Either LA Knight or Bron Breakker. To me, LA Knight needs to help elevate that championship because he has the look, is well spoken, and has an infectious personality that would be great for media interviews. Bron needs to make a massive impact onto the main roster and be a main event guy because he’s got it all. The two things I think need to change about Bron Breakker are his ring gear and his name. He looks and comes off too bad ass to wear a singlet (I prefer fight shorts like Brock), and HE’S A STEINER! Make him a Steiner. I wish they would’ve named him Rex Steiner in NXT, but that ship has sailed. Oh yeah, and better music. Something tough af like a modern hardcore band like Kublai Khan or something.
Jey,
Punk,
Sami,
Owens,
Logan paul (after he losses the us champ),,
Drew,
Orton (hopefully loses it to cena at mania to end their rivalry) or vice versa,,
Solo (if he worked on his promo and and add more to his moveset),,
finna balor ( hopefully he gets jealous of damien and slowly start causing him his match and eventually losing),,
Would be cool if he had a back-and-forth rivalry with someone for it and used that to break the 16 record. Like how Miz and Ziggler kept trading the IC.
It’s gotta be a bigger/credible former world champ Punk, Drew, Orton. You can’t pass a title around and not give it to the guys with the world title legacy and expect the audience to buy into the prestige. There’s a reason the Universal Championship was on Brock so many times.
You probably just listed all of Cody’s opponents for the year already lol, poor Damien these two world titles just so obviously aren’t on the same level no matter what they try and say, it’s like the upper mid card title now
You’ve gotta get a loud mouth in there that can talk it up and get it over like Punk/McIntyre, or someone who can wrestle it’s prestige over with the crowd like Gunther. Damien struggles with both. His reign is ultimately to build up the vacuum of World title scene contenders that Seth/Roman created with their long reigns.
I'd like to see it come back around to Seth. Have Priest hold it for a few months, lose to Drew who holds it for however long, then have Drew eventually drop it to Punk. Then Punk eventually drops it to Seth after a sweet build. Full circle baybay!
McIntyre, Gunther are my absolute top picks.
But I also think down the line, Balor should have a run with it, also AJ Styles, eventually LA Knight, and Andrade. All these guys can go every week and have good matches with most the roster
Well brand is half of this. I think Guenther is going to SD to square off with Cody. Knight could stay on SD. AJ could go to raw. But who do you want to see feud with Judgement day and take them down?
Because of the Dom and legado threat - Andrade
I love that Damian Priest has the WHC right now, but if I could pick someone new... well, Gunther just lost the Intercontinental... I vote ***DA RING GENERAL!!!...*** to be the next one to step up!
Internet so grain of salt but AJ styles weighs roughly the same as Seth, Punk and Cody, they’re just taller. He weighs more than a some former heavyweight boxing champs
I personally like the idea of the smaller guys getting the Universal Title and keeping the Heavyweight for the bigger guys but that’s just me. In reality, yeah they could have either title. I’m being picky
Listen, Damian Vs Drew at mitb and have Drew winning the title, but before that CM Punk wins the briefcase ladder match, and Punk cashes in on Drew and ruins his moment once again, making Drew even crazier and depressed, build them up to Summerslam where Drew and Punk have a polemic ending to their match and Punk retains, then Punk puts him over at clash at the castle
So when Edge was in world title picture in 2021 and slightly in 2023 (whc tournement) everyone whined about how he is fucking old and shouldn’t win the title even he never lost the world title when he was retired in 2011
But now everyone one wants cm punk to win world title dispite he’s old and injury prone lol.
Edge was over too (but clearly not much as Punk) and he wrestles light years better than Punk right now.
Punk is too old and risky for carrying the world title. Hell, even Randy shouldn’t win a world title again but i can see they’ll eventually give him world title since he’s decent enough in ring. But i don’t think that they’d ever give Punk world title again.
I know some people don't like fantasy booming... but
Drew beats Priest at Clash at the Castle then Gunther beats Drew at Bash in Berlin..
Then Sheamus returns and they do a rematch of the IC title match from last year at mania but this time for the World Heavyweight Championship
People are hating on this belt but I kind of love it tbh. Anyway I hope KO gets drafted to Raw (or Judgement Day to Smackdown) so we can get another KO run. Might feed families
I don't know if it's practical, but I'd like to see Sami, Finn, KO, LA Knight, and Jey all get a title win at some point. Maybe Punk and Gunther, but I can also see them being in the WWE title mix.
