating: ★★¾

CM Punk vs. Gunther (World Heavyweight Championship), then Seth Rollins' cash-in

The crowd was chanting for CM Punk before the bell, and nobody on Night 1 had a special entrance, which Bleacher Report pointed out as a surprise for a show this size. Gunther's title reign and his cold, methodical style were the wall Punk had to climb.

This was psychology-heavy wrestling: chain work, hard strikes and long control from the champion. Gunther's chops left Punk's chest red and bloodied. Punk went up for his elbow drop and was met with a chop, then a top-rope splash for a near-fall. Gunther hit a powerbomb, a dropkick and another powerbomb, and Punk kept kicking out, three powerbomb kick-outs in all. Punk also countered a Sharpshooter with his own.

The turning point was Gunther's ego. He climbed onto the announce table to posture rather than finish the job. Punk pulled his leg out from under him, Gunther's head hit the table and he began to bleed. Gunther missed a stomp, then countered a GTS into a sleeper hold, but Punk escaped and hit two GTS to win the title at 30:20.

The celebration did not last. Seth Rollins came out with Paul Heyman, on crutches and in a knee brace, and seemed to deliver a warning for when he returned. Then he turned to leave, dropped the crutches, pulled off the brace and ran to the ring with his briefcase. He countered a GTS, hit Punk with the case and finished him with one Stomp in about ten seconds. Punk's reign lasted 5 minutes and 9 seconds, and the commentators called it the ruse of the century. Rollins celebrated with Heyman, Breakker and Reed.

For us, the match was the best of Night 1 by a distance, though it took a while to really catch fire, and Gunther posing on a table felt out of character for such a calculating wrestler. The cash-in was the moment of the night. The fake injury fooled a lot of people, and it gave WWE a top heel champion. Our rating: ★★★★½ (the cash-in is not rated separately)

Night 2: match by match

Naomi vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Iyo Sky (Women's World Championship)

Night 2 opened with one of the nicest entrances of the weekend. Naomi's father, guitarist Shawn McCray, played her to the ring live. Ripley and Sky came in with their own history, and their mid-match staredown got one of the loudest reactions of the early show.

Ripley and Sky jumped Naomi early, but the champion took control with creative offence, including biting Ripley's thumb to escape a suplex to the floor. Ripley and Sky then worked together to throw her out, and the match became a one-on-one fight between the two rivals. Sky hit Naomi with a 619 and Ripley followed with a German suplex. Ripley lifted Sky onto her shoulders, Sky turned it into a poisonrana, and Naomi broke that up. Ripley hit a Razor's Edge and a powerbomb on Sky, Naomi pulled Ripley out, and Sky hit a moonsault onto both women on the floor. Naomi nearly won with a Full Nelson Bomb, and the crowd chanted "This is awesome".

The closing stretch was smart. Ripley hit a Riptide on Naomi, but Sky broke up the pin. Ripley then hit an Avalanche Riptide on Sky and went for the cover, and Naomi slid in, rolled Ripley up while grabbing her tights, and kept the title at 16:20.

We think this was a very good opener and a smart use of a triple threat. Ripley and Sky had real chemistry from their long rivalry, and Naomi was used as the opportunist, which suited her as a champion who had won the title by cashing in. The finish kept her sneaky and gave Ripley and Sky a reason to keep fighting. It was not as polished as their best singles work, but it was busy, clear and fun. Our rating: ★★★¾

Six-Pack TLC Match (WWE Tag Team Championship)

The Wyatt Sicks, Joe Gacy and Dexter Lumis with Uncle Howdy, Nikki Cross and Erick Rowan, defended against Andrade and Rey Fénix, #DIY, Fraxiom, the Motor City Machine Guns and The Street Profits. The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz were in the crowd, a nod to the 25th anniversary of the first TLC match at SummerSlam 2000.

It was chaos from the start, with tables, ladders and chairs everywhere. Montez Ford flew over the top rope, and four wrestlers went through tables, including Axiom with a Spanish Fly through a table onto Angelo Dawkins. The partners got involved too. Candice LeRae climbed for #DIY, B-Fab pulled her down and tried herself, and Nikki Cross suplexed B-Fab off the ladder. LeRae then went through a ladder balanced on the apron onto the announce table, for us the scariest bump of the night. Rowan attacked the Profits, and they put him through a table.

