WWE Crown Jewel 2025 Date Revealed; Latest Rumors on WWE Draft, Roman Reigns, CM Punk

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Crown Jewel Set for October in Australia

WWE announced Friday that the 2025 Crown Jewel premium live event will be held in Perth, Australia, later this year.

Crown Jewel will emanate from RAC Arena on Oct. 11, plus the same venue will host SmackDown on Oct. 10 and Raw on Oct. 13.

The first Crown Jewel event was held in 2018, and aside from 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been an annual show ever since.

However, Crown Jewel 2025 will break a trend, as every previous Crown Jewel took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Crown Jewel will mark the second WWE premium live event held in Perth since the start of 2024, as Perth played host to Elimination Chamber back in February 2024.

Australia's own Rhea Ripley headlined that show, beating Nia Jax in the main event to retain the Women's World Championship.

There is little doubt that Ripley will be featured heavily again at Crown Jewel, along with other Aussie Superstars such as Bronson Reed and Grayson Waller.

Date for 2025 WWE Draft Reportedly Unclear

The WWE Draft is reportedly still expected to happen this year, although the exact timing remains unknown.

According to WrestleVotes on Backstage Pass SK (h/t Steve Carrier of Ringside News), a draft is expected, but no date has been announced publicly or internally, the WWE's busy calendar may be a big reason why.

WrestleVotes noted that Backlash is scheduled for next weekend, followed by Saturday Night's Main Event two weeks later, Money in the Bank two weeks after that, a Saudi Arabia show three weeks later and a rumored Evolution all-women's show the following week.

Things are reportedly expected to "calm down" before the two-night SummerSlam on Aug. 2 and 3, which suggests there could be an opening to do the draft in July.

The WWE Draft has been held every year since 2016 with the exception of 2022, but the dates have been all over the place.

From 2019 to 2021, the draft took place in October, but it began in April each of the past two years.

An April draft typically makes sense due to the fact that it is after WrestleMania and around the same time as the NFL draft, but April has come and gone and WWE has given no indication that the draft will happen in the immediate future.

Still, since the draft is a great way to reset the Raw and SmackDown rosters, there is reason to believe it is going to happen at some point this year.

WWE Reportedly Planning Reigns, Punk Tag Team Match

After getting attacked by Seth Rollins and Bron Breakker, there are reportedly plans in place for Roman Reigns and CM Punk to team up in the near future.

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (h/t Carrier), WWE is reportedly aiming to book Reigns and Punk against Rollins and Breakker eventually.

Meltzer noted that they don't want to rush the match and it won't happen next weekend at Backlash, but it could occur at either Money in the Bank on June 7 or SummerSlam on Aug. 2 and 3.

At WrestleMania 41, Reigns, Punk and Rollins clashed in a Triple Threat match that featured a shocking ending, as Paul Heyman turned on Reigns and Punk, helping Rollins win.

After Rollins attacked Punk two nights later on Raw, it was revealed that Breakker was working with Rollins and Heyman, as he saved Heyman by hitting Reigns with a spear.

Neither Punk nor Reigns were on this week's Raw, as Rollins and Breakker were instead confronted by Sami Zayn.

Rollins offered Zayn the opportunity to go to SmackDown, but when Zayn refused, he had to face Breakker, who defeated Zayn and attacked him afterward.

With Rollins and Breakker running roughshod over Raw, it will be a huge moment when Reigns and Punk return to confront them.

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