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The WWE Crown Jewel 2018 pay-per-view is scheduled for November 2, 2018 at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Follow along here for spoilers and information on the event's card, lineup of matches and news regarding the pay-per-view.

The following are my predictions for the 2018 WWE Crown Jewel PPV. Check back for Crown Jewel 2018 results and review coverage here when the time comes..

WWE Crown Jewel 2018 Spoilers

WWE Universal Championship Match: Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman

Roman Reigns has relinquished the Universal Championship due to leukemia. Now, Strowman and Lesnar will face each other in a match to crown the new champion.

If WWE doesn't go with Strowman, there is something seriously, seriously wrong with their mindset. He absolutely has to win to offset his Money in the Bank loss, solidify himself as a babyface once more, and give Raw a stable champion. They can't revert back to Lesnar. It would be such a horrible mistake.

PREDICTION: Braun Strowman wins the Universal Championship.


WWE World Cup Tournament

Participants = Bobby Lashley, Dolph Ziggler, Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, The Miz, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio and Seth Rollins

John Cena refused to go to this event, so they replaced him with Bobby Lashley.

Very surprised Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Andrade "Cien" Almas, Rusev, Dean Ambrose, Drew McIntyre and others weren't involved in this to try to make it more of a worldwide thing, since, you know, it's World Cup. Instead, it's all Americans.

PREDICTION: Leaning toward Randy Orton or Rey Mysterio.


WWE Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe

Replacement match, since Daniel Bryan didn't want to go to Saudi Arabia and support this event. WWE isn't making a fool out of me in making me think that Samoa Joe has any chance to win the championship here whatsoever.

PREDICTION: AJ Styles retains the title.


Undertaker and Kane vs. Triple H and Shawn Michaels

My two favorites of all time against two more of the best ever. Even though none of them are in their prime, I'm still totally down for this. I just hope it doesn't end up being a disappointment. I'll go in with moderate expectations and hopes to be blown away.

PREDICTION: DX wins. Kane takes the pin from HBK.


SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match: The Bar (c) vs. The New Day

I was surprised as hell that Big Show wasn't booked on this card at first, considering the tendency to rely on former stars, but now that he's teaming with The Bar against The New Day, it makes sense at least as far as Crown Jewel is concerned. I'm assuming the titles stay where they are, but this isn't a 100% guarantee given. They literally could have put the belts on The Bar just for this event.

PREDICTION: The Bar retains the tag titles.


United States Championship Match: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Rusev

Oh hey, they remembered that Nakamura exists. It's only been about 2 months.

PREDICTION: Nakamura retains the title.