In the closing stretch everyone got a hand on the belts. Uncle Howdy put Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa through tables, and Andrade answered with a sunset flip powerbomb on Howdy through a ladder. As Fénix climbed, Lumis hit him with a chair, and Lumis and Gacy dropped him with a suplex and powerbomb combination. Gacy climbed and unhooked the belts at 16:00. It was Andrade's last WWE match; he left the company on September 13.

For us this was a good TLC match that did its job: it made The Wyatt Sicks look like the team every other team had to get through. The crowd was quieter than the action deserved, which says the challengers needed more story going in. Gacy took big bumps, and LeRae's spot will be on highlight reels for years. The numbers advantage made the result feel a little inevitable. Our rating: ★★★¾

Becky Lynch vs. Lyra Valkyria (Women's Intercontinental Championship, Last Chance)

Becky Lynch walked out to a new theme song by The Wonder Years, a bold change for someone whose old theme was so well known. The rules suited a grudge: no disqualification, no count-outs, and if Valkyria lost she could never challenge for the title again while Lynch held it.

This one used every tool in the shed, sometimes literally. The weapons went from a kendo stick to a crowbar, a table, a steel chain that Lynch wrapped around Valkyria's neck at the ring post, a toolbox and a wrench. Lynch zip-tied Valkyria's hands and beat on her, but Valkyria hid under the ring, freed herself and came back with kendo stick shots. Lynch tried a Manhandle Slam off the steel steps, and Valkyria countered into a Nightwing. Lynch threw her into an exposed turnbuckle and hit a Manhandle Slam through chairs for a near-fall.

Then Bayley arrived. She took a crowbar away from Lynch and refused Lynch's order to use it on Valkyria. Bayley and Lynch fought at ringside, Bayley missed a charge and went over the barrier, and Valkyria put Lynch through a table with a diving leg drop. In the end Bayley swung a chain at Lynch but hit Valkyria by mistake, and Lynch hit the Manhandle Slam to retain at 25:05.

We think this was a strong match in a tough spot. It followed two busy matches, and the crowd was tired by the time it got going. The zip-tie idea was clever, but Valkyria escaped it too easily, which took away some of the danger. Lynch was excellent as a cruel champion, and Bayley's involvement kept the wider story moving. At 25 minutes it ran a little long. Our rating: ★★★½

Solo Sikoa vs. Jacob Fatu (WWE United States Championship, Steel Cage)

Fatu came out with Jimmy Uso in his corner, and the crowd loved him. Michael Cole pointed out that Solo Sikoa had not been pinned since Roman Reigns beat him on the first Raw on Netflix in January, which set the question: could anyone get Sikoa down for three?

Sikoa controlled the early part of the match. Fatu fought back with two double-jump moonsaults off the top rope, each for a near-fall. Then Sikoa's group arrived: JC Mateo, Tonga Loa and Talla Tonga surrounded the cage. Jimmy Uso superkicked Loa and Mateo, but Talla took him out over the announce table. Sikoa hit a Samoan Spike, and Fatu kicked out at two.

The finish was all interference. Loa climbed into the cage, and Talla handcuffed Fatu to it. Fatu broke free and stopped Sikoa from leaving through the door, but Talla kicked the door into Fatu's head, and Sikoa walked out to retain at 12:40. After the match, Fatu climbed the cage and came off the top onto Mateo and Loa.

For us this was the weakest match of the weekend. Fatu was the most explosive wrestler on either night, and the two moonsaults were great, but he and Sikoa never clicked as opponents. The cage did not add anything; it was a no-disqualification match in all but name, and the heel group still decided it. If a cage cannot keep a stable out, it is just a set. The post-match dive gave fans one more Fatu moment, but it did not save the match. Our rating: ★★

Dominik Mysterio vs. AJ Styles (WWE Intercontinental Championship)

AJ Styles made the entrance of the weekend. He arrived in a lowrider wearing tights like the ones Eddie Guerrero wore at SummerSlam 2005, when Eddie and Rey Mysterio fought over Dominik in a custody ladder match. Styles' son rode with him, with the same dyed-blonde buzz cut a young Dominik had at that event. It was a pointed, funny and slightly cruel way to get under the champion's skin.

