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: Drew McIntyre
Prediction for Next Champion: ???
Explanation: Honestly, I have no idea. I'll update this when I can wrap my mind around the title situation. I do think McIntyre is dropping the belt prior to WrestleMania, though, and likely back to Cody Rhodes, but even in that scenario, I don't see why there's a need for a hot potato situation or what that would set up for Mania.
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. I feel like this means they're either dragging out Breakker to WrestleMania for no reason, or that Punk is going to lose it to someone else. That might end up being Gunther, actually, but I'm kind of hoping if these two are going to have to drag this story out, that Seth Rollins is healed up in time and this can be a Triple Threat at least.
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 at WrestleMania 42.
WWE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's World Champion: Stephanie Vaquer
Prediction for Next Champion: Liv Morgan
Explanation: There are too many options right now and zero direction being put out there about exactly where they're going. However, I'd imagine Liv Morgan is at the top of the list of challengers and someone who I could picture beating Vaquer. Maybe it's Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky, or someone else, though.
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Intercontinental Champion: Dominik Mysterio
Prediction for Next Champion: Finn Balor
WWE WOMEN'S INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion: Becky Lynch
Prediction for Next Champion: AJ Lee
Explanation: AJ Lee wins either at Elimination Chamber in Chicago or at WrestleMania. She then drops the belt to either Roxanne Perez or Liv Morgan.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE United States Champion: Carmelo Hayes
Prediction for Next Champion: Trick Williams or Oba Femi
Explanation: This makes so much sense that they probably won't do it, but I'm still putting it down as my official prediction anyway for the time being. Just in case it isn't Trick, I'll toss Oba Femi out there as another option in case he goes to SmackDown. We don't know yet where he's ending up.
WWE WOMEN'S UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's United States Champion: Giulia
Prediction for Next Champion: Sol Ruca or Jordynne Grace
Explanation: 2025 was a terrible year for this belt. I hope 2026 is better with the unnecessary third hour addition to SmackDown. They'll have no excuse if they still can't book Giulia with this belt when they have that extra time and Kiana James as a mouthpiece. I think we'll see Tiffany Stratton eventually come around to this title, but if she stays in the world title scene, then I'd be on the lookout for someone like Sol Ruca, whenever she gets called up. Jordynne Grace is another potential option, depending on where she goes.
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current World Tag Team Champions: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso)
Prediction for Next Champions: The Vision
Explanation: Austin Theory and Logan Paul, or is Bronson Reed in the mix for it?
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Tag Team Champions: MFT
Prediction for Next Champions: Fraxiom
Explanation: Axiom and Nathan Frazer haven't held the titles yet. They're probably somewhere in the mix, right?
WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky
Prediction for Next Champions: n/a at the moment
Explanation: Rhiyo aren't holding these titles past WrestleMania, I'd imagine, but I think they're going to drop them well before then, too. It all depends on what else they have in mind for these two and the primary title matches. If they're doing something like Stephanie Vaquer against Rhea Ripley, for instance, she won't be a tag team champion at the same time. But if there are 4 other women fighting for those top two titles, then having Rhiyo walking into Mania with the tag titles ensures that they get onto the card and can drop them to a team like Nia Jax and Lash Legend or whatever.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Champion: Vacant
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.
NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Women's Champion: Jacy Jayne
Prediction for Next Champion: Jaida Parker? Sol Ruca?
Explanation: I swear, I have been so wrong on all my predictions for the women's titles in NXT for the past year that I feel like no matter who I put down, WWE would actively look at this list and do the opposite! Obviously, that's not true, but it's been a wildly confusing ride. With Jordynne Grace leaving for the main roster, I'm back to tossing out a handful of names because I'm totally lost.
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: Izzi Dame
Prediction for Next Champion: Lola Vice or Tatum Paxley
Explanation: It's a shame it probably won't go back to Thea Hail. Right now, the suspects have to be Paxley to offset how she lost the NXT Women's Championship because of Dame, or maybe Lola Vice, who has been hovering this title for a long while, but I wouldn't count out Jaida Parker, either.
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: DarkState (Osiris Griffin & Saquon Shugars)
Prediction for Next Champions: OTM
Explanation: I don't see it right now, but they do still seem to be pushing OTM as people to get invested in for the future, so this could be happening more at Stand & Deliver or something while I'm putting this prediction out at the very beginning of the year.
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: Tyra Mae Steele
Explanation: Shot in the dark, even though they seem to have given up on Steele and have demoted her to EVOLVE.
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: Kam Hendrix or Harlem Lewis
Explanation: Now that Sean Legacy and Jackson Drake are on NXT instead of EVOLVE, I guess the next in line just wins the belt, and Hendrix and Lewis are the two being set up to potentially fill in that role.
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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