I'm a sucker for oblong plates on titles so that Crown Jewel belt looks really nice to me. Probably has to do with nostalgia over the ROH TV Title that the likes of Ciampa, Jay Lethal, Roderick Strong, and many others held during the early to mid 2010s era of ROH.
Finn Balor is early 90's Tito Santana and I'm not saying that as an dunk - he's a very good veteran who isn't going to be jobbed out to everyone, but is there to put over new younger (in term of TV time) main event talent, while he still has to use TEW/EWR terms, overness to leak.
enjoyed the Punk vs McIntyre match, popped for the bracelet beads spot. I was talking last week with someone at work and we were joking about stuff they could do in the match. Like have real glass in the cage, but never use it, or other silly stuff referencing his AEW days, but then I thought it would be funny if they did the thumbtack spot with the bad and instead of the thumbtacks, have the beads. When I saw that spot tonight I was at work watching, screamed out, they did the spot. LOL
Oh man! I did it, mom! I made it to a WrestleJuice thumbnail & video!!! Seriously though, despite the very busy design of the Crown Jewel title, it's not the ugliest title in wrestling history. I'll put it slightly below average. If it wasn't connected to Saudi and with some minor tweaks, it can pass as a World title of a promotion.
I want to straight up be honest. People hated the Universal title but years later they ended up loving it. Some people even wanted it to go back to being red. This "championship" is more of bragging rights. He also said it was the men's and women's that will basically battle for this bragging rights "title". Right now I don't think it looks that bad. Especially when all you have is people complaining about WWE titles not looking good or not being more unique. So now they show you something that isn't even going to be carried around or really defended and it's only complaining about it being ugly. It's not even a real title that will be defended. Its basically like the Andre the Giant trophy that people win and never carry around. Like that Speed title no one really carries around either.
When he said it was female champ Vs female champ at Crown Royal, I thought the news was for a debuting female midcard belt. I didn’t think they actually meant Raw champ Vs Smackdown champ.
I think the Rhea vs Liv match botched at the end there. I don't think the ref was supposed to see Raquel attack Rhea. but he did so he had to call the DQ.
No way we are having liv vs nia, you may as well not even bother, just give it to nia, because we dont seem to care about anyone else other than rhea....
Meh, that belt is just one of the things they do to appease the Saudis. That contract is massive, after all. WWE should just treat those shows as completely non-canonical. If the Saudis want to have their own championships & champions for their show...let 'em. Big fat meh all the way around from me. If I'm being honest, I don't think they should be doing the shows at all...but they do 'em, so it is what it is. The Punk/McIntyre Hell In A Cell match tonight was really solid. It's the only part of the show I saw, but it was good... As for Gunther v Goldberg, I don't want to see it either, and there's no way I'd pay a dime to watch it...but if Goldberg wants a retirement match WWE will certainly give him one, and Gunther is probably the right guy to send Goldberg out on his shield...
I guess my hot take would be that I love the way Romans matches start. It's a hold over from the vid era days but to me it's a welcome one. Romans meandering, trash talking emotive interactions with everything and everyone from the crowd to the opponents to his own partner is a different kind of Pro Wrestling. it's almost like theater and I like a lot of it.
Gunther is about to beat Cody for the weird "best of the best" title, and I just think that's such a great story. I think not beating Gunther should be the last straw that should make cody go full homelander (after every friend he has turns on him to break his spirit)
I keep hearing it's trash... no one saying... why. I like it because of the color scheme and it's over the top jewel scheme that reminds me of the bling bling hip-hop era.
Honestly its between the Cody Torn Pec HIAC or the Punk Drew Crimson Mask HIAC on which one if the best. The problem with End of an Era is that Undertaker won that match. The streak was still alive and Undertaker overcame multiple finishers and Shawn as the ref and he still won. That took me out of it and made Undertaker indestructible. He would then go on to lose to Lesnar and that was the biggest gut punch to the End of an Era's legacy.
The Rock didn't need to come back tonight. He could have came back at Saudi or such. If you're not gonna have the world titles be defended at the show and aren't gonna put the women's titles on the main event slot, have the hottest match that would be hard to follow to the main event.
