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Pro-wrestler Jessica Woynilko aka Tiffany Stratton
The WWE’s landmark, five-year, $1.6 billon new contract with ESPN continues with another premium live event on Saturday, but fans in the United States will need to set their alarms and roll out of bed early to catch the action from Perth, Australia.
That’s where the seventh annual WWE Crown Jewel will take place, with the packed card moving to Australia after six earlier editions all held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Both the WWE men’s and women’s championships will be decided on the card streamed from Down Under, and WWE legend John Cena continues his farwell tour after taking a one-sided pounding from Brock Lesnar at the first Wrestlepalooza event on September 20.
Latest Info on Lesnar-Cena Beatdown
The Lesnar-Cena bout proved a bit of a mystery for WWE fans who were left wondering why the promotion would bring back one of the greatest performers in to history only to have him demolished by Lesnar — who had been out out of the ring on a two-year hiatus.
Reports emerged after the event that the WWE had originally planned the match to end with a Cena victory, but according to longtime wrestling insider Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, a Cena victory was never in the script.
“Lesnar was not brought back to lose his first match. There are always discussions and the idea may have been broached for Cena to win, as most expected, but it was never a serious discussion or ever the planned finish,” according to Meltzer. “The match was all about making Lesnar as strong as possible, getting a last match with Cena, and the feeling Cena more than anyone, is bullet proof no matter what they do with him.”
The WWE believes that can get bigger payoff by building Lesnar up as an indestructible villain only to finally have him beaten, possibly by current champion Cody Rhodes, according to Meltzer, who said that Rhodes “does have to get a win” in an eventual grudge match with Lesnar.
How to Watch WWE Crown Jewel Online
The core of the WWE’s new deal with ESPN is that most events will not air on regular “free” cable television, or even on pay-per-view.
Instead, as with Wrestlepalooza, the Crown Jewel card will stream live on the new ESPN Unlimited app which is available with a paid subscription of $29.99 per month, or by logging in with credentials from select cable and satellite TV providers.
Internationally, Netflix will stream WWE Crown Jewel in many countries.
For viewers in the U.S. the live stream of the card gets underway at 8 a.m. Eastern Time, 5 a.m. Pacific from RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. Pre-show coverage begins two hours earlier, at 6 a.m. Eastern and 3 a.m. Pacific.
Full Card for WWE Crown Jewel 2025
Here are the matches scheduled for Saturday’s WWE live streaming “premium” event:
Roman Reigns vs. Bronson Reed: these two wrestlers are currently feuding over a stolen pair of sneakers, pilfered by Reed who has taken to calling himself the “Tribal Thief.” For reasons that are not entirely clear, though presumably will become so sometime Saturday morning, the bout is billed as an “Australian Street Fight.”
John Cena vs. AJ Styles: In a rarity for matches on major WWE cards, this one happens with no build-up, feuds or storylines. But the pair nonetheless have a long history together, squaring off dozens of times including at WWE Royal Rumble 2017 when Cena won the championship belt for a record 16th time (tied with Ric Flair).
Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY vs. The Kabuki Warriors: The lone tag-team bout on the card comes in the women’s category, and promises “layers of storytelling that Tony Khan couldn’t comprehend if he studied it for a thousand years!” according to Bleeding Cool News.
Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins: This sure-to-be instant classic pits World Heavyweight Champion Rollins against Undispisputed Champion Rhodes for the Crown Jewel, which in this case is not a championship belt, but a ring.
Stephanie Vaquer vs. Tiffany Stratton: The women’s Crown Jewel is up for grabs as WWE Women’s Champion Stratton takes on the Chilean-born Vaquer, the Women’s World Champion.
Jonathan Vankin JONATHAN VANKIN is an award-winning journalist and writer who now covers baseball and other sports for Heavy.com. He twice won New England Press Association awards for sports feature writing. He was a sports editor and writer at The Daily Yomiuri in Tokyo, Japan, covering Japan Pro Baseball, boxing, sumo and other sports. More about Jonathan Vankin
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