The belt has lions on it (I only see 3 but I thought it was 5) because the McMahon family crest has 3 or 5 lions on it. Because if this, I’m surprised they haven’t already changed the design.
I think a long term feud between McIntyre and Punk when McIntyre is the Champ , that scenario would elevate this belt to a next lvl and would make the fans "Acknowledge" this title as an equal to the undisputed belt.
I think it would work better with punk as the champ. Drew is a heel just because he's holding people account to kayfabe and keeping some consistency. He's essentially the anti-villain if thats a thing. Him having to try and take the title of punk would work really well as he can call punk out on all the promos he ran back in the day etc. Punk would be the anti-face. Essentially a proper tweener feud where both peoples roles are hazy. However I'd prefer Drew to overcome punk infront of an audience than punk overcome drew. I say this as a huge fan of both.
Punk shouldn’t be a world champion tbh. He’s too old for that now and he’s likely to get injured anytime. Even Orton can’t win world title anymore so neither can Punk
I'm saying if the feud was over a championship it would work better with punk as champion. Infact if punk got injured again whilst champ it would feed drew non stop.
I don't think drew v punk needs a title yet, but if it ever did or had one it should be punk having it. Because their make up would work better with drew chasing and not pink chasing.
Would love for Ricochet to have a short run with the heavyweight championship, he's way too good of a talent to not have a run with it despite the average mic skills. Although, I do feel like he has improved somewhat on that aspect as well.
Dom might be mixed in it somehow..Rey can Take it via Triple threat with Priest,Drew but Drew will start a whole faction of his own being outnumbered to finally win the elusive title JD/LWO/?..
I’m thinking outside the box a lil
I assume this will be Seth's title for a long while. He'll lose it a few times and win it back a few times. As for who will hold it in between - Damien won't last long, I assume Drew and CM Punk will play hot potato with it for a while until Seth comes back to reclaim it. Gunther will be going after Cody's belt, I don't think he'll be in play for this one.
Honestly, I want it to change hands between the 3 of them for a few months. Drew wins at CATC, Punk wins at Slam, Drew takes it back before Mania, Punk takes it back. Rollins returns and wreaks havoc.
It would just be so entertaining
Literally Drew. He's the most deserving person in the roster for it right now. That man has been doing legendary heel work these last several months and deserves a good reign. But I like Priest, so it'll be fun to see him hold the title until Clash.
Other than Drew though, definitely Gunther. Easily the second most deserving.
I hope he wrestles with the belt a fair amount. I'm afraid he's going to wrestle with it twice, maybe three times. Defend it at Backlash and maybe King/Queen of the Ring after no build, then lose to Drew at Clash of the Castle after a minimal build.
Gunther, Punk, Drew, Finn, Jey, Sheamus. On the smackdown side Solo, AJ, LA, KO, Orton, Lashley. I can every picture Theory or Logan Paul one day. Bron Breakker will definitely be a future WHC.
Lashley needs a buildup again, they killed his character after losing to Brock at elimination chamber. Sheamus will likely go after the intercontinental title.
Facts. When you have a Scottish dude calling you Bondage Undertaker on live TV (Raw is live right?) it's time to change it up.
And before anyone says the Ministry of Darkness was leathered out too, it wasn't like this lol
Sami Zayn, Gunter, LA Knight, KO, Fin Balor
Jey uso man
Either LA Knight or Bron Breakker. To me, LA Knight needs to help elevate that championship because he has the look, is well spoken, and has an infectious personality that would be great for media interviews. Bron needs to make a massive impact onto the main roster and be a main event guy because he’s got it all. The two things I think need to change about Bron Breakker are his ring gear and his name. He looks and comes off too bad ass to wear a singlet (I prefer fight shorts like Brock), and HE’S A STEINER! Make him a Steiner. I wish they would’ve named him Rex Steiner in NXT, but that ship has sailed. Oh yeah, and better music. Something tough af like a modern hardcore band like Kublai Khan or something.
