Who Is The Next WWE Champion?
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The next WWE Champion will be decided at the upcoming Survivor Series pay-per-view event. Who do you think will come out on top?
WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
The WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship is a women’s professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of the two titles for women in WWE, alongside the Raw Women’s Championship on the Raw brand.
Current Champion- Bayley
Bayley is the current WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion. She is a former NXT Women’s Champion and has held the title for a total of 205 days. Bayley is scheduled to defend her title against Charlotte Flair at WWE Evolution on October 28, 2018.
Potential Contenders- Sasha Banks, Lacey Evans, Naomi
The WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE for its women’s division. It is one of two titles for women in WWE, alongside the RAW Women’s Championship on theRAW brand. The current champion is Bayley, who is in her second reign.
The title was established as the WWE Women’s Championship on October 19, 1999, with Ivory as the inaugural champion. The title was renamed the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship on August 29, 2016, when then-WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was drafted to SmackDown as part of the 2016 WWE draft.
Sasha Banks
Sasha Banks is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE under the ring name Sasha Banks. She made her main roster debut on July 13, 2015, as part of the NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event.
Banks is a former NXT Women’s Champion and a four-time Raw Women’s Champion, making her one of only two female wrestlers (the other being Charlotte Flair) to have won both championships. She has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WWE, including Hell in a Cell in October 2016
Lacey Evans
Lacey Evans is an American professional wrestler and former United States Marine currently signed to WWE under the ring name Lacey Evans. She made her main roster debut on April 8, 2019, as part of the WrestleMania 35 pre-show.
Evans began her wrestling career in 2016 after spending several years in law enforcement and as a single mother. She signed with WWE in early 2018 and was assigned to their developmental brand NXT later that year. After several months of training, she made her television debut on the January 2 episode of NXT
Naomi
Trinity McCray (born November 30, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and dancer better known by her ring name Naomi (wrestler). She is signed to WWE where she performs on their Raw brand under the ring name Naomi . McCray was born and raised in Sanford, Florida . She began her career as a dancer and model
WWE Universal Championship
The Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of WWE’s two world titles, alongside the WWE Championship on the Raw brand. The current champion is Brock Lesnar, who is in his first reign.
Current Champion- “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt
The current WWE Universal Champion is “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt. He is a former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and WWE Tag Team Champion. He is also a one-time Intercontinental Champion, making him the only superstar in WWE history to have held all three of those titles.
Potential Contenders- Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns, Daniel Bryan
The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles in WWE, alongside the WWE Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, who is in his first reign.
In mid-2016, WWE introduced the WWE Universal Championship and retired its predecessor, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. A tournament was established to determine the inaugural Universal Champion at SummerSlam in August 2016; it was won by Finn Bálor. Since its inception, three wrestlers have held the title for a combined 516 days: Bálor (one day), Goldberg (22 days), and Brock Lesnar (493 days). At 1,000 days, Lesnar’s first reign is the longest in history. Strowman has been recognized as a record three-time holder of the title.
As of June 2020, there have been six reigns and four holders. Braun Strowman is currently in his second reign as champion after defeating The Fiend at WrestleMania 36; he defeated Goldberg to win his first title at WrestleMania 34.
WWE Raw Women’s Championship
The WWE Raw Women’s Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of the two top championships for WWE’s women’s division, along with the SmackDown Women’s Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current champion is Ronda Rousey, who is in her first reign.
Current Champion- Becky Lynch
Becky Lynch is the current WWE Raw Women’s Champion. She is also a former WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion, and a 2-time WWE Divas Champion. Lynch is considered one of the top female wrestlers in WWE today, and has main evented several pay-per-view events.
Potential Contenders- Charlotte Flair, Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler
The current WWE Raw Women’s Champion is Ronda Rousey, who is also one of the Four Horsewomen of MMA. She is a former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion and was the first woman to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. Ronda has held the Raw Women’s Championship since WrestleMania 34 in April 2018.
