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There is no surprise to the fact that WWE NXT has been constantly delivering week after week and earlier this month, we witnessed yet another 2018 Match of The Year Contender when WWE NXT North American Champion Ricochet and WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne collided in a mouthwatering Champion vs Champion match.
Obviously, Champion vs Champion matches has always been considered as a big deal not only in the WWE but in the entire Professional Wrestling business, given that we recently witnessed history when the current NWA World Champion Cody Rhodes won the IWGP US Heavyweight Championship of Juice Robinson in New Japan Pro Wrestling.
Champion vs Champion matches, however, have been a long growing tradition in the WWE and in order of continuing that long growing tradition, let us now rank 5 Champion vs Champion matches we would like to see in the WWE today:
#5 Ronda Rousey (Raw Women's Champion) vs Becky Lynch (SmackDown Live Women's Champion)
Both Ronda Rousey and Becky Lynch won their respective championship belts at this year's SummerSlam pay-per-view and since then the two ladies have been absolutely dominant in their respective divisions. Rousey is currently coming fresh off her feud against Alexa Bliss and will look forward to successfully defending her Raw Women's Title against Nikki Bella at Evolution, whereas, Becky will meet Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match at the very same event.
Following that, however, a feud leading up to this year's Survivor Series between Rousey and Becky could very well be on the cards, given that WWE might want to save a potential match between Charlotte and Rousey for WrestleMania 35 instead.
Nevertheless, a bout between 'The Baddest Woman On The Planet' and 'The Lass Kicker' is no less mouthwatering and could serve as a great Women's Champion vs Champion match.
#4 Pete Dunne (WWE United Kingdom Champion) vs Buddy Murphy (WWE Cruiserweight Champion)
Putting WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne on this list should seem like an unfair decision to some fans, however, let's not forget that 'The Bruiserweight' has already competed on the main roster in the past and that too against a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion in the form of Enzo Amore.
So what's stopping him from competing on the main roster once again and against the current WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy, who has been on an absolute roll since he came up to the main roster from NXT and joined the 205 Live Division, as he has been putting together some extraordinary matches on the purple division.
To perfectly round off things for Murphy, the Australian also won the WWE Cruiserweight Title in a historic manner at the recently concluded Super Show-Down event in his homeland in front of 70,000 people.
Expect an incredible back-and-forth bout between Dunne and Murphy if they ever cross paths.
#3 Drew McIntyre (WWE Raw Tag Team Champion) vs Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE United States Champion)
Shinsuke Nakamura's reign as US Champion has been pretty lacklustre so far, however, a few strong title defences under his name could eventually make things a lot better for 'The Artist' and a potential matchup against Drew McIntyre should be an absolutely mouthwatering clash as well.
Nakamura is mostly known for his strong style wrestling and could easily exploit his in-ring skills on McIntyre's 6 ft 6-inch frame. Whereas the Scottish Psychopath also comes in as a well known hard hitter and since being called up to the main roster, the former NXT Champion has been destroying his opponents left and right. A clash between the two former NXT Champions should be another thrilling contest the WWE Universe could witness and with Nakamura currently in possession of the US Title, maybe he could bring back the US Open Challenge which eventually gets answered by McIntyre at Survivor Series
#2 Roman Reigns (Universal Champion) vs Big E (SmackDown Live Tag Team Champion)
Currently in his first reign as Universal Champion, 'The Big Dog' Roman Reigns, as expected, is now even more hungry for competition and has been looking forward to defending his Universal Title against almost every single competitor who is willing to step up to the plate and challenge 'The Big Dog' for the strap.
Throughout the past several years in the WWE, Reigns has had the privilege of defending the WWE Championship, Intercontinental Championship, and even the US Championship against some of the biggest names in the company, however, one man against whom Reigns is yet to cross paths with is non-other than New Day powerhouse Big E.
There is no doubt in the fact that five-time WWE Tag Team Champion and one-third of the New Day, Big E is an absolute monster inside the ring and in some ways is almost as similar as what Roman Reigns is to The Shield. Big E is the muscles of New Day and so is Reigns, meaning that a singles showdown between the two men will be a clash to watch out for.
#1 AJ Styles (WWE Champion) vs Seth Rollins (WWE Intercontinental Champion)
The one dream match WWE fans and wrestling fans, in general, have been craving to see. Ever since AJ Styles made his WWE debut in 2016, 'The Phenomenal One' has competed in some absolute dream matches we never thought we'd have the chance to see. AJ's matches with the likes of Finn Balor, Daniel Bryan, Andrande 'Cien' Almas, Roman Reigns, and John Cena are some bouts which are definitely worth your time.
However, one match that we fans have been wanting to see for a long, long time now is a dream showdown between AJ Styles and Seth Rollins. In the past, both Styles and Rollins have crossed paths on multiple occasions, with the two men teaming up with each other and also competing in Triple Threat Matches as well, however, with AJ already having faced both Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns in the WWE, Seth Rollins remains as the only member of The Shield with whom 'The Phenomenal One' is yet to share the ring with.
A Champion vs Champion between the two men isn't exactly necessary at this point, as fans would literally give anything to witness the two men clash at some point down the line in a WWE ring.
