WWE has announced Crown Jewel 2026 will take place from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, November 7 (Image via X/WWE)
WWE has officially announced the date and venue for the third edition of the Crown Jewel 2026 Premium Live Event on Tuesday. WWE is returning to Saudi Arabia for the premium live event, and the third edition of the event will be held on November 7, 2026, according to reports. The event will also come just three weeks before Survivor Series WarGames, which is scheduled for November 28 in Houston, Texas. WWE Crown Jewel will return to Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel 2026, marking WWE’s third Premium Live Event in Riyadh this year. The company previously held the Royal Rumble in Riyadh in January and Night of Champions in June, and again in November, they will host Crown Jewel 2026. The event is scheduled to take place following the Survivor Series WarGames, which is scheduled for November 28 in Houston, Texas. This announcement came after Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, confirmed that WWE’s annual event will be part of the 2026-27 edition of Riyadh Season, according to reports. WWE’s current plans indicate that the Crown Jewel Championship concept will continue in 2026. Reports also suggest that Crown Jewel could be a major development and an important stop for the road toward WrestleMania 43, as Riyadh is scheduled to host WrestleMania in 2027, which will make it the first edition of WWE’s biggest annual event to be held outside the United States or Canada.
WWE subsequently confirmed the date and location during its programming.
The Crown Jewel PLEwill pit Champion against Champion in both the men’s and the women’s divisions, with last year’s event seeing Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Stephanie Vaquer triumph to become Crown Jewel Champions, recipients of a title made up of 50 carats of diamonds signifying the best of the best, according to WWE. Crown Jewel will mark WWE’s third Premium Live Event in Saudi Arabia this year. Meanwhile, WWE is yet to finalize the full match card for Crown Jewel. he event has traditionally featured championship-versus-championship bouts involving the top male and female champions from RAW and SmackDown.
The company previously held the Royal Rumble in Riyadh in January and Night of Champions in June.