Who are the current champions in WWE?
Who do I think will beat them for the title?
UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Champion: John Cena
Prediction for Next Champion: Cody Rhodes or...IDK yet
Explanation: WrestleMania 41 just ended. I'll update this soon.
WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Jey Uso
Prediction for Next Champion: Drew McIntyre or Seth Rollins
Explanation: Without knowing how the 2025 WWE Draft will play out, it's hard to pick between these two. However, they're my prime suspects. Whoever ends up on the same brand as Uso will either be his first feud or the person who beats him...or both?
WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Undisputed Women's Champion: Tiffany Stratton
Prediction for Next Champion: Charlotte Flair
Explanation: I thought it would happen at WrestleMania 41. It didn't. But that doesn't mean they won't tell the story they've told before where Flair wins it at the next event. I don't want that to happen, but I do think it is more likely than anyone else at this particular moment.
WWE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's World Champion: Iyo Sky
Prediction for Next Champion: Bianca Belair
Explanation: It's weird that Rhea Ripley dropped this title on the March 3rd Raw. My guess is their philosophy is a simple "let's put the top 3 women in a Triple Threat and call it a day" rather than doing Ripley against Bianca Belair separately. If that is what gets booked, then Ripley stands an equal chance of winning it back. However, until that's the case, we have to approach this as if it's going to just be Belair challenging. Even so, she'd still have 33% of a likelihood to walk out as champion in a Triple Threat, and ultimately, I just think Iyo Sky is not holding this title past WrestleMania. So for now, I'll have Belair down as my pick, but once Ripley gets added, I might change it to her.
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Intercontinental Champion: Dominik Mysterio
Prediction for Next Champion: TBA
WWE WOMEN'S INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion: Lyra Valkyria
Prediction for Next Champion: Becky Lynch
Explanation: Okay, so I had Becky and Roxanne Perez down, depending on if The Man would turn heel. She did, so Lynch jumps straight to the top of the list. Roxanne will have to wait.
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE United States Champion: Jacob Fatu
Prediction for Next Champion: Solo Sikoa
Explanation: Solo never wins anything. Maybe it's a fool's bet to say he'd beat Fatu, but at some point, those two are going to have to feud, and that's the only guarantee I'd put out there. No one else immediately jumps out to me. However, I'll also hedge my bets and say despite Sikoa being a "smart bet", I actually think the next in line is going to be someone totally random, like Damian Priest or Bron Breakker or whatever. Just someone who feuds with Fatu closer to SummerSlam.
WWE WOMEN'S UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's United States Champion: Zelina Vega
Prediction for Next Champion: Naomi
Explanation: Big fan of Zelina Vega winning this. I hope she has a solid reign. She'll definitely be holding it into the 2025 draft, which will shake up the roster in a way that is hard to predict, but I'll just toss out a few potential names I could see winning it from Vega if they end up on the same brand. Naomi stands a good chance as she isn't going to likely win the world title again. I could see Roxanne Perez winning this if she ends up there. There's always a chance someone like Nia Jax wins it, too, but I think they're pretty set on her being more of a main event challenger.
WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current World Tag Team Champions: The New Day
Prediction for Next Champions: The Lucha Bros or The Motor City Machine Guns
Explanation: This depends greatly on the 2025 WWE Draft, but Lucha Bros and MCMG are the two teams I think can work with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods and beat them for the titles.
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Tag Team Champions: The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
Prediction for Next Champions: The Motor City Machine Guns?
Explanation: It feels like the SmackDown tag team division is in hot potato mode. In some ways, that's fun and good, as it keeps things interesting. But that also means it's kind of not worth me diving deep into any predictions. I do think MCMG will win these belts back at some point, so let's just go with them for my thoughts on who is next in line.
WWE WOMEN'S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez
Prediction for Next Champions: Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross
Explanation: I figured Liv and Raquel would just win them back, which means I now have to revert to my previous thing I said before about Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross being on my radar. I should've just not bothered to change things at WrestleMania!
WWE SPEED CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Speed Champions: Dragon Lee
Prediction for Next Champions: Pete Dunne
Explanation: It seems these titles are meant for midcard talents that aren't SUPER in the running for the United States and Intercontinental titles (both for men and women). IE, nobody like Sami Zayn is winning this. It's cross-branded, so that makes a prediction even harder, but I'm going to say the people in the running for this as far as February 9th are Pete Dunne, R-Truth, Santos Escobar and Apollo Crews or Tyler Bate if they weren't injured. Since R-Truth is more of a comedic character, you rule out the injuries, and I'm leaning Dunne over Escobar, as I can see Triple H throwing him that bone.
WWE SPEED WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current WWE Speed Women's Champions: Sol Ruca
Prediction for Next Champions: Alba Fyre
Explanation: Sol Ruca's win was a surprise for me, and it just goes to show that this title can go to anybody at any time and it will be just as believable as the next. A handful of people like Zelina Vega, Michin, Alba Fyre, Zoey Stark, and plenty others could be in contention for this. Anyone who isn't a bigger deal and fighting for the main titles (example, Rhea Ripley's not going down to this level) is in the mix, which makes it nearly impossible to have a verifiable prediction. I'll keep Alba Fyre down for now, since I had her down before.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Champion: Oba Femi
Prediction for Next Champions: No idea
Explanation: Someone wins the title in the summer, maybe? To be honest, I have no idea. Nobody stands out to me as a go-to obvious option.
NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer
Prediction for Next Champion: Giulia, then Jordynne Grace
Explanation: Jordynne Grace is right here, and I can't imagine she's going all of 2025 without winning this belt unless they're just killing time for her to go to the main roster instead. However, I could very well see Giulia winning the title back and dropping it to Grace, as opposed to Vaquer being the one to lose to Grace.
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current North American Champion: Ricky Saints
Prediction for Next Champion: Eddy Thorpe or Wes Lee
Explanation: Saints just won the title, so I'm giving a shot in the dark prediction on the same night. Most people would jump to Ethan Page winning the belt next, but I think Page will just be the first person Saints retains against. When I look at the current roster, the two people who stand out to me the most who I could imagine will have a singles midcard title reign in 2025 and could feasibly beat Saints due to how much they utilize them are Eddy Thorpe and Wes Lee, as they're among the top heels who aren't at the level of winning the top NXT Championship just yet.
NXT WOMEN'S NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Current Women's North American Champion: Sol Ruca
Prediction for Next Champion: Jaida Parker
Explanation: Stand & Deliver isn't even over yet, but I'll put out a shot in the dark prediction and say Jaida Parker wins this next. I could see Cora Jade as a major possibility, too, and Lola Vice and Zaria are also on my radar.
NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Current NXT Tag Team Champions: Hank Walker and Tank Ledger
Prediction for Next Champions: Uh.....
Explanation: I have no idea, to be honest. Darkstate has 4 guys, so it wouldn't make sense for 2 of them to be the tag team champions and the others to not hold the belts. Maybe Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe get a massive boost? Maybe The Culling's Brooks Jensen and Niko Vance? No Quarter Catch Crew? It could be anyone at this point. Too early to call.
NXT HERITAGE CUP
Current NXT Heritage Cup Champion: Noam Dar
Prediction for Next Champions: Ethan Page
Explanation: If Ethan Page doesn't get called up to the main roster in the draft, they might carry on the story from before about him taking out Dar and he might win this as an alternative to the North American title.
