Il 1º novembre è stato annunciato che [[Shinsuke Nakamura]] dovrà difendere lo [[WWE United States Championship|United States Championship]] contro [[Rusev]] nel ''Kick-off'' di Crown Jewel.
=== Struttura del torneo per la WWE World Cup ===
{{Torneo-quarti||RD1='''Quarti di finale'''<br><small>2 novembre [[2018]] (Crown Jewel)|RD2='''Semifinali'''<br><small>2 novembre 2018 (Crown Jewel)|RD3='''Finale'''<br><small>2 novembre 2018 (Crown Jewel)|RD1-seed1=''[[WWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''|RD1-seed2=''SmackDown''|RD1-seed3=''SmackDown''|RD1-seed4=''SmackDown''|RD1-seed5=''[[WWE Raw|Raw]]''|RD1-seed6=''Raw''|RD1-seed7=''Raw''|RD1-seed8=''Raw''|RD1-team1='''[[The Miz]]'''|RD1-team2=[[Jeff Hardy]]|RD1-score1=Schienamento|RD1-score2=07:05|RD1-team3=[[Randy Orton]]|RD1-team4='''[[Rey Mysterio]]'''|RD1-score3=05:30|RD1-score4=Schienamento|RD1-team5='''[[Seth Rollins]]'''|RD1-team6=[[Bobby Lashley]]|RD1-score5=Schienamento|RD1-score6=05:30|RD1-team7=[[Kurt Angle]]|RD1-team8='''[[Dolph Ziggler]]'''|RD1-score7=08:10|RD1-score8=Schienamento|RD2-team1='''The Miz'''|RD2-team2=Rey Mysterio|RD2-score1=Schienamento|RD2-score2=11:15|RD2-team3=Seth Rollins|RD2-team4='''Dolph Ziggler'''|RD2-score3=13:05|RD2-score4=Schienamento|RD3-team1='''[[Shane McMahon]]'''<ref>[[Shane McMahon]] ha sostituito [[The Miz]], che si è infortunato prima del match.</ref>|RD3-team2=Dolph Ziggler|RD3-score1=Schienamento|RD3-score2=02:30|RD2-seed1=''SmackDown''|RD2-seed2=''SmackDown''|RD2-seed3=''Raw''|RD2-seed4=''Raw''|RD3-seed1=''SmackDown''|RD3-seed2=''Raw''}}