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WWE Champion Drew McIntyre has been one of the most impressive Superstars in the pandemic-hit era of WWE. Ever since winning the WWE Championship from 'The Beast Incarnate' Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 36, Drew McIntyre has been nearly unstoppable, overcoming every challenge on his path.
Last night at WWE Clash of Champions, Drew McIntyre defended his title against Randy Orton in an Ambulance Match. During the match, several WWE legends like Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Christian, and Ric Flair made an appearance attacking Orton in order to take revenge from him. Ultimately, the WWE Champion was successful in retaining his title.
From the looks of it, his feud with Randy Orton seems to be over. But that doesn't mean that the WWE Champion can relax as several WWE Superstars would be looking to get a shot at his title. Let's take a look at five Superstars who can challenge Drew McIntyre next.
Be sure to comment down and let us know who would you want to see go up against the WWE Champion next.
#5 Keith Lee challenges Drew McIntyre
Former NXT Champion Keith Lee moved up to the main roster and joined Monday Night RAW after WWE SummerSlam and immediately got involved in the feud between the WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton.
While the Limitless One picked up a clean victory over Randy Orton at WWE Payback, his track record since then hasn't been good. Keith Lee also had a one-on-one match against Drew McIntyre on RAW which ended in a no-result due to an interference from RETRIBUTION. But that does give him leverage to claim a rematch against the WWE Champion and we might see that happen on RAW tonight.
Keith Lee has been one of the most impressive WWE Superstars in the last year and WWE seems to be high on him as well. But do they believe enough in him to let him defeat Drew McIntyre and become the new WWE Champion so soon after his main roster debut? He certainly has the charisma and talent to justify that decision.
#4 Braun Strowman challenges Drew McIntyre
2020 has arguably been the best year in the WWE career of Braun Strowman. Starting off with an Intercontinental Championship victory, The Monster Among Men was called up as a last-minute replacement for Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 36, where he defeated Goldberg to win the Universal Championship for the first time in his career. Parallelly, it was Drew McIntyre who won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36.
Braun Strowman recently lost his Universal Championship to 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt at WWE SummerSlam. He also went through a massive character change, turning heel and shaving his head off. In the last two weeks, we have seen him on RAW Underground, completely dominating the scene.
With the WWE Draft around the corner, signs are pointing towards Braun Strowman getting drafted to RAW. If he does, he might just go straight after the WWE Champion, Drew McIntyre. The two have squared-up against each other in the past and recently teased a match as well, as seen in the tweet above. Nonetheless, The Monster Among Men surely has the capability to pose a serious threat to the reign of Drew McIntyre as the WWE Champion.
#3 Kevin Owens challenges Drew McIntyre
Kevin Owens was looking to be on the rise when he defeated the Monday Night Messiah, Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 36. Many even predicted him to go after the WWE Champion, Drew McIntyre soon. After all, he has always been the 'Prizefighter'. But nothing as such happened and it won't be wrong to say that KO is somewhat lost in the shuffle on Monday Night RAW.
Since WrestleMania 36, Kevin Owens has been involved in multiple storylines. He was a supporting character in the Rey Mysterio-Seth Rollins feud and later got into a feud with Aleister Black. Unless WWE has plans to draft him to Friday Night SmackDown, Kevin Owens needs to get back to his Prizefighter character and remind everyone of who he is.
What better way to do that then step up to the WWE Champion Drew McIntyre? KO has all the potential to believably challenge and defeat Drew McIntyre to win the WWE Championship for the first time in his career. We have previously seen how he can have a great reign as a world champion when he won the Universal Championship four years ago.
#2 Aleister Black challenges Drew McIntyre
Another WWE Superstar who has somewhat been lost in the mix on Monday Night RAW is Aleister Black. The former NXT Champion has everything that it takes to be a world champion in WWE, and dethrone Drew McIntyre, but the creative team surprisingly don't seem to have any such plans for him.
Aleister Black recently went through a massive character change after getting his eye shoved to the corner of a steel step by Seth Rollins and his disciple Murphy. The Dutch Destroyer went on a hiatus and started posting cryptic messages and photos on his social media. On his return to RAW, he attacked Kevin Owens and turned heel.
While WWE did change his look, giving him an eye-patch, there has been so much inconsistency with that as well. He even lost to Kevin Owens a couple of weeks ago, not great signs for someone who just got repackaged in some capacity. With the kind of booking he has had recently, it would be tough to see him defeat Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship all of a sudden, but the two can surely have a compelling feud.
#1 AJ Styles challenges Drew McIntyre
'The Phenomenal One' AJ Styles going up against Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship is one of those "feud of the year" and "match of the year" contenders for sure. Drew McIntyre has expressed his desire to face off against AJ Styles on multiple occasions recently.
"The number 1, I guess I would say is AJ Styles. It happened again. I don't know what the deal is with him and I. We're always like ships in the night, we keep missing each other. Be it, I'm away from WWE, I got to Impact Wrestling, he's going going, we're both doing independent shows, it can't quite work out or he's on or I'm off, or he's off. He comes back to WWE. I come back to WWE. We're both on RAW and we're both bad guys but finally, I'm a good guy and he's a bad guy. It's going to happen, he disappears to SmackDown. So I guess we'll have to wait for that match still."
While AJ Styles is currently on Friday Night SmackDown, he could very well be one of the biggest trades of the upcoming WWE draft and make his way back to Monday Night RAW. If that does happen, it would be the perfect opportunity for him to go up against Drew McIntyre and win the WWE Championship for the third time in his career.
