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Crown Jewel is packed with some of WWE’s biggest stars as the company continues to lay out its stories for Survivor Series, but the event is truly about three men.

Logan Paul, LA Knight and Drew McIntyre.

Paul has his best chance to finally win gold in WWE when he faces Rey Mysterio for the United States championship.

Knight gets an opportunity to stamp himself as a main event star even if he doesn’t pull off the unthinkable and end Roman Reigns’ historic reign as Undisputed WWE Universal champion.

McIntyre will look to become a world champion in WWE for the third time and the first with fans back as he is a huge threat to dethroning Seth Rollins as World Heavyweight champion.

The Judgment Day and its simmering turmoil needs to be watched with JD McDonagh, Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley all in action.

With plenty at stake at Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday afternoon, with a start time of 1 p.m. on Peacock, The Post’s Joseph Staszewski takes a crack at predictions for the full match card.

Sami Zayn over JD McDonagh (Preshow)

Zayn came out on Raw this week and made it his mission to take down The Judgment Day, however long it takes.

Beating McDonagh — who is not an official member of the group — and possibly surviving some of the numbers game will set a good foundation before he goes after the bigger names in the group.

Cody Rhodes over Damian Priest

I can see this ending in a DQ as WWE may not want either man to take a loss at this point.

Priest winning would signal just how much WWE believes in him and his Mr. Money in the Bank status.

Rhodes, outside of a loss to Brock Lesnar, has remained greatly protected as he marches toward WrestleMania 40, and it’s hard to see that ending here.

Priest and The Judgment Day may end up more interested in hurting Rhodes than beating him.

John Cena over Solo Sikoa

Cena has vowed to end his streak of more than 2,000 days since his last televised singles win against Triple H at the Greatest Royal Rumble, also in Saudi Arabia.

He has labeled this a must-win to prove he still has something left.

Cena will make Sikoa look great in this match, taking a heck of a beating before rallying late.

Paul Heyman put Sikoa’s Samoan Spike over as a death knell on Cena’s career.

I’d love for it to take three Attitude Adjustments or a Super AA for Cena to finally win.

WWE likes giving Saudi shows moments like this and Cena, not knowing how many matches he has in this run, will deliver it.

Rhea Ripley (c) over Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Raquel Rodriguez, Zoey Stark

The use of women in these Saudi events continues to evolve, with this being the first female fatal five-way at one.

Ripley remains one of WWE’s most prestigious wrestlers right now and has only defended her championship five times on TV since beating Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania.

Despite her not needing to get pinned to lose, it’s hard to see WWE wasting a title change here.

That is especially true after WWE teased Ripley vs. Becky Lynch.

The champ will find an opportune moment — probably to pin Stark or Rodriguez — thanks to help from Dominik Mysterio or a cross from the other participants.

Iyo Sky retains the WWE Women’s championship against Bianca Belair

Man, this is a tricky one.

How quickly this came together makes this feel like a stepping stone to something bigger at Survivor Series.

Damage CTRL likely does something that causes Belair to win by DQ because it’s hard to see her getting her shoulders pinned in her first big match back.

Getting screwed over would give Belair a reason to align with Charlotte Flair and Asuka at Survivor Series.

Logan Paul over Rey Mysterio (c) to win the United States championship

There is no better time to have Paul win his first championship in WWE.

All of this feels set up too perfectly with some pretty heavy promotion.

Paul, who has no more current boxing obligations, called out Mysterio after he defeated Dillon Danis.

Mysterio then responded to it in an interview with The Post and other media outlets.

Paul beating a Hall of Famer in Mysterio for the United States championship gives the win some added gravitas and would give Saudi Arabia and Crown Jewel its signature and viral moment.     

Seth Rollins (c) over Drew McIntyre to retain the World Heavyweight championship

The best thing about Rollins’ feuds as World Heavyweight champion is that it feels like he goes into each match with a legitimate chance to lose.

This is the case again versus a little nastier version of McIntyre, a two-time WWE champion.

McIntyre hasn’t gone full heel yet, carefully walking that tightrope as a tweener.

Something will need to push him over the edge, and a loss to Rollins just might do it.

How they get to the finish will be so important.

Can see McIntyre’s full heel turn and his decision to have Rollins at 100 percent backfiring and leading him into joining The Judgment Day after Ripley was seen talking to him backstage.

Roman Reigns over LA Knight to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal championship

If WWE didn’t crown Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39 with the story and momentum he had, it’s hard to see them doing so with Knight in Saudi Arabia, no matter how hot he is right now.

This is about getting us to Survivor Series and giving Knight the shared pain of being screwed over by The Bloodline that the rest of WWE’s babyfaces have.

There are so many moving parts in this story now, it’s hard to pinpoint one way for Knight to get screwed over.

But what makes the most sense is the loose alliance between The Judgment Day and The Bloodline having a role in setting up an epic team-up and WarGames showdown at Survivor Series.

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