I actually like that title belt. It does look like a title you'd find in AEW, but still its not the worst looking title they have. Be interesting to see how it looks in real life and on a wrestler.
No reaction to Raquel was pretty funny and you could tell it bothered her. She looked pissed and seemed a bit confused on what to do. Such a messy ending to that match.
Match was all over the place. Rhea focusing more on dom than liv the entire match. Her coming out & the ref instantly calling a DQ. It didn’t give anyone time to react honestly because we were all like WTF just happened, confused on why the match just ended like that. It should’ve been she returning, rhea almost getting the win, & costing rhea & letting liv pin her which would’ve gotten a good reaction. But the botch made it a WTF moment
Yeah the Crown Jewel Title and Champ vs Champ thing is a higher up decision, like either with Nick Khan or big boss Ari Emmanuel having it happen. You know HHH is heated he has to blow Cody vs GUNTHER this soon.
It still bothers me how judgement day is being utilised as a bunch of incompetent idiots, I feel like balor needed to win to keep some kind of legitimacy with the judgement day, but because priest & rhea are the hot wrestlers atm, judgement day had to suffer.
Drew punk and Swerve hangman is tough idk. A month ago i probably would have said Swerve page but now i dont know. Its flip a coint for me. Ill jist say punk drew since im a E drone but it is tough
Shouldn't the Saudi deal be up in 2028? Because it's supposed to be a 10 year deal that started in 2018 however it was also supposed to be 2 shows a year and thanks to the pandemic it became one in 2020 and 2021 so maybe they will extend until 2029 because of the shows they didn't do in those two years. Also I don't think the belt is ugly, I think it's just stupid. Braun Strowman had a belt for winning the Greatest Royal Rumble and that disappeared along with the trophy Undertaker won a couple of years ago in Saudi Arabia. I'm all for a Champion vs. Champion non title match but don't give them a belt just for winning. Is the belt supposed to be defended? If so what happens if Gunther wins but isn't World Heavyweight Champion at the next Crown Jewel?
Can someone please explain to me the idea of being burnt out because a match was too good in the begin of the show. I just don’t understand maybe because i never experience it happen to me but I seen so many PLE/PPV were their were banger matches in the beginning and middle of the card and it doesn’t affect the crowd or myself. I don’t understand the idea of a great match being the reason it ruins every other match I just don’t get it I need it to be explained.
Best cell for me since Batista vs HHH which is very underrated. I am honestly not a huge fan of End of an Era. Not bad but I just really don't like the Taker vs HHH matches much in general
I enjoyed the show 8/10 but the Judgement day matches were the low point of the show.I’m just over the judgement day storyline. I been predicting they’re going to drag it out till mania now with Raquel they’re definitely doing that. I’m already not the biggest Liv fan she doesn’t do it for me,the new Judgement Day feels so forced.They under delivered with Damian and Finn feud after SummerSlam because they’re being second fiddle to Rhea and liv story.The story is good but not great and the matches imo are overrated and just decent. I just want Rhea to win to finish this story and move on..
its really not that ugly imo lol its not the best title ive ever seen but its fine. to me the whole idea of it is dumber than the actual design of the title
hanger/swerve had the better matches of the 2 feuds imo but that cell match definitely gave punk/drew a few more points, they fought over a crotch bracelet, only one winner of this debate in my book aha side note: the commentary for the cell match was atrocious, Cole sounded the same as back in the Vince days, full shill mode rather than making a big deal about the level of violence that really hasnt been in wwe for yeeeeeeeeeeeeears.....sorry had to get that off my chest, really took me out of the match
Because of the rock...it makes cody and any title defence until then is pretty much pointless. I dont want the rock in a title match at all. However i would take it if they did a roman vs cody vs rock vs cm punk vs seth rollins vs kevin owens in a elimination chamber.
U as a fan of the rock expect rock to be in a chamber match in 2025 lol insane take. Rock is doing his mania match with Roman & getting back to Hollywood, it’s the only reason he came back this year but ofc u cody fans ruined that
@@Papellxhase i don't really have any biased toward any wrestler really. I dont really care...however no title defence can be believable when you know in several months time whats due to happen. Cody may as well go away during that time just like roman.
