The event aired via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and featured wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.

The fourth Crown Jewel, and eighth overall event in the Saudi Arabian partnership, was announced on May 23, 2022, and was scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at Mrsool Park—this marked the second Crown Jewel to take place at this venue after the inaugural 2018 event, which was held there when it was previously referred to as King Saud University Stadium (renamed in 2020).

The event aired on pay-per-view worldwide and was available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets.

[3][4] On November 1, 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia may be subject to a targeted attack by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps amid the Mahsa Amini protests simultaneously taking place.

[6] PWInsider reported that WWE would be going forward with the event and that the company had security protocols and emergency contingencies in place if something were to happen, but were hopeful that there would be no issues.

This led to a social media exchange, resulting in Paul appearing on the September 16 episode of SmackDown[12] where he confronted The Bloodline to invite Reigns to a press conference in Las Vegas the following day.

[16] On the October 10 episode of Raw, The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio, and Rhea Ripley) called out AJ Styles to join their stable, as Styles and Bálor used to be teammates in the Bullet Club in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

[19] On the following episode of SmackDown, Kross was scheduled to compete in a fatal four-way match to determine the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship.

However, before SmackDown went on air, Kross was involved in a car accident (kayfabe) and was attacked by McIntyre while receiving help, rendering him unable to compete.

[20] The following week, McIntyre announced that he would be facing Kross in a Steel Cage match at Crown Jewel.

[21] During Braun Strowman's match on the October 14 episode of SmackDown, Omos and his manager MVP of the Raw brand appeared in the crowd.

[22] At Extreme Rules, Bianca Belair defeated Bayley in a Ladder match to retain the Raw Women's Championship.

[23] On the October 14 episode of SmackDown, Sheamus and Solo Sikoa competed in a fatal four-way match to earn an opportunity at the Intercontinental Championship.

During the match, Bloodline members Sami Zayn and Jey Uso interfered on Sikoa's behalf.

[24] After being absent for a few weeks due to an attack by Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, and Iyo Sky),[25] Alexa Bliss and Asuka made their return on the October 31 episode of Raw.

That night, they challenged Sky and Kai to a match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship and defeated them to win the titles.

[27] During the October 31 episode of Raw, it was announced that Bray Wyatt would be making an appearance at Crown Jewel.

Since his return, he had made cryptic promos about his future, while also being haunted by a figure from his past named Uncle Howdy, who first appeared on the October 28 episode of SmackDown.

After the match officially began, Lashley performed a spear on Lesnar, who rolled out of the ring and hobbled at ringside.

[29] Next, Alexa Bliss and Asuka defended the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky).

[29] In the fourth match, The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio, accompanied by Rhea Ripley) faced The O.C.

On the stage, Bayley performed a Bayley-to-Bayley suplex on Belair onto the floor, but both women stood before the ten count.

Wyatt then stated that he became a monster (seemingly referring to his "Fiend" persona) and he wanted to change and rewrite his story.

After Logan re-entered the ring, Reigns performed a superman punch and a spear on Paul to retain the championships.

[33] After the event, Logan Paul took to social media to reveal that he had suffered a torn meniscus, MCL, and potentially his ACL during his match.

[37] Brock Lesnar's next appearance occurred on Raw Is XXX on January 23, 2023, where he caused Bobby Lashley to lose his United States Championship match.

[41] On the following episode of SmackDown, The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa, Sami Zayn, and Paul Heyman) addressed the fans in attendance, as well as their respective wins at Crown Jewel, only for The Brawling Brutes (Butch and Ridge Holland) to interrupt.

Drew McIntyre joined the fray in favor of the Brutes and the brawl continued as the show ended.

Later that night, after Butch defeated Zayn in a first round match of the SmackDown World Cup tournament, another brawl between The Bloodline and The Brawling Brutes followed, after which, Kevin Owens made his return from injury and revealed himself as the fifth member of Sheamus' team with Owens also having previous issues with The Bloodline.