State of the WWE heading into 2019

Raw's Men's Division

Despite not being the Universal Champion, Seth Rollins is the face of Raw

Universal Champion: Brock Lesnar

Intercontinental Champion: Seth Rollins

Grade: B

If Roman Reigns was still the Universal Champion, this could easily be a A. Lesnar's notorious part-time status devalues the Universal Championship but also increases the value of whoever holds the Intercontinental Championship. Even if Seth Rollins wasn't holding it, he'd be the top dog on Raw.

Losing Reigns hurt in more ways than many would like to admit, but him finally winning the title helped in two ways. Firstly, his never-ending quest for the Universal title ended. Secondly, he was a full-time champion. The list of potential challengers is deep (Balor, McIntyre, Ambrose, Lashley, Elias, Strowman, Corbin) but none have been booked as true threats outside of McIntyre. Since the IC title has acted as the top prize on Raw by default, the lines between those in the mid-card and those in the main-event scene have been blurred.

The division is probably one of the deepest in the WWE in terms of talent. Even the disabled/MIA list could fill the main event scene with the likes of Reigns, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt on it.

Factor in Apollo Crews, Dolph Ziggler and Jinder Mahal and the challengers for both titles seem never-ending.