Who are the current champions in WWE?
Who do I think will beat them for the title?
UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes
Prediction for Next Champion: Gunther
Explanation: Gunther beats John Cena in his final match. Built up as the top heel. He wins the Royal Rumble. Challenges Cody. Beats him at WrestleMania 42.
WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE World Heavyweight Champion: CM Punk
Prediction for Next Champion: 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. They felt like they couldn't just put the belt on Breakker and needed to have him beat a babyface instead. I'd imagine by Royal Rumble, we're probably looking at Breakker as champion, unless they panic and they think that they need to have Roman Reigns fight for the title against Punk, which, yeesh, I'm not interested in.
WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Undisputed Women's Champion: Jade Cargill
Prediction for Next Champion: Bianca Belair
Explanation: Either Bianca Belair wins this at WrestleMania 42, or the game plan is Rhea Ripley. I can't imagine it going either way.
WWE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's World Champion: Stephanie Vaquer
Prediction for Next Champion: Rhea Ripley??
Explanation: Month by month, I keep saying WWE needs to have a draft to shake up the roster. They keep not doing it. I don't think Vaquer is going to drop the title any time too soon after winning it at Wrestlepalooza, so I can only assume she's holding it at least into 2026, if not WrestleMania and potentially after. Over all that time frame, if WWE doesn't do a draft, then we're looking at the Raw crew not having a lot of options other than Rhea Ripley. I don't think she'll necessarily be the next champion, but who else am I going to put down here instead, Natalya? C'mon.
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Intercontinental Champion: Dominik Mysterio
Prediction for Next Champion: ???
WWE WOMEN'S INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion: Maxxine Dupri
Prediction for Next Champion: ???
Explanation: I'm shocked they went with Dupri instead of AJ Lee being the one to beat Becky Lynch. I was so set in Lee beats Lynch leading into Roxanne Perez beating Lee. With Dupri in the mix, maybe Dupri drops it to Perez and Lee wins it from her, instead? Or maybe I'm just wholeheartedly off from their plans.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE United States Champion: Ilja Dragunov
Prediction for Next Champion: Aleister Black
Explanation: Random guess. He's right in that sweet spot of upper-midcard and he's a heel. This makes perfect sense to me.
WWE WOMEN'S UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's United States Champion: Chelsea Green
Prediction for Next Champion: Tiffany Stratton
Explanation: 2025 has been a ROUGH year for this title. WWE has booked it so poorly when it was on both Zelina Vega and Giulia. By switching it back to Chelsea Green, it kind of proves to me that they ultimately realized (too late than they should have) that they only really care about a title when they put the belt on someone they care about booking. They clearly thought Zelina was a transitional champion and ran into the same problem with Giulia that they always ran into with Shinsuke Nakamura, where they like giving them a midcard title, but the language barrier must just be too much for them to stomach (oddly, as it's not difficult to get around, particularly when you have a manager as good as Kiana James), but then decided screw it, let's just put it back on Green. That sucks for Giulia, but I like Green a lot, so good for her. I have NO clue who is next, but I have to assume it's Tiffany Stratton, as they never got a chance to feud.
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current World Tag Team Champions: AJ Styles & Dragon Lee
Prediction for Next Champions: Los Americanos
Explanation: I didn't see Styles and Lee winning these titles coming, but I can only assume they're transitional champions. Since there aren't many heel teams on Raw right now, and they refuse to have a draft for whatever reason, I guess Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate win them?
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Tag Team Champions: The Wyatt Sicks
Prediction for Next Champions: Fraxiom or MFT
Explanation: Axiom and Nathan Frazer haven't held the titles yet, and they could be the superhero act to compensate for the supervillains of The Wyatt Sicks if WWE views them in that light, even though The Wyatt Sicks haven't really turned heel yet, and they're now feuding with the MFTs, so this may be more of Wyatts to MFT to Fraxiom instead.
WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane)
Prediction for Next Champions: n/a at the moment
Explanation: Bayley and Lyra Valkyria are the only ones I can think of right now, outside of the belts just switching back to Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair. However, I don't think that's going to happen, as it seems they want to go into a Jade Cargill vs. Charlotte Flair feud soon enough. Even if that's the plan for WrestleMania, that means they'd still likely keep Bliss and Flair separate and split them up around Royal Rumble or so, probably.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Champion: Oba Femi
Prediction for Next Champions: Je'Von Evans?
Explanation: Well damn, I did not anticipate Ricky Saints would drop the title back to Oba Femi like that at Deadline. Now, I have to assume Evans is the next in line to finally tell that story to put him on top of the division.
NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Women's Champion: Tatum Paxley
Prediction for Next Champion: Jaida Parker
Explanation: This entire year, I've been SO wrong about nearly every direction of this title. Other belts haven't been as difficult to predict, but this one has just been throwing me for a loop. I never anticipated Tatum Paxley would win this, as just the latest in a long-running line of surprises. At this point, do not put any stock into my predictions for this belt! I'm just going to toss out Jaida Parker's name out of thin air.
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current North American Champion: Ethan Page
Prediction for Next Champion: Myles Borne
Explanation: They keep putting titles on people I don't anticipate, so while I wouldn't necessarily give Borne a belt right now, that probably means WWE is planning that, right? Reverse psychology? Or just a desperate attempt at a prediction after getting so many NXT title changes wrong in 2025?
NXT WOMEN'S NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Women's North American Champion: Blake Monroe
Prediction for Next Champion: Jaida Parker
Explanation: I was so sure Zaria was going to beat Sol Ruca for the belt. Considering how wrong I've been about the NXT Women's Championship this year, maybe I just have no real means of assessing where WWE puts certain women on the NXT roster on the totem pole in 2025. I'll put Jaida Parker's name down here for now, but for all I know, she's going to be on Monday Night Raw in no time instead or something.
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: DarkState
Prediction for Next Champions: Uh.....
Explanation: They should have just kept the belts on The Hardy Boyz. That was an infinitely more interesting scenario than to put it back on Retribution II. I'm not a fan of the DarkState faction whatsoever, even if all four individuals have some potential within the stable. Unfortunately, NXT's tag team division is trash right now, so I don't have any idea who would make any sense to win these belts. Maybe Myles Borne and Tavion Heights if they get cold feet on them being singles stars? I have no idea.
WWE SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Speed Champions: Jasper Troy
Prediction for Next Champions: I don't think WWE has any idea
Explanation: I'm all for this being a title given to people who are on the lower tier of NXT and need something without being too entrusted for a bigger storyline. If I'm looking at the roster, I'm probably pitching that Troy should drop the title down the line to someone like Tavion Heights or Charlie Dempsey, since they don't seem to want to really push those guys too too much. But I'd also think Andre Chase would have some fun with this. At the moment, I don't think WWE has any plans, and would be just as in the dark as any of us.
WWE SPEED WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Speed Women's Champions: Fallon Henley
Prediction for Next Champions: Lola Vice
Explanation: Wow, I cannot predict this title at all, can I? Don't trust my opinions here. I'm clearly just taking a shot in the dark.
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: Jackson Drake
Prediction for Next Champions: Sean Legacy
Explanation: I thought Legacy would win the inaugural title. They still want to keep him in title contention, but seem poised to keep him away from it for the time being. That makes me think their usual "lose, wait, come back, fight again and win" trope is going to happen here and Legacy will win the title down the road.
WOMEN'S WWE EVOLVE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE EVOLVE Women's Champion: Kendal Grey
Prediction for Next Champions: PJ Vasa
Explanation: Give it to Penina and see what she can do. I don't know. Maybe it's Chantel Monroe for all I'm aware. I was surprised about the Kendal Grey win and didn't give her enough clout, so I was really off about that one.
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: Kylie Rae won the title and got pregnant, before the two other people she fought to win the title got released. This is a mess. There's no use in predicting it.
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