WWE Crown Jewel (2018 TV Special)
5/10
Worse Than I Expected.
3 November 2018
WWE has really been overdoing these super long shows in foreign countries. Since they are long, the superstars should really be trying their hardest to put on good matches. And the creative...well I gave up on them long ago. There was lots of controversy to this being held in Saudi Arabia, with WWE not mentioning the event's whereabouts weeks before, and John Cena and Daniel Bryan backing off at the last minute. All the panic aside, this was a bad night. This event sucked and I am really easy to please!

Preshow was Shinsuke vs Rusev for the US title. Who cares? Shinsuke won. 5/10

Next is Rey Mysterio vs Randy Orton for the World Cup tournament. I will give them all here now and not chronological: Rey defeats Randy. 7/10 Miz defeats Jeff Hardy 7/10 Seth Rollins defeats Bobby Lashley 8/10 Dolph Ziggler defeats Kurt Angle 7.5/10 Miz defeats Rey 7.5/10 Dolph defeats Seth 8/10 Shane steps in for Miz to defeat Dolph for the World Cup. 2/10

Bar retains the tag team titles against the New Day. I hate the New Day and am now getting sick of The Bar always getting the tag team gold whenever New Day isn't. This wasn't even that good of a match. 5/10

AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe was cool. These guys have natural chemistry. Pleasure in the TNA days and now. AJ won. 7.5/10

Since Roman had to leave because of medical reasons, the Universal title match became just Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman. Brock is the worst champion ever. In the rare times he shows up, he does 2 moves and never takes a bump. This match was just this lazy-ass doing 5 F5s to Braun. 1.5/10

DX faces Kane and Undertaker after the aftermath of Super Showdown. I could see Triple H really wanting himself to beat Undertaker that time, but not now. A win over Undertaker and Kane is something he is not worthy of at this point. And Shawn Michaels back in the ring? He retired due to back problems that could result in disaster. This great could not perform remotely to the level he once could. None of the others could either, but it was painful seeing HBK try. The match itself sucked and the result was awful. 2/10

Final: 5.2/10
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