The Rock, famous Hollywood star with arguably the busiest acting schedule, is going to wrestle in a match full of injury-causing spots. Yes, definitely gonna happen.
Triple H’s worst PLE to date. Pushed the idea of an awful Saudi belt, that will only hurt creative every single year. Oldberg being introduced IN 2024!! WHY?! Botched ending to the Liv/Rhea match, Priest/Balor was a basic Judgement Day middle of Raw match on a 5 match PLE, the Main Event was just an advert for a match 6 MONTHS from now, and took the spot of a feud ending all-time great HIAC match. Plus all the production issues like Cody’s entrance being an complete mess. Thought it was absolutely horrible watch. Really put the bad in ‘Bad Blood’.
Mr Steve , I dont think the 1,2,3 that the Rock did was meaning the pin on Cody, think it was referring to Cody,Roman and Jimmy were now in his crosshairs, cause all 3 were in the ring.
the crowd booing as soon as hhh mentioned crown jewel and saudi arabia was hilarious
I hate that Vince signed that 10 year deal smh
I really want to make The Simpsons Boo-urns joke here. But I am choosing to take the mature path here.
dont worry that aint gonna change under TKO, saudis are an infinite money glitch @@Papellxhase
It’s funny, I was wondering why HHH looked so nervous. After he mentioned crown jewel, I was like, oh I see why.
Apparently even the operators know who Steve’s “guy in Pakistan” is lmao I love it
Someone reminded Triple H about that video game storyline where Night of Champions led to an actual Champion of Champions title, and here we are.
Saudi PLEs are like weird spin off episodes
That the network forces the creators to do.
It’s WWE’s version of “the musical episode”
Fuck could’ve sworn this was wrestling juice
I'm a sucker for oblong plates on titles so that Crown Jewel belt looks really nice to me. Probably has to do with nostalgia over the ROH TV Title that the likes of Ciampa, Jay Lethal, Roderick Strong, and many others held during the early to mid 2010s era of ROH.
I’m honestly kinda shocked Steve hates the Crown Jewel title given that he adores the Divas and spinner titles 😂 It’s all good tho Steve
Finn Balor is early 90's Tito Santana and I'm not saying that as an dunk - he's a very good veteran who isn't going to be jobbed out to everyone, but is there to put over new younger (in term of TV time) main event talent, while he still has to use TEW/EWR terms, overness to leak.
6:23 This is probably what Vince had envisioned for the Million Dollar Championship back in the day.
HHH shouldn't lie. He would have worn that round his head at wrestlemania
It’s like they took a diamond ring and hit it with an enlargement ray or something. It’s so oddly shaped.
Enlargement ray! 🤣🤣
enjoyed the Punk vs McIntyre match, popped for the bracelet beads spot. I was talking last week with someone at work and we were joking about stuff they could do in the match. Like have real glass in the cage, but never use it, or other silly stuff referencing his AEW days, but then I thought it would be funny if they did the thumbtack spot with the bad and instead of the thumbtacks, have the beads. When I saw that spot tonight I was at work watching, screamed out, they did the spot. LOL
Oh man! I did it, mom! I made it to a WrestleJuice thumbnail & video!!!
Seriously though, despite the very busy design of the Crown Jewel title, it's not the ugliest title in wrestling history. I'll put it slightly below average. If it wasn't connected to Saudi and with some minor tweaks, it can pass as a World title of a promotion.
I actually don't mind the title. But I wish that was a women's midcard title.
I swear there's not a single Steve video without a mention of Bloodline Vs. Bad Bloodline
Well I mean are you watching at all. That’s kinda what’s going on at the moment.
@@cdtnplyr I get that, but him constantly going "I think this is what's going to happen" when no, it's exactly what they're building to.
We have to suffer at least till March 2028 with these Crown Jewel messes 😩
I want to straight up be honest. People hated the Universal title but years later they ended up loving it. Some people even wanted it to go back to being red. This "championship" is more of bragging rights. He also said it was the men's and women's that will basically battle for this bragging rights "title". Right now I don't think it looks that bad. Especially when all you have is people complaining about WWE titles not looking good or not being more unique. So now they show you something that isn't even going to be carried around or really defended and it's only complaining about it being ugly. It's not even a real title that will be defended. Its basically like the Andre the Giant trophy that people win and never carry around. Like that Speed title no one really carries around either.
