The third Saudi event of 2026 finally has a date!
Firstly announced by Turki Alalshikh on X and later amplified by WWE via press release. WWE’s third Saudi PLE will be Crown Jewel, which will happen on Saturday, November 7th from the Riyadh Season Stadium at KAFD. The announcement also mentioned that both the Crown Jewel Men’s and Women’s Champions for the year will be crowned with either World Heavyweight and World Women’s Champion facing the Undisputed WWE and WWE Women’s Champion respectively, with those matches happening for the third time annually since the tradition started in 2024.
With that, the Crown Jewel event returns to Saudi Arabia after last year’s edition happened in Perth, Australia due to 2025 having just one Saudi PLE on the calendar. This is the eight edition of Crown Jewel to happen overall, normally being the fall Saudi event of the deal since it started in 2018. This would also mark the return of Crown Jewel as a stadium event, lastly being held in a stadium in 2022.
In the United States, Crown Jewel will air on ESPN Unlimited. International fans will be able to watch the PLE live on Netflix at 12 PM EST/5 PM BST (subject to change, check out the upcoming events page for up-to-date details, including Countdown and Post-Show links). No announcement has been made for complementary Raw and SmackDown airings as of this writing.
Below is the press release with all the information:
September 1, 2026– The General Entertainment Authority, on behalf of HE Turki Alalshikh, in partnership with WWE, today announced that Crown Jewel will emanate from the Riyadh Season Stadium at KAFD as part of Riyadh Season’s world-class sports and entertainment calendar.
Crown Jewel will pit Champion against Champion in both the men’s and the women’s divisions, with last year’s event seeing Seth “Freakin” Rollins and Stephanie Vaquer triumph to become Crown Jewel Champions, recipients of a title made up of 50 carats of diamonds signifying the best of the best.
Tickets for Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will be available soon at www.webook.com.
WWE’s partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began in 2018 and has since brought some of the biggest WWE events to the Kingdom including Crown Jewel, Elimination Chamber®, King & Queen of the Ring®, Night of Champions® and Royal Rumble®. In 2027, Riyadh Season will play host to WrestleMania® 43, marking the first time the event will be held outside of North America.
Crown Jewel will broadcast in the U.S. on the ESPN app with an ESPN Unlimited plan, and on Netflix internationally.
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