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WWE Crown Jewel 2026 is heading to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is shaping up to be a stellar event. So, here are the top five matches from WWE Crown Jewel: The 2019 edition of WWE Crown Jewel was history-making in its own right. Another blockbuster women’s match that took place at WWE Crown Jewel 2022 was the Last Woman Standing match between Bianca Belair and Bayley. At the 2025 WWE Crown Jewel PLE, World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins competed against Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes for the Crown Jewel title. The heated feud between Edge and Seth Rollins brought them together inside a Hell in a Cell at the WWE Crown Jewel 2021 event. Perhaps the greatest match in WWE Crown Jewel PLE history came in 2025 when John Cena and AJ Styles squared off for the final time.
The Queen of Harts won the match by using the Sharpshooter on Evans, and both superstars shared a moment, realizing that they brought a huge change for the women in the Middle East. It has been an integral event as part of WWE ’s PLEs over the years and has become the site of some of the most spectacular matches, including the Greatest of All Time match featuring John Cena. It featured a match between Natalya and Lacey Evans, which was the first-ever women’s wrestling match in Saudi Arabia. Both women laid it all in the ring, realizing the game-changing match they were competing in. With no rules imposed and the RAW Women’s title on the line, both women destroyed each other with foreign objects and hard-hitting moves. The battle concluded with Belair putting Bayley down for the three-count and retaining her title in the process. The two men collided in a blockbuster showdown worthy of a top title match, and Rollins finally beat Rhodes despite suffering a shoulder injury from a Coast-to-Coast move. The match was a violent and enraged battle between the two foes and ended with the Rated-R Superstar picking up the win over Rollins. From both veterans giving it their all to paying tributes to their former rivals and captivating the audience, Cena and Styles tore down the house and their final clash ended with Cena hitting the Tombstone Piledriver and AA to beat Styles and secure his 100th PLE win.