The WWE Championship is a world championship created and promoted by the WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE's main roster, alongside the WWE Universal Championship that was created for the RAW brand as a result of the 2016 draft.
The present holder of the title is AJ Styles, who is in his second reign. AJ defeated The Modern day Maharaja Jinder Mahal, who was the 50th WWE Champion in the company's history, to win his second WWE Championship.
With Styles defeating Samoa Joe at Hell in a Cell PPV, answers are being sought for who will end the champ’s regime with the belt. The blue brand is full of fresh main-event talents, so lets look at three new superstars who are the most likely to dethrone The Phenomenal One.
#3 Samoa Joe
AJ Styles tapped out to the Coquina Clutch locked by Samoa Joe at Hell in a Cell, but the referee didn‘t see that. Instead, he counted till three with Joe’s shoulders down and declared AJ Styles the winner. The Samoan Submission Machine will get one more opportunity to win the WWE Championship when the two superstars meet again in Melbourne, Australia.
Joe’s chances of becoming the next WWE Champion are high after how he lost at Hell in A Cell. WWE loves to make history, and the Super Show-Down event presents them with an opportunity to create history, by having the first major title shift to take place on the continent.
Samoa Joe hasn’t won a Championship in WWE since he was in NXT, and it is being speculated that this would be the ultimate opportunity that will put him on the map after spending over 18 months on the main roster.
#2 Andrade "Cien" Almas
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas has been engaged in some magnificent match-ups ever since he debuted on SmackDown Live, and the rumor mills are abuzz with news that Vince McMahon is highly impressed by El Idolo's in-ring work.
Vince is so high on the former NXT Champion that there are reports of him winning the 2019 Royal Rumble match and challenging for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 35.
Andrade 'Cien' Almas as the WWE Champion would allow superstars like AJ Styles to have fantastic non-championship rivalries with other talented superstars.
#1 Rusev
After splitting with Aiden English, Rusev will head on to singles competition and may again get involved in the WWE Championship picture. The leader of Rusev Day has accomplished something more than stardom after cutting his hair short and calling every day Rusev Day.
His transformation has been from being a sidelined superstar who impressed on random occasions to someone who is the hero of the audience. The 2-time United States Champion faced off against the WWE Champion AJ Styles a couple of months back at the Extreme Rules PPV where AJ Styles successfully retained his WWE title.
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Maybe if Randy Orton or The Miz (who are former champions) capture the WWE title in future, the heels could have a nice storyline against The Bulgarian Brute. Rusev is hugely over as a babyface, and should get a place at the top.
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