5 Feuds that must happen in WWE before the end of 2018

Can any of these feuds be better than this rivalry?
Can any of these feuds be better than this rivalry?

2018 has been a weird year for WWE till now. While the overall programming on TV and the storylines have been, at best, quite average, the match quality and the quality of pay per views have seen many ups and downs throughout the year.

While events like Hell in a Cell were phenomenal from top to the bottom, other like Backlash and Extreme Rules garnered mixed reactions, and fans have reacted to all this in a vocal manner.

WWE produced plenty of new rivalries in the first 9 months of 2018 and simultaneously brought back a number of old rivals back together as well. Some dreams rivalries, like AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura and The Miz vs Daniel Bryan, failed to live up to the gargantuan exceptions attached to them, while others, like AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe and Becky Lynch vs Charlotte, have gone levels past the expectations the fans had with them.

With 3 months and 5 pay per views still left in WWE, we can expect a number of new feuds and rivalries to start in the near future. So far, the Styles-Joe and Lynch-Flair rivalries have been the best one WWE has presented this year and it would be interesting to see if any other rivalry can surpass the magic these two have created so far.

Here are the 5 WWE rivalries that must happen before the end of 2018.


#5 Becky Lynch vs Asuka

The lifeline of Smackdown Women Division.
The lifeline of Smackdown Women Division.

The Smackdown Women's Division is probably at its best right now. After the horror that Carmella's 4 month reign was, the subsequent feud between current champion Becky Lynch and former champion Charlotte has turned the whole division upside down. Not only is this the best female feud we have witnessed in quite some time, it is actually the best feud in all of WWE right now.

From the way in which things have panned out so far, it is abundantly clear that WWE is hell bent on portraying Lynch as a heel. However, the issue with this is that her feud with Charlotte can't go on forever, and, since Flair is rumoured to move to Raw to challenge Ronda Rousey, we can expect this to end before Survivor Series. With a dearth of proper babyfaces on SD Live, WWE only has one real option left for Becky after Flair - Asuka.

Along with the Four Horsemen, Asuka is probably the only proper female wrestler in the WWE, and, even though her stock has fallen since her streak was snapped and when she was surprisingly buried by Carmella, she is actually very popular with the crowd.

A rivalry with Becky will not only rejuvenate her career, but will also provide a tough challenge to the Lass Kicker. Once Becky is done facing Rousey at Survivor Series, a lengthy program with The Empress of Tomorrow would be the best thing for the Smackdown Women's Division.

#4 Ronda Rousey vs Sasha Banks

Time to bring The Boss and The Rowdy One face to face.
Time to bring The Boss and The Rowdy One face to face.

Thank God WWE finally decided to remove Alexa Bliss from the Title Scene. No offense, but I think keeping Bliss out of the title picture for a lengthy period of time would be good for both Bliss and the rest of the women on the roster.

Not only will this help keep Bliss over with the fans, it will also ensure a long title reign for Ronda Rousey. Even better, it will also ensure that a Ronda has a variety of different challengers in the coming months.

Rumours are that Ronda will defend the title against Nikki Bella in the main event of Evolution, and will most probably face her Smackdown counterpart Becky Lynch in a dream program at Survivor Series.

Between then and WrestleMania season, where she is rumoured to face Charlotte Flair, Ronda needs a solid rivalry for almost 3 months, and who's a better wrestler on Raw than Sasha Banks?

Ever since she lost the title in September 2016, Sasha has been treading waters on Raw. Even her rumoured program with Bayley did not reach any outcome, and this has resulted in a lot of credibility loss for The Boss.

With Rousey still raw in the ring, a long program with a skilled worker like Banks could end up being the best thing for the champion in her debut year. Moreover, it would also give Banks a meaningful feud after that horrendous friendship debacle.

#3 Samoa Joe vs Daniel Bryan

Time to take a nostalgia trip.
Time to take a nostalgia trip.

Even though he is a 2 decade veteran of the ring, Samoa Joe is actually at his very best, in the ring and on the mic, right now in the WWE. His dream program with AJ Styles has not only turned him into one of the most vicious heels in the WWE, it has also given AJ a credible challenger for his title after a series of lackluster feuds throughout his reign. However, with WWE 2K19 releasing shortly, it seems highly unlikely that Joe will come out of this feud with the championship around his waist.

With AJ possibly moving on to a feud with The Miz after Super Show Down, the most viable and sensible option left for Joe would be to feud with the man who The Miz is feuding with right now - Daniel Bryan .Even though the feud between Bryan and The Miz promised a lot, it has surprisingly fallen short of expectations and is not supposed to continue beyond Super Show-Down.

With both Joe and Bryan having a long history with each other and both without opponents after the Melbourne show, a feud between the two towards the Royal Rumble season could end up being the show stealing rivalry of the year. Even though both are way past their physical prime, both are capable of presenting a grueling program that could take everyone back to a nostalgia trip.

#2 Roman Reigns vs Drew McIntyre

'The Chosen One' vs The Chosen One.
'The Chosen One' vs The Chosen One.

Few performers in the WWE are more frightening, and fascinating at the same time that Drew McIntyre. Ever since he re-emerged on the main roster on the night after WrestleMania 34, the original 'Chosen One' has managed to set the world on fire with his phenomenal in-ring presence and his surprisingly good partnership with Dolph Ziggler. If all this is a sign of things to come, the Scottish Psychopath is on his way to the top again.

While it initially seemed that McIntyre would feud with Ziggler after they were paired with each other in the first place, it seems highly unlikely now, especially after they won the Raw Tag Team Championship. However, if the rumours are true, WWE are really high on McIntyre and see him as a future World Champion in the WWE. That means McIntyre has to go past the real Chosen One in the Universal Champion Roman Reigns.

Although it is highly unlikely that McIntyre would end up winning the title from Roman, a program between these two big men would certainly be a treat to the eye. With both being ordinary mic workers and extraordinary workers, this program could bring the best out of Reigns after the boring program with Lesnar sucked the life out of him.

With 2 months between Survivor Series and Royal Rumble, it is the best opportunity to push Drew as a challenger to Roman's title.

#1 AJ Styles vs Randy Orton

Indeed a dream rivalry.
Indeed a dream rivalry.

Why these two in-ring veterans haven't feuded already, despite being on the same roster for over 2 years now, is more baffling than Roman Reigns' booking. Both of them have been on the top of the ladder in that period, yet have only crossed path once, that also back in March 2017. Since then, the two have teamed together but have not faced each other in a lengthy, high profile program.

However, the way things have panned out so far in 2018, it seems inevitable to have these two face each other in the near future. Randy Orton is now a vicious heel who has promised to remove every fan favourite from the roster, beginning with his decimation of Hell in a Cell. Given that AJ is the biggest face on the Blue Brand, it is all but confirmed that Randy will target him sooner or later

The best way would be to have Randy either cost AJ his WWE Title to The Miz, or to have Randy betray Styles and Smackdown in their Survivor Series match. Not only will this create animosity between the two, it would create genuine interest among the fans for this rivalry. Both Randy and Styles have tremendous chemistry with each other, as evident from their solitary match, and it's time to end the year on a high note by having them produce magic inside the ring.