Kickoff Show Match Announced For WWE Crown Jewel 2021

Tag team match to take place on the Crown Jewel pre-show.

By Andrew Pollard / October 20, 2021

WWE.com

With WWE Crown Jewel 2021 to take place tomorrow, Vince McMahon's sports entertainment giant has now announced a pre-show bout for the company's return to Saudi Arabia.

As revealed by Kayla Braxton on today's edition of WWE's The Bump, the Crown Jewel pre-show will see SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos taking on the tandem of Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin in a non-title encounter.

Emanating from the Mohammed Abdu Arena on the Boulevard in Riyadh, Crown Jewel will air live on WWE Network and Peacock at 12pm ET and 5pm UK time, with the aforementioned pre-show starting an hour before that.

Away from The Usos vs. Alexander & Benjamin, the rest of the Crown Jewel card is as follows:

- Brock Lesnar vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns

- Drew McIntyre vs. WWE Champion Big E

- Bianca Belair vs. Sasha Banks vs. Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch

- AJ Styles & Omos vs. Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro

- Bobby Lashley vs. Goldberg in a No Holds Barred Match

- Seth Rollins vs. Edge in a Hell in a Cell Match

- Doudrop vs. Zelina Vega in the final of the Queen's Crown Tournament

- Finn Balor vs. Xavier Woods in the final of the King of the Ring Tournament

- Mansoor vs. Mustafa Ali

Authored by Andrew Pollard

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Posted On: 20th Oct 2021

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