Predicting all of the next champions in WWE

Intercontinental Championship - Samoa Joe

This appears to be the trajectory, and with Roman Reigns’ inevitable date with destiny, again, at WrestleMania to win the Universal Championship, it will most likely be the way they go. Samoa Joe wants the IC Title and Roman Reigns wants Samoa Joe.

Unless Jason Jordan somehow slips in and weasels his way into a match that sees him win the belt, Samoa Joe is the next champ.

It will be another step in the dissolution of The Shield, as all three men will be without championships and will all be looking to go in different directions. Samoa Joe, on the other hand, will be on top of the world with the IC Championship, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he kept a stranglehold on it for a very, very long time.

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I got my first big break writing for 411Mania back in 2004. I did a small spot in a big weekly piece that was written by one of the site's top writers. I quickly added the duty of being the live recapper for episodes of SmackDown, and in 2005 was given my own weekly column, which I did for a few years. I gave up writing (mostly) to start a family but got back into it, still at 411, a little over 3 years later. For another couple of years, I wrote 2-3 columns per week for the website before finding paid work elsewhere, and eventually wound up at SportsKeeda.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram