Four WWE Superstars, led by Oba Femi, have stood out in October without a match on the Crown Jewel card. The Nov. 7 event at Riyadh Season Stadium has three bouts announced so far. Since Money in the Bank on Oct. 10, these four have collected wins, title shots, and new rivals.
Oba Femi Keeps Toppling The Biggest WWE Superstars
Femi defeated Brock Lesnar on Night Two of WrestleMania 42 on April 19. Lesnar won the rematch at Clash in Italy on May 31, handing Femi a first main-roster singles loss. At Night of Champions on June 27, the two-time NXT Champion won the King of the Ring tournament by beating Jey Uso in the final. The tournament prize was a world title match at SummerSlam, which the 2026 King of the Ring turned down to settle the score with Lesnar. Femi beat Lesnar inside Hell in a Cell on Aug. 1.
Bronson Reed lost to Femi at Money in the Bank in New Orleans, even after landing a shot with brass knuckles and a Tsunami. On the Oct. 12 Raw, a promo mocking Reed included a warning that the entire roster would have to bend the knee. Paul Heyman interrupted with an offer, calling Femi the future of WWE. Femi rejected the offer, claimed to be “an Oba Femi guy,” and knocked the microphone out of Heyman’s hand.
IYO SKY Has Become Chelsea Green’s Raw Ally
IYO SKY beat Liv Morgan in the Queen of the Ring final at Night of Champions in Riyadh, earning a Women’s World Championship match. Morgan retained against SKY on Night One of SummerSlam on Aug. 1. SKY later missed out on Money in the Bank, losing a triple-threat qualifier won by Roxanne Perez.
SKY declared for a shot at Raquel Rodriguez’s Women’s Intercontinental Championship on the Oct. 12 Raw. On the Oct. 19 Raw, WWE Women’s Champion Chelsea Green crossed over from SmackDown to team with SKY against Rodriguez and Perez. The Queen of the Ring countered a Tejana Bomb and scored the pinfall on the Women’s Intercontinental Champion. SKY and Rodriguez are scheduled to meet on the Oct. 26 Raw.
Roxanne Perez Took Her Fight To SmackDown
Perez announced surgery to remove a benign mass in February 2026. Back in action in June, the two-time NXT Women’s Champion lost a four-way first-round Queen of the Ring match won by SKY. Perez competed in the women’s Money in the Bank ladder match on Oct. 10, which Stratton won.
Green fell to Perez’s Pop Rox on the Oct. 12 Raw, with Morgan and Rodriguez involved at ringside. On the same show, Perez demanded a WWE Women’s Championship match, and Pearce pointed the request toward SmackDown. The bout took place on the Oct. 23 SmackDown.
With the referee distracted, Rodriguez pushed Green off the top rope. SKY then came out from Raw and dealt with the interference. Green retained with the Un-Pretty-Her. After the bell, Perez, Morgan, and Rodriguez attacked the champion and SKY until Stratton ran in.
Chad Gable Keeps Surviving Intercontinental Title Defenses
After winning a seven-man gauntlet match on Raw, Chad Gable took the Intercontinental Championship from Penta on Night Two of SummerSlam on Aug. 2 in Minneapolis. Rey Fenix tapped to the Ankle Lock in a title defense on the Oct. 12 Raw, and the champion helped the challenger up afterward. Ethan Page attacked Fenix backstage on the same show before Gable stepped in.
Gable retained again on Oct. 19, rolling up Rey Mysterio in a triple threat that also included Dragon Lee. Page and Big Cass attacked all three men after the bell, and the Intercontinental Championship ended up raised over the fallen champion. Gable and Lee face Cass and Page on the Oct. 26 Raw.
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End Of My WWE Superstars Rant
The Crown Jewel card has room to grow, and these five names have made the strongest case for a spot. Femi has beaten Lesnar twice and told Heyman no, face to face. A man with that record belongs in Riyadh. Gable keeps beating challengers with Page circling, and an Intercontinental Championship defense in Saudi Arabia writes itself.
The women’s side is even louder. SKY won Queen of the Ring, has backed Green on two brands, and deserves a Women’s Intercontinental Championship match in Riyadh. Vaquer has a Crown Jewel title on the résumé and a shot at Morgan within reach. Perez came up short against Green, but the Judgment Day member keeps getting closer. Every one of these five has done enough in October to earn a place on the show.
