2/11/2018

AJ makes top 10 debut:

AJ Styles today joined the all time top 10 longest WWE title reigns, with 359 days.

Vince never swayed:

Vince McMahon decided WWE would go ahead with Crown Jewel on October 24, and never once changed his mind. The company did leak stories that they were franticly searching for a new home for the event, to try to pour cold water on the torrents of heat they were getting, from all sides, but McMahon never questioned the event's future, at any point, and the final decision was his, and his alone.

Stone Cold blasts Rikishi angle:

"Me being clipped by a goddang car! s--t, that was the worst storyline I was ever involved in. But we had to come up with a way so that we could get my ass out of the way. That was 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, I had to get my neck fused up and that was a suck-ass angle."

Crown Jewel:

Results...

1. Shinsuke Nakamura bt Rusev (Pre)
2. Rey Mysterio bt Randy Orton
3. The Miz bt Jeff Hardy
4. Seth Rollins bt Bobby Lashley
5. Dolph Ziggler bt Kurt Angle
6. BAR bt New Day
7. The Miz bt Rey Mysterio
8. Dolph Ziggler bt Seth Rollins
9. AJ Styles bt Samoa Joe
10. Brock Lesnar bt Braun Strowman, to win the Universal
11. Shane McMahon bt Dolph Ziggler to win the World Cup
12. DX bt Brothers Of Destruction

Notes...

• WWE did not mention Saudi Arabia at all during the show
• Hulk Hogan returned to host the show
• Renee Young was allowed to appear on commentary, they had been some doubt right up to the day of the show about her being allowed on camera

Finn pops the question:

Finn Balor proposed on behalf of a fan, via social media, last night.

Survivor Series:

Brock Lesnar vs AJ Styles is booked to headline Survivor Series.

Injury:

Triple H needs surgery after tearing his pectoral muscle at Crown Jewel earlier today.

Shawn not continuing with ring return?:

WWE have plans for HBK, right up to WrestleMania 35, he though, not as keen...

"This whole day I've been anxious, and nervous, and everything else. But once I got in there with everybody, it was fun, it was comfortable. I felt... did a few things, get a little warm, and you forget how tough this is on your body. I'll be feeling it for the next several days and it'll be a very good reminder of why I didn't do it for 8 years and why I'm not going to do it again, if I can possibly help it."