Charlotte Flair is a former NXT Women’s Champion and a two-time WWE Divas Champion. She is also a member of the Four Horsewomen of WWE. Charlotte has been rumored to be in line for a title shot against Ronda Rousey, and she has been very vocal about wanting to face Ronda for the Raw Women’s Championship.
Shayna Baszler is another potential contender for the Raw Women’s Championship. Shayna is a former UFC fighter and is currently signed to WWE. She is a member of the Four Horsewomen of MMA and has held the NXT Women’s Championship since WrestleMania 35 in April 2019.
WWE NXT Championship
WWE NXT is a professional wrestling television program that is produced by WWE and is broadcast on the USA Network. The show features some of the brightest young stars in the WWE. It is one of the most popular shows on the WWE Network.
Current Champion- Adam Cole
Adam Cole is the current WWE NXT Champion. He won the title at TakeOver: XXV, defeating Velveteen Dream, Johnny Gargano, and Matt Riddle in a fatal four-way match. Cole is the first NXT Champion to have held the title for more than one reign.
Cole has held the title for a total of 307 days, which is the second-longest reign in NXT history behind only Shinsuke Nakamura. He has defended the title against Velveteen Dream, Johnny Gargano, Matt Riddle, Finn Balor, Pete Dunne, and Keith Lee.
Potential Contenders- Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Velveteen Dream
The WWE NXT Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on their NXT brand. It is one of NXT’s two top championships, alongside the NXT North American Championship, which was created at TakeOver: Brooklyn in August 2015. The current champion is Adam Cole, who is in his first reign.
The title was introduced on July 8, 2012 at a WWE live event in Winter Park, Florida. The inaugural champion was Seth Rollins. It has since undergone two name changes; it became the NXT Championship in August 2014 when WWE’s main roster split into two brands, SmackDown and Raw, while retaining the name of WWE’s developmental territory as NXT; and it became the NXT World Championship in December 2016 following the reintroduction of WWE’s world heavyweight championship as the WWE Universal Championship.
In May 2017 at Backlash, Shinsuke Nakamura became the first Japanese-born wrestler to win the title. The record for most combined days as champion is held by Finn Bálor with 700 days (across two separate reigns). The longest individual reign is held by Adam Cole with 220 days (as of December 8th 2019). Samoa Joe has had three reigns totalling 197 days – making him second overall – while Bálor’s second reign lasted 188 days. Kevin Owens holds the record for shortest reign at 32 days (during his first title victory). Bobby Roode has had two separate title runs lasting 154 and 153 days respectively – making him second overall for combined number of days holding both titles (behind only Nakamura), while also being tied with Owens for shortest individual run among former holders of both titles during their runs as champions of both brands during the 2016/17 brand extension.
WWE NXT UK Championship
Current Champion- WALTER
WWE NXT UK is a professional wrestling television programme that is produced by WWE and broadcasts on BT Sport in the United Kingdom. The programme features the NXT UK brand, which is a developmental territory for WWE based in the United Kingdom. It is taped at various locations throughout Britain.
NXT UK is a women’s professional wrestling promotion founded in December 2016, when it was first announced as part of the Royal Albert Hall show. The promotion held its first set of tapings at Elland Road in January 2018.
NXT UK champions are decided through Championship bouts, with the current champion being WALTER.
Potential Contenders- Pete Dunne, Joe Coffey, Dave Mastiff
The WWE NXT UK Championship is a professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE for their NXT UK brand. It is one of two titles for male wrestlers in the brand, along with the NXT UK Tag Team Championship, although this title is considered to be the top championship of the brand. The inaugural champion was Pete Dunne, who won a tournament to become the inaugural champion on January 14, 2018.
Since its inception, there have been two reigning champions. The current champion is Joe Coffey, who is in his first reign. He defeated Dunne to become champion on November 8, 2019 at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff.
There are currently three potential contenders for the WWE NXT UK Championship- Pete Dunne, Joe Coffey and Dave Mastiff. All three men have had multiple title reigns in other promotions and are highly decorated champions. Each man has a unique style that sets them apart from each other and would make for an interesting matchup should they face each other for the title.
