With WWE’s creative direction for the World Heavyweight Championship pretty much mapped out through till WrestleMania 43, there is hope that the Undisputed WWE Title picture will provide more unexpected moments and excitement between now and “The Grandest Stage of Them All.”
2026 has certainly given us that thus far, with five title changes total throughout the year and plenty of twists and turns along the way. And now it is Sami Zayn who is in the driver’s seat to carry the championship into 2027.
With Oba Femi widely expected to earn his WrestleMania 43 World Heavyweight Title match with Roman Reigns by winning the 2027 men’s Royal Rumble, the challenger for the Undisputed WWE Title will likely be determined by the men’s Elimination Chamber match.
Here are four of the frontrunners to win next year’s men’s Elimination Chamber match:
Trick Williams
When looking at 2026’s NXT call-ups, only Oba Femi has made more of a splash than Trick Williams in 2026.
The now two-time United States Champion has firmly established himself as a future main event player in WWE, and like Femi, he is poised to potentially win his first world championship in 2027.
WrestleMania 43 will be all about crowning Oba Femi with his first world title, so WWE may not want to potentially take away from that moment by also booking Williams to reach that same feat on the same weekend. But realistically why should it matter? Neither John Cena or Batista were negatively affected by sharing their first world title triumph at WrestleMania 21, so why would Trick and Oba be?
CM Punk
CM Punk now has a WrestleMania Night One and Night Two main event to his name, but he has yet to taste victory in that spot.
While that doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, it may at least leave Punk with a bit of hunger to finally get a win at the biggest stage possible – and he could earn an opportunity to do that by winning the men’s Elimination Chamber.
Punk winning probably wouldn’t be everyone’s cup of tea given how much he’s been pushed in recent years, but he is one of WWE’s biggest names and someone who should still be featured in a big profile spot on a WrestleMania card until he decides to call time on his career.
Cody Rhodes
Another choice that likely wouldn’t go down entirely well would be Cody Rhodes.
Rhodes has spent the past three months or so away from the Undisputed WWE Title picture; which may be the longest amount of time he’s been away from the title since he first won it back at WrestleMania 40.
This will continue at Survivor Series, as he leads Team USA into battle against Team Mexico instead. But by the time Elimination Chamber comes around he will very likely be involved and be one of the favorites to win the entire thing.
Kevin Owens
Given that Kevin Owens missed the past two WrestleManias due to a serious neck injury, he would very much make for a popular choice to main event the show in an Undisputed WWE Title match.
Fans have been waiting for “The Prizefighter” to capture his second world title for a decade now, but it now feels about as likely to happen as it ever has with Sami Zayn holding it.
Owens and Zayn have main evented WrestleMania as teammates, but to see them go at it one-on-one at the biggest stage would be a truly wonderful moment given their extensive history and humble beginnings.
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