WWE Crown Jewel Results + Former Champion Returns
WWE Crown Jewel was brought to us once again from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with an excellent lineup of matches, including Rhea Ripley defending the World Women’s Championship in a 5-Way Match, and both Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns defending their respective World Championships. As well we were treated to a surprise return from a former champion. Here are the results from WWE Crown Jewel:
Preshow:
Sami Zayn def. JD McDonagh (9:40)
Match 1: World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins (c) def. Drew McIntyre (18:20)
Match 2: 5-Way For Women’s World Championship
Rhea Ripley (c) def. Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Raquel Rodriguez and Zoey Stark (11:05)
Match 3: Singles Match
Solo Sikoa def. John Cena (16:10)
Match 4: WWE United States Championship
Logan Paul def. Rey Mysterio (c) (17:55)
Match 5: WWE Women’s Championship
Iyo Sky (c) def. Bianca Belair (16:35)
Match 6: Singles Match
Cody Rhodes def. Damian Priest (11:05)
Main Event: Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns def. LA Knight (20:05)
It was during Iyo Sky’s defence of the WWE Women’s Championship that we saw the return of Kairi Sane, who assisted Sky in her defeat of Belair. The former NXT Women’s and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion had been released from her WWE contract in December of 2021, eventually returning to Japan to compete for the likes of New Japan Pro Wrestling and STARDOM. Sane became the inaugural IWGP Women’s Champion during her time in Japan before she lost the belt to another former WWE talent, Mercedes Mone, formerly known as Sasha Banks in WWE.
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