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WWE Crown Jewel will be the third pay-per-view event the company will host outside the USA this year. There is a huge possibility that the women may miss the event as the company’s first ever All-Women’s PPV “WWE: Evolution” will take place just four days before the Crown Jewel event.
WWE Super Show-Down is now in the history books and the WWE Universe is looking forward to the mega-event WWE Crown Jewel. WWE has already announced four matches for the show:
- Triple Threat WWE Universal Championship Match - Roman Reigns (c) vs Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman
- WWE Championship singles match- AJ Styles (c) vs Daniel Bryan
- WWE World Cup featuring Kurt Angle, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, The Miz, Randy Orton and Jeff Hardy
- Triple H and Shawn Michaels vs The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)
The match card has however left a sour taste in the mouth of the WWE Universe as the WWE Creative has chosen 7 Americans in the 8 man World Cup and international superstars like Finn Balor, Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre have been kept away from the tournament. Also, the booking team has chosen legends to wrestle on the show rather than giving the new talent an opportunity.
Here are the 4 matches which would’ve made Crown Jewel a sensible event-
#1 John Cena vs Randy Orton - Last Time Ever
Let’s face it. John Cena’s days have ended and the leader of Cenation himself acknowledged this at WWE Super Show Down in a post-match promo. The Viper Randy Orton has been on a roll ever since his heel turn and is keen on retiring the fan favorites. Having destroyed Jeff Hardy’s career at Hell in A Cell, Randy would love to do the same to Cena’s career. They could have reignited their rivalry at the SmackDown 1000 episode to set up a clash at WWE Crown Jewel or the company could have announced this match as a ‘Last Time Ever’ just like the Undertaker-Triple H match.
These two superstars have shared the ring more than anyone else in the history of WWE. Randy Orton would have defeated the 16-time World Champion in a No DQ match in the most inhuman way possible to put curtains over John’s career and write him off TV.
#2 Finn Balor (Ireland) vs Jeff Hardy (USA) - WWE World Cup Match
Finn Balor has been seriously under-used in 2018 and has been a part of story-lines which make no sense. He started off the year with a bang performing the role of Iron Man in the Royal Rumble match and putting up stellar performances at Elimination Chamber and WrestleMania 34. However, ever since he has been out of the IC title picture, the WWE Creative has failed to book the extraordinary in even an ordinary way!
WWE World Cup provides the perfect opportunity for Finn Balor to bounce back into the upper-card of the RAW division. This victory would only count as a big one if he gets matched against credible opponents and not jobbers. Jeff Hardy could have won a tournament to represent the United States and the duo would have blew the arena’s roof down to determine the Best in the World.
#3 Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins vs Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler - RAW Tag Team Championship Match
The last time these two teams faced off at the Hell in A Cell PPV in September, they put on the best tag team match WWE has produced in recent times. Both the teams pushed each other to their limits as McIntyre and Ziggler would retain their titles at the end.
A rematch between the two teams seemed to be the best way to book the tag titles as no other tag team on the RAW roster has lived up to its expectations. This match could end with the Scottish Psychopath walking out on the Show Off as the S.H.I.E.L.D successfully capture the RAW tag team championships. With Brock Lesnar moving to UFC, the Creative team might want Drew to enter the Universal Title picture before the year ends and this match might be the opening Drew needs.
Instead, WWE has not booked a RAW Tag Team Championship and inserted a superstar from each team in the World Cup.
#4 Rey Mysterio vs Shinsuke Nakamura in a United States Championship Match
Rey Mysterio defeated the King of Strong Style on SmackDown 1000 to seal his place in the World Cup but a United States Championship Match at Crown Jewel seemed a better option. Though WWE have announced the match for WWE Starrcade but Crown Jewel needs some title defenses to fill the PPV time.
Nakamura vs Mysterio would draw more attention towards this event and WWE can also swerve the fans by letting Rey win the title. The fans would love to see the Mexican superstar compete and dethrone the President of Nak-America as the champion, considering the underwhelming way WWE Creative have booked Nakamura’s championship reign.
With just 4 matches announced so far for a possible 4-hour event the WWE have possibly booked themselves into a corner by not having the aforementioned matches on the card.
Which of the 4 matches did you want to take place at Crown Jewel? Share your opinions in the comment box below.
