John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE’s return to Saudi Arabia for Crown Jewel 2021 and NJPW‘s G1 Climax 31 Final featuring an unfortunate injury in the main event and a shocking return.
[00:00:00] WWE returned to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the next instalment of their controversial Crown Jewel events. Featuring Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship, Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair for the SD Women’s Championship, Big E vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, Goldberg vs. Bobby Lashley and the finals of the King of the Ring & Queen’s Crown tournaments.
[00:40:36] NJPW held the final of this year’s G1 Climax 31 from Nippon Budokan highlighted by an unfortunate injury in the main event between Kazuchika Okada and Kota Ibushi. We discuss NJPW’s handling of the outcome as well as future directions of the title picture heading into Wrestle Kingdom. In a shocking return, Katsuyori Shibata competes in a surprise exhibition match against Zack Sabre Jr.
[01:00:21] Chris Engler joins us to reveal the winner of this year’s POST G1 Climax Contest. Full results at postwrestling.com/g1
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