10 Best Candidates To Supplant Seth Rollins As WWE Champion

7. Bray Wyatt

Similarly, Bray Wyatt would be a can’t miss rival for Seth Rollins should the latter turn. One of the best talkers currently on the main roster, the sadistic Wyatt has been treading water somewhat since his program against The Undertaker which culminated at WrestleMania. Having been part of WWE’s featured television shows for a few years now under the guise of the mysterious character, there’s an argument to be made that Wyatt doesn’t need a belt, but it wouldn’t hurt.

Exploring that idea for a second, Bray Wyatt is such a strong character that winning titles doesn’t necessarily define him. It’s been a smart move of WWE’s to keep him away from belts such as the Intercontinental Title, because the temptation would be to simply have him hold it for a few months, before losing it in some nondescript fashion. In other words, what’s the point?

The WWE World Heavyweight Title is different, because it still acts as a symbol of the promotion’s utter faith in a wrestler. The old World Heavyweight Championship was put on a few surprising names (Jack Swagger, for example), but the WWE belt is the crown jewel. Wyatt could easily reason that the title has made Rollins a puppet for WWE, and he wants to set him free, whilst obviously just wanting the strap for himself.