Who are the current champions in WWE?
Who do I think will beat them for the title?
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Champion: Big E
Prediction for Next Champion: ?????
Explanation: I have no idea at the moment!
WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Universal Champion: Roman Reigns
Prediction for Next Champion: No idea.
Explanation: I'm confident WWE has absolutely no plan right now for who the next in line may be. The idea is just "Reigns will retain until we think of something or we need to put the belt on someone else for some reason."
RAW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Raw Women's Champion: Charlotte Flair
Prediction for Next Champion: Bianca Belair
Explanation: Call me crazy, but I'm looking ahead to the idea that Bianca Belair could move to Raw in the draft and be the one to beat Flair. If not, maybe they eventually push Mia Yim into that kind of spot or Toni Storm?
SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current SmackDown Women's Champion: Becky Lynch
Prediction for Next Champion: No idea.
Explanation: Legitimately no idea.
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Intercontinental Champion: Shinsuke Nakamura
Prediction for Next Champion: A Raw Superstar
Explanation: I was surprised about Nakamura's win over Apollo Crews. My first impression immediately after that is to say "Nakamura will drop it to someone who may be on Raw or NXT right now, but will move over to SmackDown during the 2021 WWE Draft." Someone like Elias after he's repackaged? But maybe it goes to someone like Seth Rollins to put a spotlight on that belt.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current United States Champion: Damian Priest
Prediction for Next Champion: Karrion Kross
Explanation: If not Kross, maybe someone like AJ Styles gets the belt just to be a big name in that mix, but I'm leaning toward The Tollman.
RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Raw Tag Team Champions: RK-Bro
Prediction for Next Champions: Two people who aren't in a team yet
Explanation: I don't think an established team at the time RK-Bro won the titles will be next in line (a la Mace and T-Bar, Mansoor and Mustafa Ali, Viking Raiders, New Day, AJ Styles and Omos, Lucha House Party or Veer and Shanky). Instead, I think it'll either be a SmackDown team or, more than likely, a new team that is forged in the meantime. I'm leaning toward the latter because WWE tends to like doing that, particularly on Raw. Maybe even Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez win it or something, if they move over to Raw in the draft.
SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current SmackDown Tag Team Champions: The Usos
Prediction for Next Champions: The Street Profits
Explanation: The Street Profits would make sense, but we're not going to know even what teams are available until after the draft, so don't put a lot of stock in that.
WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Women's Tag Team Champions: Nikki A.S.H. and Rhea Ripley
Prediction for Next Champions: Nox and Shotzi
Explanation: Nox and Shotzi have twice won No. 1 contender matches, but Ripley and A.S.H. got the titles before they had a chance to win them. That doesn't give me a lot of confidence Nox and Shotzi will win the belts next by any means, but I'm left not having any other ideas in mind of who could contend for them. Maybe down the line, we get BayMella back?
WWE 24/7 CHAMPIONSHIP
Current 24/7 Champion: Reginald Thomas
Prediction for Next Champion: n/a
Explanation: By its sheer nature, WWE will literally do completely random things with this title at completely random moments and none of it will mean absolutely anything. That means there's ZERO point in trying to predict who the next champion will be. The general rule of thumb, though, is that if it's not currently on R-Truth, he'll probably be the next champion or the one after that. If not R-Truth, it's usually either Akira Tozawa or Drew Gulak.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Champion: Tommaso Ciampa
Prediction for Next Champions: Pete Dunne
Explanation: A bit ago, I didn't think Samoa Joe would be back in the ring beating Karrion Kross. Then, I didn't think Joe would have to vacate the title. Then, I thought Kyle O'Reilly would win the Fatal 4-Way and he was taken out. Then, I thought that meant Pete Dunne was the easy pick to win the title, but Ciampa won it. Clearly, I have no idea!
NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Women's Champion: Raquel Gonzalez
Prediction for Next Champion: Franky Monet
Explanation: Monet is a big enough name with enough history behind her that it would make sense if she won the title next.
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current North American Champion: Isaiah "Swerve" Scott
Prediction for Next Champion: Josh Briggs
Explanation: Total shot in the dark.
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: MSK
Prediction for Next Champions: Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan
Explanation: I had thought Imperium, but with Burch back in action, it's not crazy to think they give the titles back to The Brit-Am Brawlers.
NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: Io Shirai and Zoey Stark
Prediction for Next Champions: Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne
Explanation: Well, my Tian Sha pick sure went out the window, didn't it? Now, it seems Dolin and Jayne, partnered with Mandy Rose, would make the most sense.
NXT CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Cruiserweight Champion: Roderick Strong
Prediction for Next Champion: No idea
Explanation: Strong should stay champion for a considerable reign. It doesn't need to be a year or anything, but the longer he holds it, the better, I think. As it stands, I don't know if there's an obvious contender to be next in line.
NXT UNITED KINGDOM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current United Kingdom Champion: Ilja Dragunov
Prediction for Next Champion: Teoman
Explanation: This is by no means a strong gut reaction. It's just a guess with little to no value to it.
NXT UNITED KINGDOM WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current United Kingdom Women's Champion: Meiko Satomura
Prediction for Next Champion: Aoife Valkyrie
Explanation: Finally, we've got someone other than Kay Lee Ray. After 649 days with the belt, I'm not expecting Satomura to have anywhere close to the same run. Valkyrie is being built up to an extent. McKenzie is definitely a priority. Maybe Piper Niven turns heel and wins it from Satomura, whenever Niven returns. Jinny is another option. But for now, I'll go with Valkyrie.
NXT UNITED KINGDOM TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current United Kingdom Tag Team Champions: Pretty Deadly
Prediction for Next Champions: Moustache Mountain
Explanation: It would be weird if they never held the titles, right? Watch it be Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz instead or something along those lines.
NXT UNITED KINGDOM HERITAGE CUP
Current United Kingdom Heritage Cup Champion: Tyler Bate
Prediction for Next Champions: Jordan Devlin
Explanation: If Noam Dar hadn't already had his spats with Tyler Bate, I'd assume he'd be next in line. However, since we haven't seen Jordan Devlin in a while, I'm thinking WWE comes back around to that and he wins this title to compensate for dropping the Cruiserweight Championship.
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