The match was built as a tribute to Guerrero. Styles went for a frog splash and Dominik got his knees up. Styles locked in the Calf Crusher, and Dominik reached the ropes. Then came the spot of the night: Dominik tossed a chair to Styles and fell to the mat as if he had been hit, a classic Eddie trick, and both men ended up playing the same game. The referee was about to end the match before both men got up, and the crowd loved every second.

In the finish Styles went back to the Calf Crusher, and Dominik's boot came loose in his hands. With the referee distracted, Dominik hit Styles with the boot and finished him with a frog splash to retain at 10:45, a finish that echoed Guerrero's WrestleMania XX win.

We think this was a smart, fun undercard match. The Guerrero spots were the whole point, and they landed because both men committed to them. Dominik's growth as a heel is clear here: he is at his best when he is cheating his way through. The wrestling itself was fine rather than special, but the story and the callbacks lifted it. Our rating: ★★★¼

John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Championship, Street Fight)

Rhodes' entrance included a tribute to his father, Dusty Rhodes. Then came the moment many fans had waited months for: Cena's entrance graphics switched from his heel black to his old colourful background, and the stadium gave him a deafening pop. They embraced before the fight began.

It turned into a brawl very quickly. Cena grabbed a crutch from Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton at ringside and hit Rhodes with it. Rhodes slammed Cena onto the steps, and both men used steel chairs. They traded big moves: a Cody Cutter, an Attitude Adjustment, a moonsault and a Disaster Kick, and Rhodes even hit a piledriver. Cena put on the STF, hit Rhodes with a microphone and put him through the Spanish announce table with an AA. Rhodes answered with a Cross Rhodes for two. When Cena set up a table, Rhodes cut him off with a DDT.

The fight went through the crowd, where Rhodes suplexed Cena into a barricade, and under the stage. Cena then rose up on the same elevator Rhodes had used for his entrance, carrying Rhodes on his shoulders, and hit an AA on the stage. Back in the ring Rhodes put Cena through a table, used a chair and an exposed turnbuckle, and kicked out of everything Cena had. Cena locked in the STF with the rope around Rhodes' neck, a nod to his 2007 Royal Rumble match with Umaga, and Rhodes answered by hitting three Cross Rhodes. Cena kicked out.

In the closing stretch Rhodes swung the title belt, Cena ducked, hit two AAs and tossed the belt aside, then hit an avalanche AA from the top for another near-fall. When Cena tried a second avalanche AA through a table, Rhodes countered with a Cody Cutter through it, saluted Cena, and hit a final Cross Rhodes to win the title at 37:45. Afterwards Cena picked up the belt, handed it to Rhodes and hugged him, completing his return to the good side. Rhodes left so Cena could thank the fans.

For us this is one of the best matches of Cena's career and an easy pick for best of the weekend. Cena wrestled like a man with nothing to save, Rhodes matched him, and the callbacks served the story instead of replacing it. A few minutes could have been trimmed from the middle. Our rating: ★★★★¾

Beyond the matches

• Night 1 opening: Breland sang "God Bless America", comedian Druski narrated the opening video, and host Cardi B welcomed the crowd and hyped the show.
• Night 2 opening: Country duo Tigirlily Gold sang "God Bless America", and Triple H told fans they were part of the biggest SummerSlam ever, promising that Night 2 would top Night 1.
• Commentary and crew: Michael Cole and Wade Barrett called both nights in English, with Marcelo Rodríguez and Jerry Soto on the Spanish broadcast. Alicia Taylor was ring announcer. The pre-show panel included Cole, Barrett, Jackie Redmond, Joe Tessitore, Big E and Peter Rosenberg.
• In the crowd: Lucha libre stars Psycho Clown and Mr. Iguana were spotted on Night 1. On Night 2, The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz watched the TLC match from the crowd, and Tyrese Haliburton ended up part of the main event when Cena took his crutch.
• Attendance: Stephanie McMahon came out before the Night 2 main event to announce the crowd, 113,722 across both nights.
• Brock Lesnar's return: After Cena's farewell moment, Lesnar's music hit for his first WWE appearance since SummerSlam 2023. Cena swung a clothesline, Lesnar ducked and hit him with an F-5 to end the show. Lesnar had been away after being named in Janel Grant's lawsuit against Vince McMahon, and his return drew heavy criticism, including from Grant's representative. No post-show press conference was held, which was reported at the time as being linked to his return.

