Predicting All 15 WWE Champions One Year From Now

9. Cruiserweight Champion: Lio Rush

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It's great that Lio Rush is considerably better at wrestling than he is at Twitter, because the cheeky scamp was better known for throwing shade at Emma's WWE release than anything he'd done between the ropes up until a few months ago. Fortunately, the diminutive flyer has found a home on 205 Live, though he has some way to go before overtaking the likes of Mustafa Ali and Cedric Alexander.

At 23 years old, Rush is another long-term project. There's no hurry to send him to the top, but he's more than good enough to continue the in-ring standards expected of this belt, and it's easy to see him in this spotlight a year from now.

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