When he said it was female champ Vs female champ at Crown Royal, I thought the news was for a debuting female midcard belt. I didn’t think they actually meant Raw champ Vs Smackdown champ.
The ending and restart is a great loop😂😂
Omega level bloodline booking brother. That was good lol
HHH is his mind: yep i know this sucks too but what can we do, we still have four years of this.
Steve is Booker of the Year. Old Bloodline is a good idea, especially with the Trial stuff. Roman can even put on a YEET shirt.
I'm shocked to hear you say the title is ugly, I think it's unique and all the reviews I saw said they love it as well.
Peoples championship vs the Crown jewel championship
I think the Rhea vs Liv match botched at the end there. I don't think the ref was supposed to see Raquel attack Rhea. but he did so he had to call the DQ.
No way we are having liv vs nia, you may as well not even bother, just give it to nia, because we dont seem to care about anyone else other than rhea....
i thought dom was gonna do a dive onto a bunch of people….this was way better lol
Meh, that belt is just one of the things they do to appease the Saudis. That contract is massive, after all. WWE should just treat those shows as completely non-canonical. If the Saudis want to have their own championships & champions for their show...let 'em. Big fat meh all the way around from me. If I'm being honest, I don't think they should be doing the shows at all...but they do 'em, so it is what it is.
The Punk/McIntyre Hell In A Cell match tonight was really solid. It's the only part of the show I saw, but it was good...
As for Gunther v Goldberg, I don't want to see it either, and there's no way I'd pay a dime to watch it...but if Goldberg wants a retirement match WWE will certainly give him one, and Gunther is probably the right guy to send Goldberg out on his shield...
Tiffany having a failed cash-in would be stupid especially when the men’s briefcase was wasted already
Hot Take: That Crown Jewel title is actually not that bad, it is just for something stupid and associated with an event that people don't like.
I love standup guy Gunther more and more.
I honestly think the title looks great lol thats my hot take
Agree.
I don't know about "great" but seeing how Steve talking about that Twitter championship in a positive light, I dunno...
I guess my hot take would be that I love the way Romans matches start. It's a hold over from the vid era days but to me it's a welcome one.
Romans meandering, trash talking emotive interactions with everything and everyone from the crowd to the opponents to his own partner is a different kind of Pro Wrestling. it's almost like theater and I like a lot of it.
Kevin Owens didn’t turn heel, its the right way to react to Cody doing that
I feel like fans forget about Cody vs Seth in hiac. That match was awesome, besides Cody’s peck looking purple
Gunther is about to beat Cody for the weird "best of the best" title, and I just think that's such a great story. I think not beating Gunther should be the last straw that should make cody go full homelander (after every friend he has turns on him to break his spirit)
This title looks like pure trash. I doubt no one will want to keep it in their championship cases at home
Certainly not WrestleJuice
I keep hearing it's trash... no one saying... why. I like it because of the color scheme and it's over the top jewel scheme that reminds me of the bling bling hip-hop era.
If Gunther squashes Goldberg in a few minutes, I would be ok with a match between the two.
the best thing about this is atleast we get cody vs gunther
Come on man, you KNOW you want this title. Just imagine it sitting on yourself next to Roman's belt.
I actually want that title! It's what a title should be 👀
Punk and Drew is definitely a top 5 cell match of all time
Honestly its between the Cody Torn Pec HIAC or the Punk Drew Crimson Mask HIAC on which one if the best. The problem with End of an Era is that Undertaker won that match. The streak was still alive and Undertaker overcame multiple finishers and Shawn as the ref and he still won. That took me out of it and made Undertaker indestructible. He would then go on to lose to Lesnar and that was the biggest gut punch to the End of an Era's legacy.
🔥🔥Solo has become Samoa Joe 🤨
Doubt it’ll happen but god can you imagine what the render of that title would look like? 🤧
2:13 Someone needs to rewatch Triple H vs Taker Mania 28 or Triple H vs Shawn Michaels 2004 Vengeance.