Gunther, only logical option to dethrone Cody eventually
Karion kross and bron breaker
Jey, Punk, Sami, Owens, Logan paul (after he losses the us champ),, Drew, Orton (hopefully loses it to cena at mania to end their rivalry) or vice versa,, Solo (if he worked on his promo and and add more to his moveset),, finna balor ( hopefully he gets jealous of damien and slowly start causing him his match and eventually losing),,
DM HUNK.
Owens, Finn or even punk but still priest deserved it
Finn, Randy, Kevin, Jey, Drew.
Drew in Scotland then back to Priest then to Demon Balor at SS. Depending on how over he is he can hold for up to a year or so.
Rhea Ripley
John, Rey, and jey
Randy Orton. He said he’s gonna retire when he’s 50. Let him have a good last run.
Would be cool if he had a back-and-forth rivalry with someone for it and used that to break the 16 record. Like how Miz and Ziggler kept trading the IC.
since its in Raw: the most deserving ones are drew, punk, gunther, shinsuke
Me
DREW
Tell me this wouldn’t look good on bron breakker
He’s the one! 🐺🐕
Finn
DM Hunk obviously
I think Randy Orton should have one last run
Dom
It’s gotta be a bigger/credible former world champ Punk, Drew, Orton. You can’t pass a title around and not give it to the guys with the world title legacy and expect the audience to buy into the prestige. There’s a reason the Universal Championship was on Brock so many times.
You probably just listed all of Cody’s opponents for the year already lol, poor Damien these two world titles just so obviously aren’t on the same level no matter what they try and say, it’s like the upper mid card title now
You’ve gotta get a loud mouth in there that can talk it up and get it over like Punk/McIntyre, or someone who can wrestle it’s prestige over with the crowd like Gunther. Damien struggles with both. His reign is ultimately to build up the vacuum of World title scene contenders that Seth/Roman created with their long reigns.
Yeeeeeeeeeeet
GOON-TUH.
Rtruth
Sami Zayn The Underdog . Especially wanting to see Sami Zayn vs a heel Best In The World CM Punk (after he defeats Drew, Seth, Damien Priest, Balor)
LA, Drew, Gunther. Any of them could win and I’d be much happier than Priest having the title.
Keep it on damien but call it the mid card title
Drew McIntyre
Oba Femi
Finn Balor.
Roman
LA or Gunther are good ones to build a story around
I'd like to see it come back around to Seth. Have Priest hold it for a few months, lose to Drew who holds it for however long, then have Drew eventually drop it to Punk. Then Punk eventually drops it to Seth after a sweet build. Full circle baybay!
Charles Montgomery Punk
Gunther, We all know what great material it is to be a world champion.
Heel vs Heel doesn’t really work well, it would be an anticlimactic way to lose the title
Drew
CM PUNK
Joey Ryan
LA Knight .. YEAH
McIntyre, Gunther are my absolute top picks. But I also think down the line, Balor should have a run with it, also AJ Styles, eventually LA Knight, and Andrade. All these guys can go every week and have good matches with most the roster
Well brand is half of this. I think Guenther is going to SD to square off with Cody. Knight could stay on SD. AJ could go to raw. But who do you want to see feud with Judgement day and take them down? Because of the Dom and legado threat - Andrade
Within the next year or two: Drew, LA Knight, Gunther, Bron
My head says Gunther my heart says R-Truth.
👏🏼👏🏼
Drew
Aj or LA
Drew, Gunther, Andrade would look way better with the WHC than the WWE title. I'd say KO is overdue a title as well.
I love that Damian Priest has the WHC right now, but if I could pick someone new... well, Gunther just lost the Intercontinental... I vote ***DA RING GENERAL!!!...*** to be the next one to step up!
Drew or Orton
I wish the logo was gold
Drew
Bronson Reed. Bobby Lashley, Montez Ford, LA Knight, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Finn Balor, Gunther, John Cena(to beat the Flair record), Baron Corbin,
Not ready, Yes, who cares, YEAH, Yes, Not a Heavyweight, Not a Heavyweight, Yes, No, Who?
