WWE Crown Jewel could rank as the company’s least-watched premium live event of 2026, according to Dave Meltzer.

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer estimated that the event attracted between 1.2 million and 1.3 million views. That would put it behind the roughly two million views he said most WWE premium live events have been drawing this year.

The figures remain an estimate, with WWE yet to release official viewership numbers.

“It appears that the pay-per-view, Crown Jewel, did much lower than most of the pay-per-views this year, maybe even the lowest,” Meltzer said. “I don’t have the number, but I have enough numbers of things in different places to where you can kind of feel it’s about 1.2, maybe 1.3 million views. And most of the pay-per-views are closer to two.”

Meltzer pointed to weaker Google search activity, audience responses and figures from individual markets as signs that interest was down. In the November 8 Wrestling Observer Daily Update, he reported approximately 57,000 Google searches for Crown Jewel, compared with around 200,000 for most WWE premium live events.

He also questioned whether the Crown Jewel Championships give viewers enough reason to tune in. This year marked the third consecutive event to crown both men’s and women’s winners.

“The idea of these Crown Jewel championships, now that we’ve done it for a couple years and it means nothing, people don’t go out of their way to see it,” Meltzer said. “That’s the reality of it. It wasn’t a draw.”

Crown Jewel took place on November 7 at The Venue in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, following a move from Riyadh Season Stadium.

Roman Reigns defeated Sami Zayn to claim the men’s Crown Jewel Championship, while Chelsea Green beat Liv Morgan to win the women’s version. Green’s celebrations were cut short when Tiffany Stratton cashed in her Money in the Bank contract and took the WWE Women’s Championship.

Elsewhere, Cody Rhodes defeated Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match, and Penta and Je’Von Evans captured the World Tag Team Championship from Bron Breakker and Austin Theory.

Meltzer also reported that a planned Gunther versus Finn Balor match was left off the card after Gunther decided against travelling to Saudi Arabia. Separately, Fightful Select reported that Bronson Reed remained in the country with rib and kidney injuries following the event.

The show streamed through the ESPN app in the United States and Netflix internationally.

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