The Rock didn't need to come back tonight. He could have came back at Saudi or such. If you're not gonna have the world titles be defended at the show and aren't gonna put the women's titles on the main event slot, have the hottest match that would be hard to follow to the main event.
I can't believe we are getting Gunther vs Goldberg (I would guess at Saudi or maybe even Mania)
thats the coolest title ever i love it
I actually like that title belt. It does look like a title you'd find in AEW, but still its not the worst looking title they have. Be interesting to see how it looks in real life and on a wrestler.
It's been over 10 years and Punk is still ceding main events to Dwayne. The more things change...
No reaction to Raquel was pretty funny and you could tell it bothered her. She looked pissed and seemed a bit confused on what to do. Such a messy ending to that match.
Match was all over the place. Rhea focusing more on dom than liv the entire match. Her coming out & the ref instantly calling a DQ. It didn’t give anyone time to react honestly because we were all like WTF just happened, confused on why the match just ended like that. It should’ve been she returning, rhea almost getting the win, & costing rhea & letting liv pin her which would’ve gotten a good reaction. But the botch made it a WTF moment
Yeah the Crown Jewel Title and Champ vs Champ thing is a higher up decision, like either with Nick Khan or big boss Ari Emmanuel having it happen.
You know HHH is heated he has to blow Cody vs GUNTHER this soon.
It still bothers me how judgement day is being utilised as a bunch of incompetent idiots, I feel like balor needed to win to keep some kind of legitimacy with the judgement day, but because priest & rhea are the hot wrestlers atm, judgement day had to suffer.
Drew punk and Swerve hangman is tough idk. A month ago i probably would have said Swerve page but now i dont know. Its flip a coint for me. Ill jist say punk drew since im a E drone but it is tough
Y’all got any of them… video phones?
Yeet SteveHere
What an intro.
Shouldn't the Saudi deal be up in 2028? Because it's supposed to be a 10 year deal that started in 2018 however it was also supposed to be 2 shows a year and thanks to the pandemic it became one in 2020 and 2021 so maybe they will extend until 2029 because of the shows they didn't do in those two years.
Also I don't think the belt is ugly, I think it's just stupid. Braun Strowman had a belt for winning the Greatest Royal Rumble and that disappeared along with the trophy Undertaker won a couple of years ago in Saudi Arabia. I'm all for a Champion vs. Champion non title match but don't give them a belt just for winning. Is the belt supposed to be defended? If so what happens if Gunther wins but isn't World Heavyweight Champion at the next Crown Jewel?
Hot take: the bloodline storyline sucks right now creatively and they are just cruising of star power and their past.
But...but...but the title is shiny.....dont you care about shiny things???
I love the gaudiness of the belt. I also love the idea of champ vs champ in Saudi. What's the problem?
The belt looks good. The problem is it is pointless.
I'm not mad at the design but I HATE what it represents
It looks like an AEW title only crappy. Like the front plate shape looks near identical to the AEW women's and International title.
Can someone please explain to me the idea of being burnt out because a match was too good in the begin of the show. I just don’t understand maybe because i never experience it happen to me but I seen so many PLE/PPV were their were banger matches in the beginning and middle of the card and it doesn’t affect the crowd or myself. I don’t understand the idea of a great match being the reason it ruins every other match I just don’t get it I need it to be explained.
Call me crazy but Gunther losing the title on Monday and then going to face Goldberg at crown jewel cause saudi folks love Goldberg 😂
Face vs. Face for men, Heel vs. Heel for women.
If Cody wins against Gunther, I would be annoyed.
Best cell for me since Batista vs HHH which is very underrated. I am honestly not a huge fan of End of an Era. Not bad but I just really don't like the Taker vs HHH matches much in general
Goldberg vs R-Truth
So the 24//7 titel looks so much better now... and still not good lol
NGL it would be more suitable as an Elimination chamber title. Just because of the shape of the main plate. not a fan of the belt otherwise.
The title is a good idea, it's just an annual trophy that brings back the old "champion vs champion" tradition.
