5 WWE Superstars who may hold their titles until Royal Rumble 2021

Royal Rumble is one of the biggest events in the WWE calendar. The 34th annual Royal Rumble is set to take place on January 24th, 2021, and the venue for the event is still unknown at this time.

Fans look forward to the Royal Rumble months before the event takes place, and speculation over potential winners and title challengers starts early, with fans already discussing what could go down in late January.

Title feuds often stem directly from Royal Rumble winners choosing their challengers, but sometimes, a Royal Rumble win is a great way to revisit a former feud.

The current set of championship holders in WWE are a strong bunch and have been involved in rivalries that had fans hooked. Here are five current champions who may hold their titles until the 2021 Royal Rumble.

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#5 WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Street Profits

Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, The Street Profits, have been a big part of the WWE tag team division for some time now. The pair officially moved to RAW in late 2019, after appearing in backstage segments since the summer of that year.

Pretty much straight away, the pair were involved in the title scene, unsuccessfully challenging Rollins and Murphy for the titles at Super ShowDown, but won them soon after on RAW. Ever since, The Street Profits managed to fend off the likes of Angel Garza and Austin Theory, and The Viking Raiders.

The Street Profits were drafted to SmackDown in October and swapped the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships with The New Day for the SmackDown Tag Titles.

Since their move to SmackDown, a clear rival on the Blue Brand has yet to be established for The Street Profits. It is hard to imagine a legitimate challenger to their titles at this time, especially as so many tag teams have broken up recently on both SmackDown and RAW.

#4 WWE Champion Drew McIntyre

Drew McIntyre has established himself this year in WWE. The Scottish Psychopath won the men's Royal Rumble this January and chose to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania, which he ended up winning in a headline match.

McIntyre managed to keep hold of the WWE Championship for most of 2020. He briefly lost it to Randy Orton but managed to win back in a rematch. Winning the championship back from Orton has refreshed McIntyre, and it feels as though he is here to stay as the dominant champion of WWE RAW.

It will be interesting to see what is the next turn for Drew McIntyre as WWE Champion. Over the past few months, he has shown himself to be a versatile and charismatic champion and is the type of in-ring performer that can have a feud with many different types of performers that can come across as meaningful.

If Drew McIntyre does indeed manage to hold on to the WWE Championship until the Royal Rumble rolls around, it will be exciting to see if the match-winner chooses to challenge him for the title, which could be a bit of a full-circle moment.

#3 WWE RAW Women's Champion Asuka

Asuka has enjoyed an eventful year in WWE so far and has been involved with many high-profile feuds, mostly involving the RAW Women's Championship. At the start of the year, Asuka battled Becky Lynch for the title and later won the Money in the Bank ladder match. Asuka found out that she won the title a day later when Lynch surprised her by handing her the championship and explaining that she was relinquishing the title as she was becoming a mother.

Asuka has defended the WWE RAW Women's Championship for many months, against the likes of Mickie James and Zelina Vega. The Empress of Tomorrow briefly dropped the championship to Sasha Banks, who is now the WWE SmackDown Women's Champion, but managed to win it back a week later.

Over the past few months, Asuka doesn't seem to have had a title feud that has depth. Her most recent title match was against Lana, who surprisingly won a Battle Royal on RAW, and prior to this, there was no hint at a rivalry between the two.

Keeping the championship on Asuka until the Royal Rumble seems quite likely at the moment. Having the winner of the women's Royal Rumble challenge Asuka to the RAW Women's Championship feels like a great way to provide her with a rival.

#2 WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns

Ever since Roman Reigns returned at SummerSlam and won the WWE Universal Championship at Payback a week later, he has dominated SmackDown. The Tribal Cheif pinned Braun Strowman to win the WWE Universal Championship from 'The' Fiend Bray Wyatt in a triple threat match.

Since his return, Reigns has been portraying a more serious, villainous character and now has Paul Heyman as his advocate. Reigns has captured the interest of fans with his current storyline, where he is doing whatever he can to assert his dominance and prove that he is the head of the table in his family, including wearing down his cousin Jey Uso until he recognized him as The Tribal Chief.

The current storyline involving Roman Reigns is one of the most interesting on WWE television for some time. It seems that this angle will be a lengthy one, and it's difficult to envision Roman Reigns dropping the WWE Universal Championship to anybody before the end of January.

#1 WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks

After a few months at the forefront of WWE programming alongside her former best friend, Sasha Banks finally managed to overcome the odds and become the new SmackDown Women's Champion in an intense Hell in a Cell match against Bayley.

Sasha Banks has been one of the biggest stars of WWE's pandemic era programming, and she is showing no signs of slowing down. Currently, on SmackDown, The Boss has started a feud with Carmella, who recently returned with a new look and a new attitude to the Blue Brand of WWE. On Carmella's return, she made it known that she had it out for Sasha Banks by attacking her unexpectedly.

The rivalry between Carmella and Sasha Banks is bound to heat up following Survivor Series. However, after Banks' title win was such a huge WWE storyline, it does feel as though she will be keeping a hold of the belt for a while longer. Up until her current title reign, Banks had never successfully defended a singles championship.