For us, Night 1 tried to feel like WrestleMania and did not quite get there: no special entrances, short title matches and a lot of video packages. Night 2 was a different story, with better entrances, better matches and a main event to remember. The Lesnar ending is the one thing we would remove. It took the spotlight off a perfect Cena moment, and given the circumstances of his absence it left a sour taste.

The verdict: does it hold up today?

Looking back, SummerSlam 2025 is a weekend of two halves. Night 1 was uneven, saved by a very good opener, a strong world title match and one of the best cash-ins WWE has done. Night 2 was close to great from start to finish, apart from the cage match, and its main event gave Cena the kind of SummerSlam farewell his career deserved. As a test of whether SummerSlam could work as a two-night show, it mostly passed, but it also showed that two nights means more filler unless every match has a reason to be there. The Lesnar return was a poor way to end, and it has aged badly. Still, the big matches all delivered.

• Best match: John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes (Night 2)
• Worst match: Solo Sikoa vs. Jacob Fatu (Night 2)
• Overall: 4 out of 5

Full results and our ratings

What happened next

• Seth Rollins kept the World Heavyweight Championship in a fatal four-way against CM Punk, LA Knight and Jey Uso at Clash in Paris on August 31, with Becky Lynch's involvement costing Punk. Punk and AJ Lee then beat Rollins and Lynch at Wrestlepalooza on September 20.
• Cody Rhodes was written off television when Drew McIntyre hit him with a Claymore through the announce table on the August 8 SmackDown, so Rhodes could film Street Fighter. He returned on September 12 and kept the title against McIntyre at Wrestlepalooza.
• Brock Lesnar attacked Cena again on the September 5 SmackDown and beat him at Wrestlepalooza on September 20 after several F-5s.
• Naomi was revealed to be pregnant soon after SummerSlam and gave up the Women's World Championship for maternity leave. Stephanie Vaquer beat Iyo Sky for the title at Wrestlepalooza.
• Jade Cargill finally beat Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women's Championship at Saturday Night's Main Event XLI. Karrion Kross and Scarlett left WWE when their contracts ended on August 11, and Andrade left on September 13.

More retro reviews

Our Crown Jewel series, rated out of 5:

• Crown Jewel 2025: ★★★★ (4 out of 5), the first Crown Jewel outside Saudi Arabia
• Crown Jewel 2024: ★★½ (2.5 out of 5), the first Crown Jewel Championships
• Crown Jewel 2023: ★★½ (2.5 out of 5), Rollins vs. McIntyre and Reigns vs. LA Knight
• Crown Jewel 2022: ★★★½ (3.5 out of 5), Reigns vs. Logan Paul and a Last Woman Standing match
• Crown Jewel 2021: ★★★★ (4 out of 5), Hell in a Cell and a loaded card
• Crown Jewel 2019: ★★ (2 out of 5), celebrities and the first women's match in Saudi Arabia
• Crown Jewel 2018: ★½ (1.5 out of 5), the first one, and the World Cup

Other classic shows we have revisited:

• WrestleMania XL: ★★★★½ (4.5 out of 5), two nights in Philadelphia, The Rock and the end of the Bloodline story
• WrestleMania 39: ★★★★½ (4.5 out of 5), two nights in Hollywood and Reigns vs. Rhodes, part one
• Money in the Bank 2016: ★★★★ (4 out of 5), Cena vs. AJ, a great ladder match and Reigns vs. Rollins
• WrestleMania 41: ★★★½ (3.5 out of 5), Cena's farewell year and a Heyman story in Las Vegas
• WrestlePalooza 2025: ★★★½ (3.5 out of 5), the first WWE show on ESPN, with Lesnar vs. Cena

See them all on our Retro Reviews page, and read our Crown Jewel 2026 preview.