Did see Kevin Owens attack Cody
Pakistani guy is workin overtime these days 😂
Several/Hangman character work, longer term story telling and matches were simply better than Punk/Drew
I enjoyed the show 8/10 but the Judgement day matches were the low point of the show.I’m just over the judgement day storyline. I been predicting they’re going to drag it out till mania now with Raquel they’re definitely doing that. I’m already not the biggest Liv fan she doesn’t do it for me,the new Judgement Day feels so forced.They under delivered with Damian and Finn feud after SummerSlam because they’re being second fiddle to Rhea and liv story.The story is good but not great and the matches imo are overrated and just decent. I just want Rhea to win to finish this story and move on..
Swerve and Hangman by a mile
its really not that ugly imo lol its not the best title ive ever seen but its fine. to me the whole idea of it is dumber than the actual design of the title
hanger/swerve had the better matches of the 2 feuds imo but that cell match definitely gave punk/drew a few more points, they fought over a crotch bracelet, only one winner of this debate in my book aha
side note: the commentary for the cell match was atrocious, Cole sounded the same as back in the Vince days, full shill mode rather than making a big deal about the level of violence that really hasnt been in wwe for yeeeeeeeeeeeeears.....sorry had to get that off my chest, really took me out of the match
1st Like! Put your ☝🏼 up for me The OTC of the Like Button!
10:09 😂
Because of the rock...it makes cody and any title defence until then is pretty much pointless.
I dont want the rock in a title match at all. However i would take it if they did a roman vs cody vs rock vs cm punk vs seth rollins vs kevin owens in a elimination chamber.
U as a fan of the rock expect rock to be in a chamber match in 2025 lol insane take. Rock is doing his mania match with Roman & getting back to Hollywood, it’s the only reason he came back this year but ofc u cody fans ruined that
@@Papellxhase I'm not a fan of the rock. I actually cannot stand his fakeness
@@Papellxhase i don't really have any biased toward any wrestler really. I dont really care...however no title defence can be believable when you know in several months time whats due to happen. Cody may as well go away during that time just like roman.
The Rock, famous Hollywood star with arguably the busiest acting schedule, is going to wrestle in a match full of injury-causing spots. Yes, definitely gonna happen.
@@CulEdz no sh1t cos dwayne is a meecrob, he is a roided up freak who lies all the time, I really wish he ain't even there.
Pink and Drew are fighting over a bracelet...
Hangman burnt down Swerve's house for cutting a promo over his daughter's crib.
They are not the same.
They obviously weren't fighting over a bracelet just like Swerve's house wasn't just a house. (Why do people keep trying the "bracelet" thing)
WWE has too many belts!
Ice Cold Take. We've been stuck with terrible titles for years now, and THIS is the one you don't like? This is better than anything in the company
Thanks for reading mine, Steve. Yeah, I know, it's The Rock, but still.
I don’t think it’s that ugly just what it represents is pretty dumb
Man, Drew Punk does not come close to Swerve V Hangman. Both are good, but only one is Legen(wait for it)dary.
nia wins the crown jewel title. tiffy cashes in and wins the sd title. Both are champs. Friendship not over.
What did you think of Kevin beating cody up backstage
I talk about it in the video :)
@@WrestleJuice i seen i ask it before I watch it all
@@lloydallen6497 haha gotcha
@WrestleJuice I have been waiting for owens to turn for about a year now I think he is way better heel than a face
Drew vs Punk is 100% feud of the year
Triple H’s worst PLE to date.
Pushed the idea of an awful Saudi belt, that will only hurt creative every single year. Oldberg being introduced IN 2024!! WHY?! Botched ending to the Liv/Rhea match, Priest/Balor was a basic Judgement Day middle of Raw match on a 5 match PLE, the Main Event was just an advert for a match 6 MONTHS from now, and took the spot of a feud ending all-time great HIAC match. Plus all the production issues like Cody’s entrance being an complete mess.
Thought it was absolutely horrible watch. Really put the bad in ‘Bad Blood’.
You're trying waaaay too hard
Mr Steve , I dont think the 1,2,3 that the Rock did was meaning the pin on Cody, think it was referring to Cody,Roman and Jimmy were now in his crosshairs, cause all 3 were in the ring.