Biggest Takeaways from WWE Crown Jewel 2021 Results | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

After having a month to build to this and announcing a new show called The Build To—which shows it understands the concept of preparing in advance—WWE waited until yesterday to reveal a Kickoff match.

Then, at the start of the pre-show, it was announced Bobby Lashley vs. Goldberg had been changed from No Holds Barred to Falls Count Anywhere, while the Universal Championship match suddenly became No Disqualification.

No less than 15 minutes later, Kayla Braxton made the announcement that Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar would no longer be fighting in a No Disqualification match. Instead, it was reverted back to a regular match without any stipulation.

Did WWE purposely do these switches just to get people talking? If so, mission accomplished, but the buzz on Twitter was about how stupid and disorganized everyone must be and how disappointed people were that the gimmick was pulled, rather than positive chatter.

Or, more likely, does WWE have such horrible communication issues that nobody can effectively strategize without contradicting each other, so much so that embarrassing flubs like this are happening at the 11th hour?

The finishes for these matches should have been in the works weeks ago. That speaks to negligence or a lack of preparation, as even a last-minute change should only be one adjustment, not two.