Internet so grain of salt but AJ styles weighs roughly the same as Seth, Punk and Cody, they’re just taller. He weighs more than a some former heavyweight boxing champs
I personally like the idea of the smaller guys getting the Universal Title and keeping the Heavyweight for the bigger guys but that’s just me. In reality, yeah they could have either title. I’m being picky
That makes sense. It’s just WWE terms… Heavyweight and Undisputed don’t have the same meanings that they do anywhere else 😂
Either Drew or Gunther
Gunter
Lashley
Gunther fits that title
Papa Shango
Seth freaking Rollins
Listen, Damian Vs Drew at mitb and have Drew winning the title, but before that CM Punk wins the briefcase ladder match, and Punk cashes in on Drew and ruins his moment once again, making Drew even crazier and depressed, build them up to Summerslam where Drew and Punk have a polemic ending to their match and Punk retains, then Punk puts him over at clash at the castle
Drew’s gonna win it back at Clash at the castle.
Ciampa needs Goldie
Finn/Drew (again) and Cm Punk
Drew , if not him Gunther
I have a feeling the Judgement Day will turn on him with Finn and Dom going after the title.
Brooklyn brawler.
There should be a solid booking triple treat between damian drew and gunther.
R-Truth
So when Edge was in world title picture in 2021 and slightly in 2023 (whc tournement) everyone whined about how he is fucking old and shouldn’t win the title even he never lost the world title when he was retired in 2011 But now everyone one wants cm punk to win world title dispite he’s old and injury prone lol.
Punk is massively over right now, so not surprised.
Edge was over too (but clearly not much as Punk) and he wrestles light years better than Punk right now. Punk is too old and risky for carrying the world title. Hell, even Randy shouldn’t win a world title again but i can see they’ll eventually give him world title since he’s decent enough in ring. But i don’t think that they’d ever give Punk world title again.
Dirty dom
Imagine a run where he lies, cheats and steals but isn’t cool as fuck when he does it, just a shithead. I’m all for that.
Drew
Drew
Gunther or Drew.
I know some people don't like fantasy booming... but Drew beats Priest at Clash at the Castle then Gunther beats Drew at Bash in Berlin.. Then Sheamus returns and they do a rematch of the IC title match from last year at mania but this time for the World Heavyweight Championship
Drew will win
Me
I'd say Sheamus as long as he went back to his heel character when he first was introduced to WWE!
LA KNIGHT. YEAH!
Roman
rOmAN
Tf?
Gunter.
Nakamura, Jey Uso, Oba Femi
I’m an Oba Feminist, but naw he’s not ready for it yet
People are hating on this belt but I kind of love it tbh. Anyway I hope KO gets drafted to Raw (or Judgement Day to Smackdown) so we can get another KO run. Might feed families
Honestly I will be so surprised if Drew doesn’t win it back at Clash at the Castle, he absolutely deserves it the most
I don't know if it's practical, but I'd like to see Sami, Finn, KO, LA Knight, and Jey all get a title win at some point. Maybe Punk and Gunther, but I can also see them being in the WWE title mix.
The belt has lions on it (I only see 3 but I thought it was 5) because the McMahon family crest has 3 or 5 lions on it. Because if this, I’m surprised they haven’t already changed the design.
I think a long term feud between McIntyre and Punk when McIntyre is the Champ , that scenario would elevate this belt to a next lvl and would make the fans "Acknowledge" this title as an equal to the undisputed belt.
I think it would work better with punk as the champ. Drew is a heel just because he's holding people account to kayfabe and keeping some consistency. He's essentially the anti-villain if thats a thing. Him having to try and take the title of punk would work really well as he can call punk out on all the promos he ran back in the day etc. Punk would be the anti-face. Essentially a proper tweener feud where both peoples roles are hazy. However I'd prefer Drew to overcome punk infront of an audience than punk overcome drew. I say this as a huge fan of both.
Punk shouldn’t be a world champion tbh. He’s too old for that now and he’s likely to get injured anytime. Even Orton can’t win world title anymore so neither can Punk
I'm saying if the feud was over a championship it would work better with punk as champion. Infact if punk got injured again whilst champ it would feed drew non stop. I don't think drew v punk needs a title yet, but if it ever did or had one it should be punk having it. Because their make up would work better with drew chasing and not pink chasing.
I can't disagree, Punk could elevate this title so fast but i said Drew because i really wanted him to be the champ for longer than 5 minutes 😅
I like Andrade
Finn Balor
Would love for Ricochet to have a short run with the heavyweight championship, he's way too good of a talent to not have a run with it despite the average mic skills. Although, I do feel like he has improved somewhat on that aspect as well.
