How to be WWE Champ in 5 easy steps:

1, get a contract with the WWE
2, work through FCW and then get your ECW call up
3, defeat golddust in a feud
4, become friends with Triple H
5, defeat Cena in a result so shocking that most of the roster dont get what the hell is going on

AKA politics > time served

Botch-tista hits UT with a low blow while ref isn't looking, crushes his skull w/a chair...1,2,3 ... Teddy Long comes out and says he won't let the title change hands that way, restarts the match, UT wins

Batista wins. Then Teddy comes out cos Batista low blowed Taker and restarts the match, Taker sits up and then tombstones Batista onto a chair to win.

Morrison dropped the title to get pushed into the main event. Him being in the Wrestlemania match for the Heavyweight title is a very real possibility right now.

DX were going to win the belts, though it was expected to be a month or two sooner, and this is going to build to them fracturing and breaking up and feuding in time for Mania. Its probable the plan is still in place for them to feud with Hart Dynasty and presumably they will drop the belts to them at whatever the Feb PPV is called, mayyyybe as soon as RR, but probably not.

Show was booked to feud with Cena in the new year. Given the plans changed last night for Cena to drop its unknown what this means, but Cena winning the title back tomorrow at Raw or at the RR event and then feuding in with Show into Mania has to be the most likely outcome unless they plan to entirely switch it up and elevate Kofi and have Sheamus retain, but given Kofi lost that is fairly unlikely at this point.

HUGE speculation here, but Morrison lost his title and the Royal Rumble is coming up. He has to be at the top of the shortlist to win, with Kofi being up there too, given they are the only two guys who could be elevated to that big match at Mania without earning it through the front door. Obv the guys who have won before are all in with a good shot, Jericho has to be up there, esp given he has never won the RR before, and i wouldnt count out Cena winning back the title and Show winning the RR on the same night to set up their feud (their third in less than 12 months if im not mistaken).