10 Wrestlers Who Must Win A WWE Championship By WrestleMania 38
Cesaro, Daniel Bryan, and others who must taste WWE gold by WrestleMania 38.
WrestleMania 37 was a largely successful event, complete with a plethora of title changes. In total;
Sheamus became a three-time United States Champion, AJ Styles and Omos claimed the Raw Tag Team Championships (making Styles a Grand Slam Champion and giving Omos his first title full stop), Rhea Ripley took the Raw Women's Championship to end Asuka's reign, Apollo Crews picked up the Intercontinental Championship, and Bianca Belair became the new SmackDown Women's Champion in a genuine history-making night one main event.
There was a lot to take in from the two nights. Going forward, there's going to be even more, regardless of if the post-'Mania Raw said otherwise.
We're technically now on the road towards April 2022's WrestleMania 38, taking place at Dallas' AT&T Stadium. That gives us just under 365 days to see further marquee championship changes, ones that should have happened a long time ago.
A quick note before we begin, though; while this could easily focus on just those names who need to win their first main roster title reign, there were also those who had to be taken into account who have already achieved that first main roster championship given their recent impressive work. This first guy, though, hasn't...
10. Mustafa Ali
How has Mustafa Ali never won a championship in his five years with WWE?!
The now-former RETRIBUTION leader has had very few opportunities at championship gold throughout his WWE tenure. The matches have typically been solid encounters, at least; the Cruiserweight Championship from Cedric Alexander from WrestleMania 34 stands out. It was on the pre-show, mind, but it was still one of the best matches of the night.
Before we reach AT&T Stadium, his luck has to change. Especially if he's able to create a fully-fledged gimmick out of this American shtick he's been posting online.
Much like Kevin Owens (a Canadian) did in the spring of 2017, Mustafa Ali should ideally centre his character around being WWE's official United States representative as the United States Champion. It did wonders for 'The Prizefighter' because it felt like more than just a random title run. That strap meant more to Owens than the Universal Championship ever did.
It wouldn't hurt to try, anyway. While it's the Intercontinental Championship that was once known as the workhorse title, Mustafa could easily change that stereotype. Riddle and Sheamus already got the ball rolling on Sunday night; all Ali has to do is take full advantage.