Predicting All 15 WWE Champions One Year From Now
Sorry, guys: The Big Dog's going nowhere.
Like almost everything else in the company, the way WWE book their championships is deeply inconsistent.
The Universal Title suffered greatly under absentee champion Brock Lesnar, but should now rebound with Roman Reigns at the helm, much like the WWE Championship has done since AJ Styles took Jinder Mahal's place. The Intercontinental is as healthy as it's been in years. NXT's four belts? All immaculate. Others, however, aren't so healthy, with the Raw Tag Team Titles close to a nadir and the Cruiserweight strap all but forgotten about.
Credibility and prestige come and go like hot-shotted champions. These scenes, like WWE itself, are ever-changing, and this makes it tough to predict what they'll look like 12 months from now, but with an eye on current booking patterns and longstanding WWE habits (and assuming there'll be another Superstar Shakeup sometime in 2019), let's take a stab at it anyway.
Only active WWE championships are included, meaning only one of the upcoming NXT UK belts makes the cut. Similarly, the long-rumoured women's tag titles may materialise before 30 August 2019, or they could prove to be nothing more than the product of speculative wrestling reporters with over-active imaginations...
15. NXT UK Women's Champion: Jinny
WWE crowned their first NXT UK Women's Champion this past weekend, but we'll avoid that for the benefit of those wishing to consume the nascent brand unspoiled whenever it hits the Network.
Predicting the division's future is difficult without seeing the first few shows. Nonetheless, there are a few standout names inside the group, with current PROGRESS Women's Champion Jinny among the brightest prospects. She's one of the UK's most effective heels, and an ideal building block for the division going forward. This means she'll almost certainly be in the title picture for the foreseeable future, before inevitably moving on to bigger things.