Predicting Who Dethrones Each Current Champion (on the Main Roster)

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AJ Styles, Roman Reigns, Charlotte Flair, and Ronda Rousey are WWE's 4 top champions.

No champion remains champion forever. Any champion (not named Brock Lesnar) has to defend their title every 30 days. There are dozens of wrestlers that are competing to be in title contention so any wrestler that is currently a champion is not safe. While some champions like Ronda Rousey, Roman Reigns, The New Day, and Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre just won their titles, other champions such as AJ Styles have been holding their titles for a while and can be expected to lose their titles at any time.


Next Cruiserweight Champion: Drew Gulak

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The rivalry between Drew Gulak and Cedric Alexander is certainly not over.

Cedric Alexander won the Cruiserweight Title at WrestleMania and since then he's successfully defended his title against the likes of Kalisto, Buddy Murphy, Hideo Itami, and even current rival Drew Gulak. Although Cedric Alexander defeated Drew Gulak at SummerSlam, he won via a roll up.

This rivalry is likely not over as the two have had altercations with each other since their SummerSlam. Their rivalry will likely end with a Drew Gulak championship victory as the only 3 heels on 205 Live that Cedric Alexander hasn't beaten yet are Tony Nese, TJP, and Lio Rush. TJP and Tony Nese haven't been built strong enough to justify them getting a championship match, while Lio Rush hasn't been part of 205 Live for long enough to get a title shot. If Drew Gulak wins he can have matches against the likes of Akira Tozawa, Noam Dar, Kalisto, and Buddy Murphy.

Next Raw Tag Team Champions: The Shield

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Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose are already former WWE Raw Tag Team Champions.

Given the way that Raw's Tag Team division has been terribly booked, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose are the only credible challengers as The Revival and The Authors of Pain both suffer from 50/50 booking, Bobby Roode & Chad Gable are a temporary tag team that will end with a Bobby Roode heel turn, and The Ascension, Titus Worldwide, and Heath Slater & Rhyno are jobbers. However, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose are both former world champions that have been involved in a rivalry with Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler all summer.

It is easy to see Seth Rollins pulling double duty at Hell in a Cell, successfully defending his IC title and challenging Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre for the Raw Tag Team Titles. Seth Rollins can fight twice a night for a little bit. This will also be a great way to get the IC Title off of Seth Rollins, especially if an angry Baron Corbin schedules a tag team title match first and then an IC Title match right after it. This way, Dean Ambrose will also no longer be the odd one out and each member of the Shield will hold a title. Rollins & Ambrose can then defend their titles against the likes of the Authors of Pain & the Revival.

Next SD Live Tag Team Champions: SAnitY

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SAnitY
have
already heald the NXT Tag Team Titles.

The New Day won the SD Live Tag Team Championships from Bludgeon Brothers in a no disqualification match 2 weeks ago on an episode of SmackDown Live. While SmackDown Live currently has a stacked tag team division, SAnitY is the best choice to dethrone the New Day.

The Bar & Rusev Day are likely to break up soon, the Usos have already had their opportunity to hold the titles, a member of the Bludgeon Brothers are injured, and Gallows & Anderson & the Colons haven't been booked strong enough to justify them defeating the New Day for the titles. SAnitY is a unique team that has an intimidating look. They also are one of the only 2 factions on SmackDown Live (the other faction is the New Day. If SAnitY win the SD Tag Team Titles, they can have amazing matches against the likes of the Usos, Gallows & Anderson, and the Bludgeon Brothers.

Next IC Champion: Kevin Owens

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Kevin Owens is a former 2 time IC champ.

When Seth Rollins becomes dual champion, it is fair to suggest that he won't hold both titles at the same time for long. If Seth Rollins having 2 matches costs Monday Night Raw a point during Survivor Series, Baron Corbin may punish Seth Rollins by having Rollins & Ambrose defend the Raw Tag Team Titles on Raw against a team like the Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre and then defend the IC Title right after that against Kevin Owens.

Kevin Owens can then be the vicious competitor that takes advantage of an already exhausted Seth Rollins. Kevin Owens can get the ultimate revenge on Seth Rollins for making him quit last week. If Kevin Owens becomes IC Champ, he can then successfully defend his title against the likes of Finn Balor and Bobby Lashley.

