WWE Crown Jewel Kickoff Press Show: Triple H, Cody Rhodes, GUNTHER, More

It’s Friday, and you know what that means! WWE Crown Jewel Kickoff Press Show will go down later today from the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Ringside News has got you covered with all of the event’s proceedings.

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WWE Crown Jewel Kickoff Press Show Lineup (11/1/2024):

• The event will be hosted by Monday Night RAW commentator Michael Cole
• WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque will provide breaking news and updates on Crown Jewel
• WWE World Heavyweight Champion and 2024 WWE King of the Ring “The Ring General” GUNTHER and Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes are set to make an appearance
• The Judgment Day’s WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan and WWE Women’s Champion “The Irresistible Force” Nia Jax are set to make an appearance as well

WWE Crown Jewel Press Show Results (11/1/2024):

The show opens up with a shot of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and the Mohammed Abdo Arena, the site of tomorrow’s WWE Crown Jewel PLE. We also see WWE Experience in Boulevard City at the state-of-the-art Superdome.

We then see the arrivals of The Usos (“Main Event” Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso), “The Viper” Randy Orton, WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes and WWE World Heavyweight Champion “The Ring General” GUNTHER.

We then get a video package of WWE Crown Jewel.

Michael Cole then welcomes us to the show and thanks the fans. Cole then talks about the Crown Jewel PLE and the 6-Man Tag Team main event matchup and how this is the 12th time they have been in the country. The fans then chant for Roman Reigns. Cole then introduces The Usos and Jimmy and Jey Uso make their way out. The fans then sing Jey Uso’s theme music and cheer for Jey. Cole then asks The Usos how excited they are to be back together again and Jey Uso it feels real good to have his big brother back. Jimmy then says family fight and get back together again. Jimmy also says he gets his brother back and they are good. Cole then says there is still a missing piece and asks if Roman will play ball tomorrow night. Jimmy then says hopefully Roman comes true and plays ball. Cole then asks Jey if he can get along with Roman and Jey says he doesn’t really know until he gets out there, but he doesn’t know if he can fully trust Roman yet. Cole then asks Jey if he can fully trust Jimmy after costing him a title and Jey says he can. Cole then asks The Usos about Solo and Jey says they will put Solo in his place. Cole then tells The Usos he spoke to Sami and he had a conversation with Solo this week on RAW. Cole then tells The Usos that Solo said to tell them he is no longer their young brother. Jey Uso then says they will end the story tomorrow and Cole says the reunion of The Usos will finally happen tomorrow when they team with Roman to take on The Bloodline.

Cole then shows us a shot of WWE Experience in Boulevard City and everything the fans can do inside the state-of-the-art Superdome, then sends us to a video package of Kevin Owens attacking Cody Rhodes and how we got to Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton at Crown Jewel. Cole then introduces “The Viper” Randy Orton and Orton makes his way out. The fans then sing Orton’s theme music and Orton plays to the fans. The fans then start to sing ole. Michael Cole then asks Orton what his dad would say about him being quite a babyface and says after all of his time in the company he is finally embracing all of this. The fans then says they love Orton and Orton says he loves the fans. Cole then talks about what Triple H said about Orton being important to the company. Orton then says he can barely hear Michael Cole. Cole then asks Orton why would he want to take this match against an unhinged Kevin Owens and Orton says he wants to whoop Owens ass because Owens sucker-punched him. Orton then says Owens was his buddy in the locker room, but he will get his payback on Orton by hitting him with an RKO on the mat. Orton then says Owens will get his ass kicked tomorrow and Owens interrupts Orton and says it is his turn to speak now after Orton being out here for 5 minutes. Owens then says he will put him down for good. Orton then says he will whoop Kevin Owens ass tomorrow in Saudi Arabia.

Cole then says they will make history tomorrow by crowning the first-ever Crown Jewel Champion. We then get a video package on the history of WWE Crown Jewel and the PLE’s greatest moments. Cole then shows us more shots of WWE Experience and says tomorrow two Crown Jewel Champions will be crowned, then talks about the precious diamonds the titles are made of. Cole then says only one man will oversee the crowing of the new champions, then he introduces Triple H and Triple H makes his way out. The crowd then sings Triple H’s theme music and chants for him. Triple H then asks the fans how is it going. Cole then says the place where they are is amazing and Triple H says the fans must come to experience the place. Cole then says they made history when they were in Jeddah and tells Triple H to explain the importance of the Crown Jewel Championships. Triple H then talks about what would happen if legends battle each other and how this is different. Triple H then says this is a moment of time when two champions face against each other and one comes out as the absolute best. The fans then chant NXT and Triple H asks them if they want to see NXT in Saudi Arabia. Triple H then says he will talk to Shawn and see what they can do. Triple H then says the Crown Jewel Championship will remain in Saudi Arabia and the winners will receive a massive ring instead. The fans then chant WrestleMania and Triple H says WrestleMania is in Las Vegas. Triple H then says they will make history at Crown Jewel and he can’t wait for tomorrow night.

Cole then says it will champion vs. champion, then introduces WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax and WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan and Jax, Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez then make their way out. Cole then asks Jax how important all of this is and Jax says it is only right that she becomes the first-ever Crown Jewel Champion after becoming the Queen of the Ring. Morgan then says she will become the first-ever champion, then says Ripley will be out for a long time because of what she did. Cole then asks Morgan why she showed up on NXT and Morgan says it is to make sure Ripley doesn’t show up at Crown Jewel. Cole then asks Morgan where Dominik is and Morgan says he is taking care of her cat. Jax then says she can take care of Morgan without Tiffany. Morgan then says tomorrow is about herself and Jax and if there will be a champion it is going to be her. Cole then asks Jax if she is concerned that Tiffany will cash-in on her and Jax says she is not worried.

Cole then introduces WWE World Heavyweight Champion “The Ring General” GUNTHER and GUNTHER makes his way out. Cole then says tonight’s SmackDown will see tag team match. GUNTHER then greets the fans and says the King General is back. Cole then asks GUNTHER if he respects Cody Rhodes and GUNTHER says yes for the competitor he is. Cole then asks why not embrace this and GUNTHER says he gives his best every time he steps in the ring, but he does this for himself. Cole then asks GUNTHER how he reacts to playing second fiddle to Cody Rhodes and GUNTHER says he will choke out Cody Rhodes and Rhodes will always be a secondary champion to him.

Cole then introduces Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes and Rhodes makes his way out as the fans is singing his song. The fans then chant for Cody Rhodes. Rhodes then says let’s hear it for Michael Cole and the fans chant for Cole. Cole then tells Cody if he wins the Crown Jewel Championship he will be the first-ever Rhodes to win a title outside of the U.S. Rhodes then says tomorrow there will be a definitive winner and the title belongs to Saudi Arabia. Cole then asks Rhodes how important this is to him and Rhodes says this is about who is the best of the best. Rhodes then says he will never bet against himself against GUNTHER. Cole then asks Rhodes about his schedule and why he wants to be that person and Rhodes says it is because of the fans’ reaction. Rhodes then says his story never ends. Rhodes then asks the fans if they are having a good time and who will walk away as the Crown Jewel Champion. Cody then tells the fans to enjoy tomorrow and thanks the fans. Cole then says it will be himself and Corey Graves to call the action tomorrow, then plugs Crown Jewel once more and the show comes to a close.