John Cena’s Replacement Confirmed For WWE Crown Jewel, Brackets Revealed

This week’s episode of WWE Monday Night Raw was the go-home show for WWE Crown Jewel, and the company made a big change to the World Cup tournament.

During Raw, Bobby Lashley defeated Finn Balor, and acting General Manager Baron Corbin said that he was impressed with Lashley’s performance, so he added him to the tournament. Lashley told Corbin he though the tournament was full, and Corbin referenced John Cena when he told Lashley that he was replacing “someone who didn’t qualify.”

WWE Crown Jewel has become quite controversial, and it was recently reported that John Cena recently informed WWE officials that he would not be traveling to Saudi Arabia for the event.

WWE also announced the following first round matches for the World Cup tournament:

Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley
Kurt Angle vs. Dolph Ziggler
Jeff Hardy vs. The Miz
Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton

You can check out the current card for WWE Crown Jewel below.

Universal Championship Match
Braun Strowman vs. Brock Lesnar

WWE Championship Match
AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match
The Bar vs. The New Day

D-Generation X vs. The Brothers of Destruction

WWE World Cup
Bobby Lashley, Randy Orton, Kurt Angle, The Miz, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio