Reigns Beats Zayn at Crown Jewel as Stratton Cashes In to Win WWE Women's Title

Roman Reigns beat Sami Zayn in the main event of WWE Crown Jewel 2026 at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, Nov. 7. Reigns, the World Heavyweight Champion, pinned Zayn, the Undisputed WWE Champion, after a final spear. On the same four match card, Tiffany Stratton cashed in her Money in the Bank contract on Chelsea Green and won the WWE Women's Championship, minutes after Green had taken the Women's Crown Jewel title from Liv Morgan.

Reigns closes the show

Zayn pushed Reigns for long stretches of the main event. He threw Reigns out of the ring early, landed a Blue Thunder Bomb for a close count, and survived a Superman punch. The match broke open when a Superman punch from Reigns caught the referee by accident. Zayn hit a Helluva Kick and went for the pin, but no referee was there to count it.

Backup referee Charles Robinson ran in to take over, and a frustrated Zayn kicked him as well. Zayn then tried to hit Reigns with the Crown Jewel title belt. Reigns ducked, answered with a Superman punch and a spear, and still could not get a count in time, so Zayn kicked out. The two traded shots to the head in the middle of the ring. Zayn kept getting up and asked for more. Reigns gave him a final spear and scored the pin.

Stratton cashes in on Green

Green scored the upset of the night first. Morgan controlled most of their Women's Crown Jewel Championship match, but Green slipped in a roll up and got the pin. "Thirteen years I was overlooked, and we did it baby," Green said after the win, according to USA Today's live report.

The celebration lasted minutes. Morgan attacked Green during the title presentation by Paul Levesque. Stratton ran out to help Green, her friend, and fought off Morgan and the members of The Judgment Day at ringside. When Green turned around, Stratton hit her with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Stratton then cashed in the contract, climbed the turnbuckle, hit the Prettiest Moonsault Ever, and pinned Green to become WWE Women's Champion for the second time. Stratton left the ring carrying Green's Women's Crown Jewel belt and ring as well as the title she had just won.

Rhodes outlasts Orton

Cody Rhodes beat Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match that opened the show. The fight went into the crowd and up the entrance ramp. Orton threw Rhodes through a table, and Rhodes rose at the count of nine. Rhodes survived an RKO, and Orton later dodged a ladder leap that sent Rhodes through the announcer's table. Rhodes still got up. Near the end, Rhodes hit three straight Cross Rhodes, with Orton striking the steel steps on the third and bleeding. Rhodes then punted Orton, and Orton could not answer the ten count.

New tag team champions

Penta and Je'Von Evans won the World Tag Team Championship from Bron Breakker and Austin Theory of The Vision. Bronson Reed interfered for the champions late in the match, but Oba Femi came out, dropped Reed, and sent him off the ramp and onto a table. Back in the ring, Penta hit Theory with the Mexican Destroyer, Evans followed with the OG Cutter, and Evans scored the pin for the title change.

The Riyadh card changed two championships on the night. Stratton and the team of Penta and Evans left with new titles, Green held the Women's Crown Jewel title only briefly, and Reigns closed the show as the men's Crown Jewel winner.