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WWE Crown Jewel Champions to receive ‘massive ring,’ title belts will stay in Saudi

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE’s inaugural Crown Jewel Champions won’t be bringing their new title belts home with them.

At WWE’s pre-Crown Jewel kickoff event in Riyadh today, Paul “Triple H” Levesque revealed that the Crown Jewel Championship winners will receive a “massive ring” akin to a Super Bowl ring that “shows to the world that they are the one true champion in WWE.” The Crown Jewel title belts themselves will stay in Saudi Arabia on display at the WWE Experience fan attraction.

Crown Jewel 2024 is taking place this Saturday with Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther and Nia Jax vs. Liv Morgan determining the first Crown Jewel Champions. Those four wrestlers — who are the top title holders in the men’s and women’s divisions — will not be putting their own belts on the line in Saturday’s matches.

Levesque reiterated that this will be the annual theme for Crown Jewel going forward.

“As this is an annual event, we’ll see how many rings people can collect over the years,” Levesque said.

Aside from 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Crown Jewel has taken place every year since 2018 as part of WWE’s long-term business deal with the Saudi government.

It appears that NXT could be coming to Saudi Arabia for the first time in that partnership. Levesque asked the Riyadh crowd today if they would like to see NXT hold an event in Saudi Arabia. He said he would talk to Shawn Michaels and see what they can do.

WWE to crown first Crown Jewel Champions next month

Posted on by Joseph Currier

At Bad Blood on Saturday night, Paul “Triple H” Levesque made an appearance for what WWE said would be a historic announcement.

Levesque revealed that — at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia next month — the first-ever Crown Jewel Champions will be determined. There will be singles matches pitting the WWE Champion against the World Champion in both the men’s and women’s division. While none of their championships will be on the line, the winners will be awarded the Crown Jewel titles for 2024.

Levesque said this will become the annual theme of Crown Jewel with the top champions of the men’s and women’s divisions facing off to determine that year’s Crown Jewel champs.

“50 carats of diamonds that will signify the winner as the best of the best,” Levesque said after unveiling the Crown Jewel title belt.

Crown Jewel 2024 is being held in Riyadh on Saturday, November 2. If there are no title changes before then, these Crown Jewel Championship matches would be Cody Rhodes vs. Gunther and Nia Jax vs. Liv Morgan.