What was the longest match of the night?
Live from the 'King Saud University Stadium' in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today was WWE 'Crown Jewel'. The event ran a little over five hours with twelve matches on the show and four of those matches were for championships. Brock Lesnar and "The Monster Among Men" Braun Strowman battled over the vacant WWE Universal Championship, AJ Styles and Samoa Joe renewed their rivalry, Rusev looked to become a three-time WWE United States Champion when he challenged Shinsuke Nakamura and the WWE World Cup tournament kick-started and ended on this November 2nd day on top of all the other action that transpired at 'Crown Jewel'. Below are the times that each of the twelve matches ran for during the show:
Pre-Show
1) WWE United States Championship - Shinsuke Nakamura (c) def. Rusev 9:30
Main Show
1) WWE World Cup Quarterfinal Match - Rey Mysterio def. Randy Orton 5:35
2) WWE World Cup Quarterfinal Match - The Miz def. Jeff Hardy 7:10
3) WWE World Cup Quarterfinal Match - Seth Rollins def. Bobby Lashley (w/ Lio Rush) 5:35
4) WWE World Cup Quarterfinal Match - Dolph Ziggler (w/ Drew McIntyre) def. Kurt Angle 8:25
5) SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships - Sheamus & Cesaro (c) (w/ The Big Show) def. The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (w/ Xavier Woods) 10:35
6) WWE World Cup Semifinals Match - The Miz def. Rey Mysterio 11:25
7) WWE World Cup Semifinals Match - Dolph Ziggler (w/ Drew McIntyre) def. Seth Rollins 13:15
8) WWE Championship - AJ Styles (c) def. Samoa Joe 11:20
9) Vacant WWE Universal Championship - Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) def. Braun Strowman 2:35
10) WWE World Cup Finals - Shane McMahon def. Dolph Ziggler 2:35
11) Shawn Michaels & Triple H def. The Undertaker & Kane 27:49
To hear some opinions on 'Crown Jewel', Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp is reviewing the show live on Fightful's YouTube channel.
