WWE Crown Jewel 2021: Start times, full card, how to watch on Peacock

WWE goes again to Saudi Arabia. The morally-dubious-but-extremely-lucrative Crown Jewel takes place on Thursday, Oct. 12. That is an uncommon day for a WWE pay-per-view, and the time of the present is even weirder: 9am PT or noon ET. For those who’re in a position to tune in, you will see arguably the most important match of the 12 months thus far: Roman Reigns defending his Unversal Championship in opposition to Brock Lesnar.

Reigns and Lesnar have a storied historical past, having major evented two WrestleManias collectively. They final wrestled at SummerSlam 2018, the place Reigns lastly defeated Lesnar and was topped Common Champion. This time is totally totally different although. Again then, Reigns was the work-in-progress prime good man of WWE. Now, he is a bonafide star — and a heel. After which there’s the query of Paul Heyman: Who’s he aligned with?

Along with that headlining bout, Goldberg will return to the ring to face Bobby Lashley in a SummerSlam rematch, Large E will defend his WWE Championship in opposition to Drew McIntyre, and Edge will wrestle Seth Rollins inside a Hell in a Cell cage. 

The corporate’s reveals in Saudi Arabia are blended baggage: The group is usually unresponsive and flat, however the match playing cards are sometimes insane. Bear in mind: Saudi Arabia paid WWE a lot cash that Shawn Michaels got here out of retirement in 2018. Other than the matches above, Becky Lynch may also put her SmackDown Girls’s Championship on the road in a triple risk match in opposition to Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair. 

Begin instances 

With Crown Jewel broadcasting from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, begin instances shall be totally different than regular. The present will air 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET on Oct. 21. That is 5 p.m. UK time, which is a deal with for folks within the area who normally have to attend till midnight to get their grappling repair. This time it is the Australians who’ve it the toughest: Crown Jewel airs at 3 a.m. AEDT. 

Learn how to watch: Peacock, WWE Community

As you in all probability know by now, Peacock is the brand new residence of WWE’s pay-per-views. The WWE Community has in essence migrated to NBC’s Peacock streaming service, and that is the place you will go to look at Crown Jewel 2021. Peacock has three tiers: Free, Premium and Premium Plus. To observe WWE content material, you will want a Premium subscription. The excellent news is that’ll set you again $5 a month, lower than the $10 for WWE Community. 

For those who’re outdoors of the US, you will watch Crown Jewel 2021 on the WWE Community as standard. 

Match card

• Common Championship:
  Roman Reigns (c) vs. Brock Lesnar.
• WWE Championship: Large E (c) vs. Drew McIntyre. 
• No Holds Barred: Goldberg vs. Bobby Lashley. 
• Hell in a Cell: Edge vs. Seth Rollins.
• SmackDown Girls’s Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair.
• Uncooked Tag Group Championship: Randy Orton and Riddle (c) vs. AJ Types and Omos. 
• King of the Ring finals: Finn Balor vs. Xavier Woods.
• Queen of the Ring finals: Doudrop vs. Zelina Vega.
• Mansoor vs. Mustafa Ali.