Who Will be the Next WWE World Heavyweight Champion?

No, no, this isn't me being short-termism. I'm not bored of Bryan already. But we all love a good prediction, so who do you think will take the belt off Bryan?

I was going to do two polls; one for when and one for who, but this seems more appropriate to get discussion started. Then y'all can go ahead and discuss a PPV or timeframe in which the reign will end.

I reckon WWE will have him drop it to Batista


However if it were up to me, he'd drop it to Lesnar, Punk or Cesaro (in that order)

i have a feeling they will look to give it to Bray soon. He is due that first run they give to hot new guys, followed by two years scraping by on the mid card 'paying his dues'.... cause that makes sense   

Lesnar will beat Bryan at SummerSlam I reckon with Cesaro winning MITB

Im going for Cesaro.

Lesnar getting it somewhere down the line is a gimme. Now whether he gets it directly off Bryan is another matter.

The Heyman/Cesaro link is interesting but that's been done before with Punk and Lesnar.

If I was a betting man (and I am) I'd go with Batista dropping the gold to big bad Brock.

Edit: Batista!

A Batista win would be fabulous.

I'm assuming that certain agreements were put in place for Batista's return, similar to Lesnar's reduced schedule.

I'm guessing winning the Rumble was one, and as a result headlining Mania followed.

It's certainly possible that the initial idea was for him to win the title, until the fan reaction to him and his in-ring abilities were both not as anticipated.

Could there still be an obligation to put the title on him within a certain time period?