Next US Champion: Rey Mysterio

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This would certainly be quite a surprise.

Shinsuke Nakamura claims that he has no competition on SmackDown Live. I got the feeling that his complaints will lead to him eventually being confronted by an NXT call-up or a returning WWE superstar. While Aleister Black would be an excellent candidate to challenge Shinsuke Nakamura, he is currently injured and will likely return to NXT to feud with whoever attacked him before he joins the main roster. Therefore, it makes sense for WWE to start a dream feud between Rey Mysterio and Shinsuke Nakamura when Rey Mysterio inevitably returns to WWE.

WWE will obviously want to book a dream feud between Rey Mysterio and Shinsuke Nakamura as soon as possible. WWE will obviously want to heavily push Rey Mysterio when he returns so he will probably get the win (preferably after Survivor Series). Rey Mysterio can then defend his title against the likes of Rusev, Randy Orton, and Andrade 'Cien' Almas.

Next Raw Women's Champion: Charlotte Flair

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The biggest WWE women's dream match

Ronda Rousey is currently set to defend the Raw Women's Championship against Alexa Bliss at the Hell in a Cell pay per view. She will definitely retain her title as Alexa Bliss has close to no chance of winning. She will then probably hold the Raw Women's Championship until WrestleMania. She will then fight WWE's most accomplished female superstar.

Charlotte Flair will win the 2019 Women's Royal Rumble and choose to face Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women's Title. Although it would be better for Ronda Rousey to win so that another superstar could get the rub of pinning Ronda Rousey, WWE will probably want to continue to build Charlotte Flair's legacy (even though if she retired today she would probably be immediately inducted into the Hall of Fame). Charlotte Flair can then defend her title against the likes of Ember Moon, Sasha Banks, Ruby Riott, Bayley, and Nia Jax.

Next SD Women's Champion: Becky Lynch

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There are not many people that wouldn't want to see this again.

Charlotte Flair has been Smackdown Women's Champion since SummerSlam. She has already successfully defeated Carmella to retain her title on SmackDown Live. Becky Lynch is already scheduled to face Charlotte Flair at Hell in a Cell. This match will likely end in a disqualification.

They will have a rematch at Evolution (the IIconics will be involved in the championship match at Super Showdown). Becky Lynch will then get the win at Evolution. This will allow Charlotte Flair to return to Raw to challenge Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania and will allow Becky Lynch to take her rightful place at the top of Smackdown's women's division. Becky Lynch can then face off with the likes of Asuka, Naomi, both members of the IIconics, and both members of Absolution.

Next Universal Champion: John Cena

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John Cena will break Ric Flair's record at WrestleMania.

Roman Reigns won the Universal Championship at SummerSlam. He has already successfully defended his title against Finn Balor. Roman Reigns will probably have a long reign as Universal Champion, defeating the likes of Bobby Lashley, Braun Strowman, Kevin Owens, Bobby Roode, & Jinder Mahal.

Roman Reigns will then be challenged by former 16-time WWE Champion John Cena. John Cena will probably beat Roman Reigns as he is going to start wrestling less and less and WWE probably want him to break Ric Flair's record as soon as possible. This is also a worthy WrestleMania moment as history will be made. John Cena can then defend his title against the likes of Bobby Lashley, Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Braun Strowman, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre and Bobby Roode.

Next WWE Champion: The Miz

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This can set up Daniel Bryan vs The Miz for the WWE Title at WrestleMania.

AJ Styles has been WWE Champion since last November. He has successfully defended his title against the likes of Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, John Cena, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Rusev. He is currently set to face Samoa Joe at both Hell in a Cell and WWE Super Showdown. AJ Styles will probably retain the title twice. The Miz will then defeat Daniel Bryan at the Super Showdown to become #1 Contender.

The Miz will then defeat AJ Styles after Survivor Series to become WWE Champion. This will allow AJ Styles to take a break as Smackdown's top competitor (and possibly feud with Randy Orton). The Miz will also get a much-deserved spot as WWE Champion (he's deserved this since 2016). The Miz can then defend his title against the likes of Rusev, Jeff Hardy, & Daniel Bryan (at WrestleMania).

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