Predicting The Next Champions For Every WWE Title

Anything can happen at any time in WWE, so predicting the next champion for every championship across Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown is an almost impossible task – but we’ve tried our best regardless! Using some educated guesswork, current booking trends on WWE TV and PLEs, and a sprinkle of fantasy booking here and there, this is what WWE’s titleholders could look like in the near future.

Whether it be those in the tag team divisions, midcard divisions, or main event world title scenes, there are countless wrestlers on RAW & SmackDown hoping to get their hands on WWE’s top prizes.

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WWE Tag Team Championships: Bakusai

• Shinsuke Nakamura & Kyoki are a new tag team.
• They have already started a feud with the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions.
• The MFTs are the current titleholders.

The arrival of Kyoki on the WWE main roster has seen him team up with Shinsuke Nakamura in an attempt from WWE to inject some live into the dwindling tag team division on Friday Night SmackDown. Despite their newness as a tag team, they have already sparked issues with WWE Tag Team Champions, The MFTs.

They might win the gold in their first attempt, but at some point in the near future it will be Bakusai securing the gold.

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World Tag Team Championships: LA Knight & Solo Sikoa

• Bron Breakker & Austin Theory currently hold the World Tag Team Titles.
• LA Knight & Solo Sikoa are WWE’s newest popular duo.
• WWE would be smart to crown them as champions.

The RAW tag team division is void of much depth or quality, which is exactly why the the newest popular pairing of LA Knight and Solo Sikoa will be the next team to step up. The Vision are doing absolutely nothing with the World Tag Team Titles, so their reign is on borrowed time.

Knight & Sikoa winning easily sets up a feud with The Usos in the aftermath, with whom they’ve had plenty of problems.

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Women’s Tag Team Championships: Charlotte Flair & Tatum Paxley

• Fatal Influence are the Women’s Tag Team Champions.
• Tatum Paxley & Charlotte Flair are newfound allies.
• A Tag Team Title run will start the end of the friendship.

There are a fair few alliances in the women’s division in WWE, but one that is rather interesting is Charlotte Flair, Tatum Paxley, and Alexa Bliss, which feels as though it is on borrowed time. Before an eventual breakup, WWE may seek to capitalize on the tandem of Flair & Paxley by having them first win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles from Fatal Influence.

Flair is a multi-time tag champion, winning the belts previously with Asuka and Alexa Bliss, so she is no stranger to these prizes.

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Men’s United States Championship: Carmelo Hayes

• Trick Williams recently won back the US Title.
• Carmelo Hayes has been misused on WWE programming.
• Hayes is the only correct pick to beat Williams.

Trick Williams recently played hot potato with Baron Corbin for the United States Title, and when looking across the current SmackDown roster there isn’t a whole load of names who stand out as being able to take the gold off him a second time… except Carmelo Hayes.

Fans have been clamouring for over a year for Hayes to get more focus on TV, especially when it comes to the midcard division. Hayes needs to win back the United States Title (which he lost unceremoniously earlier this year to Sami Zayn), and WWE will oblige to appease the fans.

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Women’s United States Championship: Tatum Paxley

• Jacy Jayne is the reigning US Champion.
• She will have a long reign on WWE SmackDown.
• The popular Tatum Paxley will eventually beat her.

While Tatum Paxley is predicted to be one half of the next WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, she is also among the top names to dethrone Jacy Jayne for the United States Title… though this will come far later down the line and after a lengthy, perhaps ever record-breaking reign, from Jayne.

Paxley is new to the main roster but her natural popularity and connection to the fans is hard to ignore, and this will lead to her being the one to take the belt from Jayne, whose reign thus far hasn’t been all too interesting.

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Men’s Intercontinental Championship: Ethan Page

• Chad Gable has been on a dominant spell as Intercontinental Champion.
• Ethan Page has been a big part of WWE’s midcard division.
• Page is the correct heel to beat a babyface in Gable.

Chad Gable’s Intercontinental Title has seen him defeat several of the luchadors he previously had issues with, but it won’t be a lucha libre star who dethrones him down the line. Instead, it will be Ethan Page.

Throughout 2026, Page has been one of the key names keeping the midcard division together, putting in both good character work and in-ring performances that will at some point earn him main roster gold.

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Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Iyo Sky

• Raquel Rodriguez currently holds the Intercontinental Title.
• Iyo Sky has a history with the Judgment Day.
• Sky is out of the world title picture so she will be given a title.

Ever since losing out against Liv Morgan for the Women’s World Title, Iyo Sky’s minutes on WWE programming have dropped. At some point she will come back, and she will seek revenge on The Judgment Day. With the world title picture busy, Sky will focus on Raquel Rodriguez and the Intercontinental Title.

This prize has already been held by big and established stars such as Becky Lynch and AJ Lee, so it won’t feel like a downgrade for Sky if she gets her hands on the championship for the first time.

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WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton

• Chelsea Green is a popular WWE Women’s Champion.
• Tiffany Stratton will turn heel and betray Green.
• Green will win the title back from Stratton.

Chelsea Green’s WWE Women’s Title win at SummerSlam was a crowd-pleasing moment, though Green has already had to overcome injuries and other hurdles in the time since. Although their alliance is currently strong, it is becoming clearer that Tiffany Stratton will at some point betray Green and go after her title.

Stratton has a strong chance of dethroning Green to become a two-time champion, though this will only rally Green on as an even bigger underdog to take the title back, playing hot potato with the prize.

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WWE Championship: Kevin Owens

• Sami Zayn shocked fans with a second WWE Title win.
• SmackDown’s main event scene has many challengers.
• Kevin Owens beating Zayn for the WWE Championship makes sense.

Sami Zayn shocked the world for a second time by beating CM Punk for the WWE Championship, and this time around his reign will last for longer than the nine days he had prior. However, much like his reign as NXT Champion, there is a strong chance that this run comes to an end at the hands of his best friend-turned-enemy, Kevin Owens.

It has been a decade since Owens held a world title in WWE, so him being the one to dethrone Zayn would make a win all the more sweeter. Punk is also a top contender to take the gold from Zayn, but there is a good chance that Punk could also beat Owens down the line too.

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Women’s World Championship: Bayley

• Stephanie Vaquer won the Women’s World Title in Chile.
• Bayley is reportedly signing a new WWE deal.
• Bayley may be rewarded with another world title reign.

Following her recent return to TV, many fans are expecting Bayley to remain with WWE after some rumors of an exit.

In reward for her commitment and loyalty, there is a good chance that WWE pushes her back up the card on Monday Night RAW, becoming the one to defeat new champion Stephanie Vaquer at some point down the line. Don’t expect this any time soon, but Bayley is among the more likely names to be thrown into the mix after committing her future to WWE.