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The 2019 Crown Jewel pay-per-view has begun, and with it comes the potential for both Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown to be altered by a change in each brand's top champion.

Seth Rollins will go into Saudi Arabia to take on "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a Falls Count Anywhere match. WWE has stated explicitly that the match won't be stopped for any reason, unlike the Hell in a Cell bout, so we'll get a guaranteed victor. But if "The Fiend" wins, what will that mean for his SmackDown status?

On the other side, Brock Lesnar defends the WWE Championship against Cain Velasquez, the man who defeated him in the UFC. Backed by Rey Mysterio, Velasquez looks to capture the top title on SmackDown in his first match in WWE.

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Elsewhere on the card, we have the first ever women's match in Saudi Arabia between Natalya and Lacey Evans. With the historic match on the horizon, who will come out on top?

And then there's the 10-man tag match between Team Hogan (Ali, Shorty G, Roman Reigns, Rusev, Ricochet) vs Team Flair (Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura). The winner of this match could be propelled to the top of the card in their respective brand along with bragging rights. Who will leave Saudi Arabia as the winners?

A lot can happen during this year's Crown Jewel pay-per-view and here's the moment by moment results from the show.

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WWE CROWN JEWEL 2019 RESULTS

Kickoff Show

20-Man Battle Royal

• Drake Maverick eliminated by Erick Rowan
• Heath Slater eliminated by Erick Rowan
• Tony Nese eliminated by Erick Rowan
• Mojo Rawley eliminated by Titus O'Neil
• Sin Cara eliminated by Andrade
• Titus eliminated by Apollo Crews
• No Way Jose eliminated by Erick Rowan
• Akira Tozawa eliminated by Luke Harper and Rowan
• Shelton Benjamin eliminated by Humberto Carrillo
• Apollo Crews eliminated by Luke Harper
• Buddy Murphy eliminated by Rowan
• R-Truth eliminated by Harper
• Andrade eliminated by Carrillo
• Sunil Singh eliminated by Cedric Alexander
• Final Four is Harper, Rowan, Carrillo and Alexander
• Alexander eliminated by Rowan
• While the Singh Brothers were leaving, Truth rolls up Sunil to win the 24/7 Championship. Truth is chased by the wrestlers who were eliminated earlier
• Harper eliminated by Rowan
• Rowan eliminated by Carrillo
• Humberto Carrillo will take on AJ Styles later in the card for the US Championship.

New Day Interview

• Big E relives Xavier Woods' injury. Kofi Kingston says they miss Woods, but this an opportunity against all the tag teams. Kingston then says that they will take the momentum of their win to Friday Night SmackDown to face The Revival for the Tag Team Championships.

Main Card

Brock Lesnar (c) vs Cain Velasquez - WWE Championship Match

• Rey Mysterio is in Velasquez's corner
• Lesnar wins via submission after a Kimura Lock
• The finish was set up when Velasquez had Lesnar on the floor while hitting him with strikes when he put on the submission. This was more like an MMA fight than a wrestling match.
• After the match, Lesnar didn't let go of the lock causing Mysterio to come out and hit Brock with the chair. However, the champion throws Rey out of the ring and starts to hit Velasquez with the chair and hits the F-5 on it.
• Mysterio comes back in the ring and hits Lesnar with a flurry of chair shots to chase him off.

The Revival/Viking Raiders Promo

• The Revival says that their rise in the company has led to this moment. This is the opportunity for them to show the world they are the best tag team.
• Viking Raiders say that they take the championships wherever they go and the raid is here.

Tag Team Turmoil

• Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler taking on Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik) start things off
• Roode pins Gran Metalik after a Glorious DDT. Finish set up when Ziggler enters the ring to hit Metalik with a Superkick while the referee was distracted.
• Zack Ryder and Heath Slater are next
• Roode pins Zack Ryder after a Super Zig Zag
• Heavy Machinery is next
• Tucker pins Roode after a Compactor
• New Day is next
• Kingston pins Tucker after an Up, Up, Down, Down
• B-Team is next
• Big E pins Curtis Axel after the Big Ending
• The Revival is next
• Kingston pins Scott Dawson after a roll up
• After the bell, The Revival beat down the New Day with a Shatter Machine
• The OC is next
• Gallows pins Kingston after a Magic Killer
• Viking Raiders are next
• Anderson pins Erick after a Magic Killer
• The OC are the "best tag team in the world"

Rey Mysterio Interview

• Mysterio gives Lesnar props for surviving, but he doesn't forgive Brock for what he did to him and his son Dominic.

Cesaro vs Mansoor

• Mansoor wins via pinfall after a Moonsault
• After the match, Mansoor is interviewed. He says he woke up this morning and said this was his most important match of his life. He says he was nervous before he got in the ring before the Saudi Arabia crowd and he remembered anything is possible.

Seth Rollins Interview

• Rollins says this feud ends tonight. He says "The Fiend" brought out the worst in him and he's taken him to a dark place. He says that there's a little piece of him that's enjoying it. Everything about "The Fiend" is different, but what I want everyone to remember is that he didn't start this fight but he's not afraid to finish it.

Braun Strowman vs Tyson Fury

• Fury wins via countout after a punch.
• After the match, Strowman hits Fury with a Powerslam.

24/7 Segment

• Backstage, the 24/7 wrestlers are looking for R-Truth when the champion sneaks out of a room. The Singh Brothers surround Truth who tries to escape through the same door he came out of, but runs into it allowing Sumir Singh to get the pin.

AJ Styles (c) vs Humerto Carrillo - US Championship Match

• Styles wins via pinfall after a Phenomenal Forearm

Natalya vs Lacey Evans

• Natalya wins via submission after a Sharpshooter

Team Flair vs Team Hogan

• Lana appeared with Bobby Lashley
• Team Hogan wins after Roman pins Orton following a Spear

Seth Rollins (c) vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt - Universal Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match

• "The Fiend" wins via pinfall after a Sister Abigail
• Wyatt took eight Stomps was Superkicked off a stage, but he rose to hit the Mandible Claw before the Sister Abigail.
• Show ends with "The Fiend" holding up the Universal Championship

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