“Sports Entertainment Solidified” is a professional wrestling column by Maddy Myer.

WWE returned to Saudi Arabia to host Crown Jewel on Saturday, producing among the finest matchups the pay-per-view has seen thus far. Veterans like John Cena and Rey Mysterio handed the torch to the following technology with their matches, and constant performers like Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes saved up their momentum.

For the ladies’s facet, Kairi Sane made her return to WWE throughout Iyo Sky and Bianca Belair’s match. It might be nice to see how she’ll shake up the ladies’s division within the coming weeks, however for now, listed here are the highest professional wrestling matches from the previous week, this time all stemming from Crown Jewel.

Logan Paul vs. Rey Mysterio (WWE Crown Jewel, November 4)

This match began with Logan Paul completely dominating Rey Mysterio. Mysterio is thought for his high-flying strikes, however Paul saved him grounded for a very good chunk of the match, whereas additionally doing a little high-flying strikes of his personal. There have been occasions Mysterio would attempt some offense, however with the scale distinction, Paul would simply catch him and ship a transfer on his personal, even bench-pressing Mysterio at one level. The tide lastly shifted in Mysterio’s favor after Paul hit his shoulder into the ring put up, and Mysterio adopted it up with an out of doors dive. After the dive, Mysterio saved the momentum up with a senton bomb and springboard crossbody again within the ring, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to place Paul away. In the top, Paul acquired exterior assist with the likes of brass knuckles that he used to “knock out” Mysterio for the three rely to turn into the brand new United States Champion. This wasn’t the one legend to lose at Crown Jewel, as Solo Sikoa completely dominated John Cena of their matchup.

Bianca Belair vs. Iyo Sky (WWE Crown Jewel, November 4)

Early on, Iyo Sky had a sport plan for defeating the returning Bianca Belair. Sky focused Belair’s knee, which prevented a few of Belair’s energy strikes from connecting. Sky largely relied on submission holds that might additional goal that knee. Eventually, the tempo picked up as Belair stopped letting her knee hassle her, and the match went exterior the ring. Sky hit Belair with a moonsault from the highest rope that knocked her down, however she recovered rapidly, slamming Sky into the barricade. Sky rolled again into the ring, faking an harm of her personal just for Bayley (Sky’s Damage CTRL companion) to intervene with Belair. Belair took care of Bayley and was able to return to the ring, till a returning Sane confirmed up and attacked Belair. Since the referee was distracted with Sky’s “injury,” none of this was seen, and by the point Belair returned to the ring, Sky hit Belair with a moonsault to win the match and retain her championship.

Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre (WWE Crown Jewel, November 4)

McIntyre had one thing to show towards Rollins, and he did simply that all through the match, usually taunting Rollins and focusing on his fragile again. Still, it was a powerful displaying from Rollins, who solely ran out of steam momentarily earlier than displaying McIntyre why he’s the champion. Rollins tried to hit McIntyre with an out of doors dive early on within the match, which solely resulted in McIntyre catching him for a belly-to-belly suplex on the ground. This was the beginning of the again torture Rollins would take all through the match. Still, Rollins was in a position to not let that part him a lot and had sufficient juice to ship a senton and moonsault back-to-back on McIntyre as soon as again within the ring. When it was time for Rollins to do one in all his signature falcon arrow suplexes, nevertheless, McIntyre countered it with a suplex of his personal. Just a few moments later, Rollins countered a McIntyre assault right into a pedigree. Both males have been countering left and proper and even kicked out of one another’s finishers. In the top, Rollins delivered not solely the pedigree but in addition his primary finisher, the stomp, to beat McIntyre. Soon after Rollins received, Damian Priest marched down together with his cash within the financial institution contract in hopes of cashing in on Rollins to win the Championship. However, Sami Zayn swooped in, attacking Priest to thwart his efforts.

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