10 Wrestlers Who Will Win Their First WWE Title In 2018

2. Adam Cole

Adam Cole NXT TakeOVer
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Speaking of independent stars for whom WWE success seems like a foregone conclusion, what of Adam Cole? Ever since The Panama City Playboy arrived at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, an NXT Championship reign has been pencilled in for his future by critics all over the world. It really is a case of ‘when’ as opposed to ‘if’, and that ‘when’ could be sooner rather than later.

Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas has leapfrogged Cole in the NXT Championship standings, but look for the leader of The Undisputed ERA to be the man to carry the brand in 2018. The only three-time ROH World Champion in company history is still extremely fresh, and could well be the man to keep the developmental brand on the high road it currently travels down.

If you were going to put money on one man winning a championship in 2018, that man would be Adam Cole. Almas may well be a transitional champion in order to get the belt onto another babyface, a good guy who will eventually drop the title to Cole later in the year. Sometimes the most predictable things also happen to be the right things.

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