5 Superstars WWE will put the WWE Championship on after Daniel Bryan 

#1 Jeff Hardy could win the WWE Championship, more than a decade after he first won the title

Daniel Bryan (left) could drop the WWE Championship to Jeff Hardy (right) at the Royal Rumble PPV or at WrestleMania 35

I'd like to note a few stats here before we expound on this topic. Jeff Hardy has won the WWE Championship only once in his career thus far -- back when he faced Triple H and Edge in a Triple Threat Match at the Armageddon PPV on December 14th, 2008, wherein he scored the pinfall victory over Edge to win the first World Championship of his professional wrestling career, the WWE Championship.

Alright, now that we're done with the stats, let's move forward! Considering that Hardy's WWE Championship win came on December 14th, 2008, the fact remains that it'll be approximately a decade later that he now finds himself in a position to once again win the WWE Championship.

Now, although Hardy did capture the World Heavyweight Title (Big Gold belt) in WWE twice in 2009, before leaving for TNA (now--Impact Wrestling) and winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship 3 times, the significance of the WWE Championship is undeniable.

I'd like to assert that if the promotional higher-ups don't put the WWE Championship on Orton or The Miz (who, I believe, are the best bets to dethrone Daniel Bryan as the champion); Hardy is perhaps the likeliest candidate to become the next WWE Champion.

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