5 Better WWE Title challengers for Big E than Seth Rollins

Big E vs. Seth Rollins is next for the WWE Championship. The new era of RAW began with Big E getting confronted by four potential challengers - Rollins, Rey Mysterio, Finn Balor, and Kevin Owens.

All four men are former world champions in their own right and Sonya Deville made a Fatal-Four-Way bout and upped the stakes by making it a ladder match. The main event of RAW was as good as any top pay-per-view bout, and the four world championship-level competitors delivered.

Ultimately, only one could walk out as the winner, and that was Seth Rollins, who is next in line for the WWE Championship. While he is undoubtedly the right star for a short-term feud, we look at a few better opponents for Big E:

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#5. Edge - An unexpected challenger for Big E?

If Seth Rollins is the No.1 contender to the WWE Championship, then Edge deserves a title shot as well, no questions about it. He defeated Rollins decisively in a match of the year candidate at Crown Jewel and has been on a resurgent run in 2021.

Although his 2020 run had the magic of his return, he seems to be living up to the potential of his return this year. If anything, Edge is proving that age is only a number. He is in his late 40s now and after all that concern about his physical well-being, he is putting out some of the best matches of his WWE career - not only of this run.

He was drafted to RAW as well, and it's possible that he may not even be utilized for the rest of 2021. We wouldn't blame him, since he has essentially been going at it non-stop since mid-July this year. This isn't even taking into account the run he had between January to April 2021.

However, Edge vs. Big E would be a dream match that nobody thought they wanted to see until they actually saw it. It would have been a huge stepping stone for Big E as the WWE Champion.

#4. AJ Styles - A feud with Big E to move on from the tag team title picture

AJ Styles has almost exclusively been in the RAW Tag Team division, while Big E has been a singles star the whole year. It's quite different from their career trajectory between 2016 and 2020, but here we are.

Styles returning to singles competition to take on Big E for the WWE Championship would have been great and refreshing at the same time. The Phenomenal One would have been a perfect fit for the ladder match on the Red brand.

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#3. Kevin Owens - A heel turn could be required

Kevin Owens is over with the crowd. Every time he's involved in a high-stakes match that involves tables, ladders, or chairs, he is guaranteed to take a big bump. This time on RAW, he once again went through a ladder from the top ropes.

Owens is popular, but a heel turn could be required to revitalize his career. He has been in important positions, but if he were to turn heel, he would present a far more interesting challenger to Big E than Seth Rollins would.

#2. Randy Orton - A good opponent to put Big E over

Randy Orton would have been another great opponent for Big E and the WWE Championship. Given that he has already won 14 World titles, it seems unlikely that he'll hold the title anytime soon.

It would have been a small deviation from his RK-Bro storyline, but the same thing happened when Bobby Lashley was the WWE Champion. Their originally scheduled title match for Extreme Rules was moved to RAW earlier, where Orton eventually lost to Lashley.

Randy Orton vs. Big E would have been a good match to watch.

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#1. Finn Balor

Finn Balor has been on a bit of a skid lately. After losing to Roman Reigns and failing to capture the Universal title twice, he also fell short to Xavier Woods, who won the King of The Ring tournament.

Balor lost once again, and it could be time for a character change. WWE is risking the possibility of turning him into just another superstar once again. Perhaps a heel Finn Balor would be the perfect superstar to not only face Big E next but potentially even dethrone him as well.