Who are the current champions in WWE? Who do I think will beat them for the title?
Here is a list of all the WWE Superstars who are holding a title right now and some predictions for who may dethrone them to become the next champion.
UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes
Prediction for Next Champion: ???
Explanation: I'm not entirely positive Rhodes will walk out of WrestleMania 42 with the title, to be honest, but I'm going to bank on the Randy Orton feud not going in that direction. .
WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE World Heavyweight Champion: CM Punk
Prediction for Next Champion: Bron Breakker or Roman Reigns and then Bron Breakker
Explanation: This creative group has a fascination with the idea that you can't just win the title. You have to dance around it and win it on your second, if not third or more attempt. Breakker wasn't given the belt at the beginning of the year, and injuries to The Vision got in the way of the story they wanted to tell even then, but I do think Breakker is coming back around to this belt. My question is whether it goes to Roman Reigns, who then drops it to Breakker at SummerSlam, or if Punk retains at WrestleMania and eventually drops it to Breakker even before SummerSlam—whenever Breakker is back from his injury.
WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Undisputed Women's Champion: Jade Cargill
Prediction for Next Champion: Bianca Belair
Explanation: Until proven otherwise, I think Bianca Belair wins this, and that it would have happened at WrestleMania 42 if she wasn't still injured. It could certainly go to Rhea Ripley, particularly if they think it will be quite a while for Belair to come back to action.
WWE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's World Champion: Stephanie Vaquer
Prediction for Next Champion: Liv Morgan
Explanation: By the time WrestleMania will have come around, Vaquer will have had a long enough reign with the belt that I think WWE will want to move on and go back to Morgan for. Morgan is easier to write stories for, and they value promos over everything else. Plus, it's not like Morgan isn't worthy of regaining that belt after having proven herself over the years. If you're looking for someone to beat Vaquer, Morgan is as good of an option as you could get, so the title change might as well happen.
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Intercontinental Champion: Penta
Prediction for Next Champion: ???
WWE WOMEN'S INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion: AJ Lee
Prediction for Next Champion: Roxanne Perez
Explanation: It has to go from Lee to Perez, right? That's the match you do, for both of them given their tight bond and how Perez would be a perfect person to hold this title.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE United States Champion: Sami Zayn
Prediction for Next Champion: Trick Williams
Explanation: WrestleMania.
WWE WOMEN'S UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's United States Champion: Giulia
Prediction for Next Champion: Tiffany Stratton
Explanation: WrestleMania. I'd assume if Stratton doesn't win it from Giulia, it'll be Jordynne Grace or Chelsea Green, eventually, when they're not injured, but I'll go with Tiffy first.
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current World Tag Team Champions: The Vision (Austin Theory & Logan Paul)
Prediction for Next Champions: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso)
Explanation: Either they win the titles back at WrestleMania, or they win them back afterward. It depends on what they book. If it's a six-man tag at Mania, then obviously, it'll be after.
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Tag Team Champions: Damian Priest & R-Truth
Prediction for Next Champions: The Motor City Machine Guns
Explanation: I'm curious where The Street Profits are, and I think they could come back and end up getting a big swing of momentum toward these titles, but for now, The Motor City Machine Guns turning heel seems like a strong possibility to me.
WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: The Irresistible Forces (Lash Legend & Nia Jax)
Prediction for Next Champions: Literally any team is an option
Explanation: I had a feeling WWE would change the titles before Mania, just like they did with the Iyo Sky title change last year. This seems to be their answer of how to "keep things interesting" when it's really just to hot potato stuff. Legend and Jax will hold the belts until at least WrestleMania, and then, it depends on who they're up against. They could walk out as the champs, but without knowing who they're fighting, it's impossible to predict with any real value.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Champion: Joe Hendry
Prediction for Next Champions: Ricky Saints
Explanation: Saints is the easy option, so they could go with an outlier just to be different and unpredictable. However, being predictable doesn't inherently mean it is the wrong decision. My guess is the belt goes from Hendry to Saints to Tony D'Angelo, but if they have a feud in mind to do Hendry against Ethan Page, I could see that making Saints have to wait this out a bit and for someone else to swoop in for that next heel champion role.
NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Women's Champion: Jacy Jayne
Prediction for Next Champion: Jaida Parker? Sol Ruca? Lola Vice?
Explanation: I can't tell if they want to put the belt on Sol Ruca, or if they want to move her up to the main roster and pivot to someone else like Jaida Parker instead, or if this is the belt Lola Vice is going to go after, but I feel like it is likely between one of those three. Zaria is another option, but they seem to love having her lose instead.
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current North American Champion: Myles Borne
Prediction for Next Champion: Charlie Dempsey
Explanation: Birthright has a claim to this in a handful of options, and Jackson Drake is also someone to watch out for once he loses the EVOLVE title, and I wouldn't count out someone like Keanu Carver, either. But out of all the options, Dempsey is either going to be a challenger who puts over Borne, or the next in line, and I'm hoping it's the latter.
NXT WOMEN'S NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Women's North American Champion: Tatum Paxley
Prediction for Next Champion: Blake Monroe
Explanation: I guess Monroe's win over Jaida Parker at Vengeance Day will propel her to a title shot at Stand & Deliver and she'll win the title back that she was never planned to lose to Thea Hail?
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor & Ricky Smokes)
Prediction for Next Champions: OTM
Explanation: OTM continues to be a team WWE keeps going back to for random pushes, so they must like them enough to want to give them the ball at some point. I could see a makeshift team being forged in the coming months (I'm writing this on February 24th) like Sean Legacy and Eli Knight or whatever, too, but Bronco Nima and Lucien Price are the safest prediction.
WWE SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Speed Champions: TBD
Prediction for Next Champions: EK Prosper
Explanation: Elio LeFleur didn't get any chance to defend this belt before getting injured. Since we don't know yet who is in the tournament to crown a new champion, it's anyone's guess, but EK Prosper is as good a guess as anyone.
WWE SPEED WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Speed Women's Champions: Wren Sinclair
Prediction for Next Champions: Thea Hail
Explanation: I could see them giving this belt to Hail to compensate for the North American title situation, in a weird way of being like "See? We do value you. Just not THAT much right now." At least, I hope she's in the running for this, as Hail's great. Good on Sinclair on winning this, too, for that matter. It seems this is going to be a more lower-card title, so if it isn't Hail, it could be any number of others, including Lainey Reid, even.
NXT HERITAGE CUP
Current NXT Heritage Cup Champion: Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
Prediction for Next Champions: n/a
Explanation: I've been saying for years that they should retire this. It seems like they've just decided not to feature it anymore, but haven't removed it from the site or given any explanation to it. So what are we doing here?
MEN'S WWE EVOLVE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE EVOLVE Champion: Aaron Rourke
Prediction for Next Champions: Kam Hendrix or Harlem Lewis
Explanation: I didn't expect Aaron Rourke to be the guy to beat Jackson Drake, so any number of people could be the next in line instead of Hendrix or Lewis, but those are the two positioned most clearly at the top right now and the safest bets.
WOMEN'S WWE EVOLVE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE EVOLVE Women's Champion: Vacated
Prediction for Next Champions: PJ Vasa
Explanation: If they wanted it to be on Tyra Mae Steele, I think they would have given it to her over Kendal Grey in that "final evolution" match defense. Instead, I think PJ Vasa wins this and Steele is eventually built up as the person to beat her for it, but they could also go in a few other directions. I wouldn't be opposed to Wendy Choo winning it next, for instance.
MEN'S WWE ID CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE ID Women's Champion: Cappuccino Jones
Prediction for Next Champions: n/a
Explanation: It isn't worth trying to predict how people who aren't truly signed to the company can win titles on house shows that aren't aired.
WOMEN'S WWE ID CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE ID Women's Champion: Laynie Luck
Prediction for Next Champions: n/a
Explanation: There's no use in predicting it, to be honest, just the same as the men's.
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