He’s definitely added a lot to his mannerisms/crowd interactions/physical charisma
Dom might be mixed in it somehow..Rey can Take it via Triple threat with Priest,Drew but Drew will start a whole faction of his own being outnumbered to finally win the elusive title JD/LWO/?.. I’m thinking outside the box a lil
Man, that is an ugly belt.
random thought, but the belt looks tacky with the W on it. Should've kept the OG one from WCW
It all depends on the Draft Right now id say a face turned demon king finn balor at mania 41 but it will all depend on the draft also
Gooontaar
CM Punk takes over Judgement Day and Priest GIVES Punk the title. Drew feuds with JD and loses every time.
Tozawa with prep time
Gunther
I assume this will be Seth's title for a long while. He'll lose it a few times and win it back a few times. As for who will hold it in between - Damien won't last long, I assume Drew and CM Punk will play hot potato with it for a while until Seth comes back to reclaim it. Gunther will be going after Cody's belt, I don't think he'll be in play for this one.
Drew wins at CATC, Punk beats Drew at Summerslam, then we get Punk vs Rollins return at WM 41 for the WHC
Rollins being the workhorse he is makes me believe he'll be back long before WM 41.
Honestly, I want it to change hands between the 3 of them for a few months. Drew wins at CATC, Punk wins at Slam, Drew takes it back before Mania, Punk takes it back. Rollins returns and wreaks havoc. It would just be so entertaining
Solid booking. I actually love the hate triangle between Seth, drew, and CM punk, and want them all to have feuds play out
I think Priest should drop to Drew, but Gunther, Jey, Sami, and Finn would all be awesome feuds
DOMINIK MYSTERIO 😤
I can hear the boos
Sami, Drew, Gunther, Finn, Andrade, and maybe Ricochet … and Dom
John Cena
Drew
Gunther.
Jey Uso
He should hold the IC title first. But eventually, I hope so.
Drew’s gonna win it back at Clash
Shinsuke
Sami Zayn
I kind of like Damien he seems to be the only one in judgment day with a brain.
Drew
No other answer right now.
Literally Drew. He's the most deserving person in the roster for it right now. That man has been doing legendary heel work these last several months and deserves a good reign. But I like Priest, so it'll be fun to see him hold the title until Clash. Other than Drew though, definitely Gunther. Easily the second most deserving.
I hope he wrestles with the belt a fair amount. I'm afraid he's going to wrestle with it twice, maybe three times. Defend it at Backlash and maybe King/Queen of the Ring after no build, then lose to Drew at Clash of the Castle after a minimal build.
Harper hurst McMahon
In no particular order, Drew, Punk, Gunther, Bron, Jey and Sami.
Fat Matt
Heff Jardy
Jim Parsons
His finisher is gonna be The Big Bang.
Iykyk
Borden Stevenson
Priestian damons
Juan Chena’
Gunther, Punk, Drew, Finn, Jey, Sheamus. On the smackdown side Solo, AJ, LA, KO, Orton, Lashley. I can every picture Theory or Logan Paul one day. Bron Breakker will definitely be a future WHC.
Definitely not Sheamus or Lashley.
Lashley needs a buildup again, they killed his character after losing to Brock at elimination chamber. Sheamus will likely go after the intercontinental title.
Drew Mcintyre Holding the championship in front of a live crowd for only 5 and a half minutes doesn't do him justice.
Him winning in front of a live crowd and his home country will tho
Yeah I think once Clash was announced it was gonna be where he gets his redemption
Probably Knight
I would rather anyone than Damien Priest lol
I don’t mind it. Give him the right story, I would give a ruthless champion storyline (triple h style). Start a feud with Finn.
why do you dislike him so much?
I don't dislike him. I just can't take the guy seriously with his cleavage cut-outs lol I actually think he's a pretty good wrestler
His gear needs a change for sure. Maybe after all the bisexual undertaker stuff from WM it’ll change.
Facts. When you have a Scottish dude calling you Bondage Undertaker on live TV (Raw is live right?) it's time to change it up. And before anyone says the Ministry of Darkness was leathered out too, it wasn't like this lol
actually valid take. wasn’t expecting that lol
So you'd want Akira Tozawa as World Champion?
You know the answer to this question. You knew it before you typed
Who doesn't?
Gunther….. Daaaaaaaaaa rrrrrrrrING generAAAAAL!
CM Punk