Wrestling Six Packs: Who the Next Crop of Singles Champions Should Be in WWE

Do it again, only have Strowman win, dammit
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Hey, the Six Packs are back! For the return, I'm going to look at the current singles Champions on the main roster of WWE and to whom they should lose their titles. WWE has transitioned from bouncing titles back and forth from person to person to lengthy title reigns as the rule of the day. While this change from the Attitude Era hot potatoing has taken hold over the last decade, it seems like title runs are getting longer on average. Or not. Maybe it's just perception. Still, when a title changes hands, it's exciting, and what's more exciting than fantasy booking? I'll combine the two here.

1. WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar to Braun Strowman - Honestly, Brock Lesnar should have lost the Universal Championship to Strowman at No Mercy, because Roman Reigns/Lesnar II doesn't feel nearly as compelling a WrestleMania main event as Reigns/Strowman, the FINAL SHOWDOWN. I've covered this before, but it's worth reiterating. Of course, Reigns is being groomed for the big coronation at Mania now that he has The Shield by his side, but coronations aren't nearly as fun as culminations. Besides, who doesn't want perhaps the best giant man wrestler since Vader ruling RAW from his throne of bones? It can still be done at Survivor Series, I promise!

2. WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Jinder Mahal to Big E - Honestly, I originally had Sami Zayn here, but I think he has more of a long game to the title, as long as he stays healthy and with WWE. With Big E, WWE has the opportunity to crown a Black World Champion in earnest, one that it built itself, and one that's part of an over act. Big E feels like he has the most upside as a solo Champion of New Day, but any member works here. Hell, all the members work here because a Freebird Rules-World Championship reign would be batshit crazy enough to work. If I had to guess, Mahal is going to lose the title at the Rumble to like AJ Styles or Shinsuke Nakamura to set up their Mania showdown, but man, how goddamn fun would a Big E/New Day reign be?

3. RAW Women's Championship: Alexa Bliss to Asuka - The women's titles scenarios are where "should" seem to line up with "will." On RAW, I'll be absolutely shocked if Asuka loses before Mania this year, and mildly surprised if she loses before Mania next year. She can't be held back from the title for too long, and if she is, the RAW team will have failed. Titles as storytelling props don't work often, but with Asuka, it's essential to her at least until she loses the streak, right?

4. Smackdown Women's Championship: Natalya Neidhart to Charlotte Flair (to Carmella) - Two things I know to be true about Smackdown's women's scene is that Neidhart is an awful Champion, and Flair appears to be leagues better as a babyface than she's been as a heel, at least on the main roster. While she should get a long reign sooner rather than later, I'd love to see her chase a titleholder who has the chance to be compelling. Carmella provides that with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Again, I feel like this scenario will play out in that manner, and it will be good for the division, as long as Flair's chase isn't mired with multiwoman matches the way the scene has been booked for the year to date.

5. Intercontinental Championship: The Miz to Elias - This scenario is the curveball. Elias has proven to be an entertaining interstitial act on RAW since being brought up from NXT, and it's an act that I think can be mined for more value with a title and steady feuds fed to him. Of course, going from heel to heel would be interesting, but it could be done in a multiperson match or just through force of will. Elias after all is getting people to react to him positively despite his stated alignment, which can work well for taking challenges from an entire roster, not just half.

6. United States Championship: Baron Corbin to Bobby Roode - The knee-jerk reaction is Tye Dillinger, but honestly, I think he could use a bit more time developing a reputation with Smackdown crowds and getting more of a chase. Meanwhile, Roode is ready to carry a title sooner rather than later (although I wouldn't take the belt off Corbin right away since he just won it). He's a solid worker for the main roster and what's best is while I wouldn't exactly call him versatile, he's adaptable. Plus, if he needed to turn heel mid-reign, he could do so with ease.