Who are the current champions in WWE?
Who do I think will beat them for the title?
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Champion: Roman Reigns
Prediction for Next Champion: WWE doesn't even know, I'm sure.
Explanation: I fully believe at this point WWE doesn't just want Roman to go past
1,000 days, but to go at least until WrestleMania 40, if not surpass
Hulk Hogan's run to take him into September 2024. I can't see them being
able to add another 1804 days or 1135 days for him to beat Bruno
Sammartino or Bob Backlund. That just seemingly can't be unless they
fudge this so much by having him pull a Fabulous Moolah or something.
But at this point, it will shock me if Roman drops it before Mania 40,
or even AT that show, depending on his opponent.
WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Universal Champion: Roman Reigns
Prediction for Next Champion: WWE doesn't even know, I'm sure.
Explanation: I fully believe at this point WWE doesn't just want Roman to go past 1,000 days, but to go at least until WrestleMania 40, if not surpass Hulk Hogan's run to take him into September 2024. I can't see them being able to add another 1804 days or 1135 days for him to beat Bruno Sammartino or Bob Backlund. That just seemingly can't be unless they fudge this so much by having him pull a Fabulous Moolah or something. But at this point, it will shock me if Roman drops it before Mania 40, or even AT that show, depending on his opponent.
WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Seth Rollins
Prediction for Next Champion: Gunther
Explanation: Gunther beats Rollins. Cody beats Gunther. WWE acts like that's the same as if Cody had beaten Roman.
WWE UNDISPUTED WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Undisputed Women's Champion: Iyo Sky
Prediction for Next Champion: Charlotte Flair
Explanation: Iyo eventually loses it to Flair, who loses it to Bianca Belair at WrestleMania 40.
WWE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's World Champion: Rhea Ripley
Prediction for Next Champion: Raquel Rodriguez or Becky Lynch
Explanation: They're friends, two of the tallest women on the roster, WWE clearly thinks highly of Raquel and wants to protect her, and for the most part, if it isn't Becky Lynch (who I just don't think it will be; I think she'll feud with Ripley and put Rhea over in the process), then who else would it be on Raw other than Raquel? (Update: However, they're doing Raquel so quickly around SummerSlam. I guess that rules that idea out, right?)
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Intercontinental Champion: Gunther
Prediction for Next Champion: Johnny Gargano
Explanation: Oh man. I have no idea. But I'd be really happy with Gargano as champion, so I'm going to put it out there in that universe in the hopes it happens sometime after Gunther beats Honky Tonk Man's record.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE United States Champion: Rey Mysterio
Prediction for Next Champion: Grayson Waller or Santos Escobar
Explanation: Why Rey, instead of Santos Escobar or LA Knight? This seems like an odd choice from my POV. There aren't any heels that stand out to me as obvious next in line types, unless they were to turn Escobar heel. I'll put that down as an option, but I wouldn't count out Grayson Waller capturing this belt, either, if they want to go with a straight-up heel rather than doing a turn. I still think LA Knight would have been the better call. Prediction option #3 would be Solo Sikoa. Don't count him out.
RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Raw Tag Team Champions: The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor)
Prediction for Next Champions: Probably some randomly put-together team of two Superstars that WWE immediately starts planning the separation of, because Vince is back in charge and he hates the tag team division. But we do have #DIY, The Street Profits, Alpha Academy, the LWO...
Explanation: Prove me wrong.
SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current SmackDown Tag Team Champions: The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor)
Prediction for Next Champions: Probably some randomly put-together team of two Superstars that WWE immediately starts planning the separation of, because Vince is back in charge and he hates the tag team division. But we do have #DIY, The Street Profits, Alpha Academy, the LWO...
WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville / Piper Niven
Prediction for Next Champions: A random pairing of two singles stars put together for the sake of splitting up into a feud with each other.
Explanation: This is the only thing they know how to do, and they don't put any effort into making this division have any viable contenders or logic. It's as worthless to predict this as it used to be to predict the 24/7 Championship when that was around. At this rate, you can probably bet Raquel Rodriguez will be one of the two names, since WWE seems obsessed with giving her the belts with someone and then having her lose it a few weeks later.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Champion: Carmelo Hayes
Prediction for Next Champions: Gable Steveson?
Explanation: Maybe Gable Steveson turns heel and wins this? No one else seems like a viable answer to me yet.
NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Women's Champion: Becky Lynch
Prediction for Next Champion: Blair Davenport
Explanation: Unless the plan is to just have Tiffany Stratton win the title back, Davenport is the next top heel that I could actually picture beating Lynch.
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current North American Champion: Dominik Mysterio
Prediction for Next Champion: Dragon Lee
Explanation: It could still go to Mustafa Ali, even though there was this Dominik Mysterio detour from that Ali vs Wes Lee feud, but since they gave the belt to Dom and so quickly put him with Dragon Lee, who didn't win that Heritage Cup, I feel more confident in Dragon Lee winning it than Ali or for Wes Lee to regain it.
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo
Prediction for Next Champions: Bronco Nima and Lucien Price
Explanation: Shot in the dark prediction immediately following Gallus losing. Maybe I'll have to update this soon, but I can certainly picture these two working their way up to being the next champions in a few months. Maybe Drew Gulak and Charlie Dempsey have a chance, though.
NXT HERITAGE CUP
Current NXT Heritage Cup Champion: Noam Dar
Prediction for Next Champions: Gable Steveson
Explanation: To be honest, I'm hoping the title gets retired. But if it's going to continue, while nobody stands out to me as a go-to obvious next in line, I'm going to just guess Gable Steveson to offset my North American Championship pick from before. If they do turn him heel, though, then let's just say Trick Williams wins because there aren't any babyfaces that make sense to feud with Dar and beat him right now. It better not just be Axiom or Tyler Bate again.
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