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: The Rock or Cody Rhodes
Explanation: If it is anyone else, WWE messed up a given.
WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Universal Champion: Roman Reigns
Prediction for Next Champion: The Rock or Cody Rhodes
Explanation: If it is anyone else, WWE messed up a given.
RAW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Raw Women's Champion: Bianca Belair
Prediction for Next Champion: Charlotte Flair
Explanation: Hm. I'm not entirely sold on anyone. I feel like I need to put Charlotte Flair here just in case she goes to Raw instead of SmackDown.
SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current SmackDown Women's Champion: Ronda Rousey
Prediction for Next Champion: Becky Lynch
Explanation: They'll probably just rerun the Becky Lynch match at WrestleMania. Booooooring.
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Intercontinental Champion: Gunther
Prediction for Next Champion: Drew McIntyre or Bron Breakker
Explanation: Maybe Drew McIntyre takes it from him at WrestleMania? I'm leaning much more toward Breakker, actually, but until he leaves NXT, that means I need to keep a main roster person in mind, too, and McIntyre is certainly an option.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current United States Champion: Austin Theory
Prediction for Next Champion: Johnny Gargano
Explanation: That's what I would do, at least.
RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Raw Tag Team Champions: The Usos
Prediction for Next Champions: No idea offhand
Explanation: WrestleMania is the next time I can see new champions being crowned, but I'm flabbergasted about potential options. Possibly Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn? Maybe #DIY?
SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current SmackDown Tag Team Champions: The Usos
Prediction for Next Champions: No idea offhand
WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Women's Tag Team Champions: Damage CTRL
Prediction for Next Champions: Does it matter? Naomi and Sasha Banks, maybe
Explanation: For the most part, these titles have been atrociously booked. They hot potato the title reigns sometimes just for the sake of changing it over. Even in this new regime, the championship isn't treated like it truly matters. So maybe it goes to a returning Naomi and Sasha Banks, or maybe it just goes to Raquel Rodriguez and another one of her random buddies before they just drop it the next week to Toxic Attraction.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Champion: Bron Breakker
Prediction for Next Champions: Carmelo Hayes or Grayson Waller
Explanation: I keep going back and forth between Hayes and Waller, depending on the day. Waller probably has a better shot, since Hayes has had such a long time with the North American title and could just move up to the main roster after that.
NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Women's Champion: Mandy Rose
Prediction for Next Champion: Nikkita Lyons
Explanation: The only babyfaces who make sense in my mind to take the title from Mandy Rose are Nikkita Lyons and Roxanne Perez. Since Perez already had a few chances, Lyons is my pick.
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current North American Champion: Wes Lee
Prediction for Next Champion: Damon Kemp
Explanation: Shot in the dark. I don't think it will take a super long time for a heel to beat Wes Lee, but it could be anyone like Joe Coffey, Tony D'Angelo, Xyon Quinn or JD McDonagh, too. Hell, they might even give it back to Carmelo Hayes, for all we know. Grayson Waller is another possibility, though I think he might be too high up the totem pole for it. I'd like to see Charlie Dempsey win this belt, but he's been M.I.A. for quite a while, for some reason.
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: Pretty Deadly
Prediction for Next Champions: No idea
Explanation: I didn't think Pretty Deadly would walk out of the unification match with the titles. Now, I'm at a loss. It wouldn't make much sense for The Creed Brothers to win them back from Pretty Deadly a second time. Legado del Fantasma isn't here anymore. Giving the belts back to Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs or passing it to Gallus would be odd, as they were in this Fatal 4-Way. Maybe we get a team like Wes Lee and Nathan Frazer? All the teams I can think of are heels, like The Dyad.
NXT WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: Katana Chance and Kayden Carter
Prediction for Next Champions: Tiffany Stratton and someone
Explanation: These belts have had the most haphazard reign history since their inception. For all we know, the championship will be deactivated tomorrow instead of having someone beat KC and KC. But for now, I'll go with Tiffany Stratton and a random partner she'll have in the future just for the hell of tossing out a random guess. Who could that person be? Maybe Kiana James? No idea.
NXT UNITED KINGDOM HERITAGE CUP
Current United Kingdom Heritage Cup Champion: Noam Dar
Prediction for Next Champions: n/a
Explanation: Strangely, this title wasn't set up for a unification with the NXT North American Championship at Worlds Collide. It wasn't addressed at all. Either that means WWE has other plans for it to continue on, or it is being retired and they figured it wasn't worth unifying it and haven't clarified that, nor informed the website team that still has it listed as an active belt counting the days Dar is champion.
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