WWE Crown Jewel 2026: Start time today, live stream and confirmed match card

WWE‘s annual Crown Jewel premium live event (PLE) takes place today.

After last year’s event – held in Perth, Australia – WWE’s eighth edition of Crown Jewel returns to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the ANB Arena and an intriguing evening is shaping up with three championships on the line as well as a last man standing bout.

In the main event, Smackdown’s Undisputed WWE champion Sami Zayn faces Raw’s world heavyweight champion Roman Reigns for the right to become the new Crown Jewel champion.

This will mark the first one-on-one match between Reigns and Zayn since WWE Elimination Chamber in 2023 when they battled over the undisputed WWE title following a fallout at the Royal Rumble the previous month.

Having once stood as ‘the honorary uce’ in the original Bloodline, Sami has made it clear he wants to be seen as Roman’s equal and sent a loud message to close out Raw by kicking Reigns in the face after he had been taken out by the 946.

Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn

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What makes this champion vs. champion match even more interesting is the Penta factor.

The 2026 WWE Money in the Bank winner can cash in his contract for a championship match at any time for up to a year and teased doing so during the Zayn vs. Je’Von Evans showdown during the October 26 episode of Monday Night Raw.

Penta will be present in Riyadh this weekend as he teams with Evans to take on ‘The Vision’ (Bron Breakker and Austin Theory) with the tag titles on the line, meaning he could walk out of Crown Jewel as a double champion.

Liv Morgan, meanwhile, is seeking to become a two-time women’s Crown Jewel champion when she takes on SmackDown’s Chelsea Green.

Liv Morgan can make history this weekend

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Elsewhere on the card, Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton look to settle the score once and for all in a much-anticipated rematch from WrestleMania earlier this year when Cody retained the Undisputed WWE championship, only to be on the receiving end of a vicious punt from Randy after the match.

With this personal rivalry escalating to new heights in the months since, the last man standing match – where there are no disqualifications and no count-outs – will be decided when one of Rhodes or Orton cannot answer a 10-count from the referee.