WWE United States Champion: Kevin Owens
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I feel sorry for the United States Championship. In the span of less than two full years, it went from an obscure title few people cared about, to one of the best belts to fight for (thanks to John Cena’s open challenges – seriously, why can’t more wrestlers do that?) to falling back into obscurity following Cena losing the belt.
Sadly, the belt that once acted as another stepping stone for wrestlers to reach higher levels in WWE has become a forgettable prop that few wrestlers (and even fewer fans) care about.
When Roman Reigns defeated Rusev to win the belt, there was a small glimmer of hope that another of Vince’s top guys would carry the belt with pride.
Instead, there were occasions when Reigns didn’t even carry the belt at all, and his focus on the Universal Championship sent a clear message: “I may be the U.S. Champion, but I want that championship instead”.
As a result, the U.S. Championship suffered further, until it was won by Chris Jericho. From here, it’s likely that Chris Jericho will hold onto the belt until WrestleMania, at which point he’ll likely lose it to Kevin Owens.
WWE’s likely to book the following chain of events: Owens will defend the Universal title against Goldberg, and will lose, despite interference from Jericho. Owens will finally turn on Jericho, ending their friendship once and for all.
This’ll lead to Owens vs. Jericho at WrestleMania, with the likely stipulation of having Jericho’s U.S. Championship on the line.
Owens will win, part ways with Jericho, and from there, hopefully, he’ll stop acting like a coward in big matches and become an actual vicious prizefighter like he was in 2015.
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