SmackDown SPOILERS for November 1: Major Crown Jewel Match Booked, More!
Most of the WWE teams will already be in Saudi Arabia The crown jewel The following Friday, they crammed into Brooklyn's Barclays Center and taped the November 1 episode SmackDown Immediately after the October 25 live edition closes.
Currently advertised for the show: WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will team with his old Legacy mentor Randy Orton before Rhodes and Gunther's match with WWE World Heavyweight Champ Gunther and his Imperium partner Ludwig Kaiser for the Crown Jewel title.
Here's how it happened, courtesy of SPOILERS from PWInsider and fans in attendance who posted on social media, along with some details on what happened:
- Street Love (Montage Ford & Angelo Dawkins w/B-Fab) def. Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson)
- IYO SKY def. Bianca Belair, Lash Legend and Piper Niven in a 4Way
- WWE Women's Champ Nia Jax was out for a promo promising to win the Crown Jewel title. This brought out WWE Women's World Champion Liv Morgan and Dirty Dom Mysterio, who reminded Jax that the last time he defeated her was one-on-one. Tiffany Stratton promised it would be tiffy time in Riyadh — she's going to cash-in on her Money in the Bank contract there, but she hasn't decided which champ to target. She wonders if cashing in on Liv means she gets Dom too, because she needs a little dirt in her life. Liv says it looks like she already has plenty, then Stratton attacks her. This brings out general manager Nick Aldis to book a match between the two… NOW!
- Liv Morgan def. Tiffany Stratton via pinfall. Jax eliminated Morgan after the match.
- Naomi and Bayley def. Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell
- Roman Reigns and The Usos were out for a promo segment, seemingly one after the other The crown jewel OG Bloodline was announced as a match against three unspecified members of Solo Sequoia Bloodline. Jimmy Uso made a pitch to Jey and Roman to drop their beef, saying they wouldn't win in Saudi if they weren't united. Jay says he took the match only to get back at Solo. He shows up because that's what family does, but family is far from static. Jay has not forgotten what they did to him physically, mentally and emotionally. He is no longer Roman's right-hand man. If Reigns can accept them as equals, Jey says they can stand together and run things like they used to. OTC, who had been listening with his head down, signaled Jimmy to hand him a mic. After a dramatic break, Roman says “yet” to a big pop. First Jimmy, then Jay, and finally Roman lifted their fingers up to a big pop.
- Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton def. Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser (Rhodes pinned Kaiser after Cross Rhodes). Kevin Owens slipped into the ring behind the celebrating winners and took Orton out with a steel chair. Gunther chased after Rhodes and choked him until officials and a team of security removed him.
Sound worth a few hours next Friday night?