Ranking all of WWE's current champions (post-SummerSlam weekend)

#10 Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Champion)

Please don't make him a foreign heel.

Ring work: Inconsistent. While he never bombs, his matches often wind up disappointing people.

Character work: This is where Nakamura is currently excelling. His portrayal as a crazed, deranged heel has been remarkable since WrestleMania.

Crowd connection: Nakamura is still very over with crowds, even if he's done his best to give them nothing to cheer for. With his charisma and character work, he's always captivating and demands attention.

Prospects: This is currently the great weakness of his reign. With Jeff Hardy now having been dispatched and becoming fully embroiled with Randy Orton, and Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles also occupied, Nakamura currently lacks a top babyface to feud with for his title. Perhaps Aleister Black could be called up to remedy that situation soon, but right now, the US title picture is murky.

In addition, Nakamura is now calling himself the representative of the "United States of Nakamerica," which sounds dangerously close to the tired old foreign heel trope that was played out 25 years ago. Let's hope his reign doesn't go in that direction.