BetOnline Republishes Its 'Champions At The End Of 2021' Markets Following WrestleMania

BetOnline has republished its betting markets in which customers can gamble on who they believe will be in possession of the major WWE Titles on the last day of 2021.

The markets were first priced up in late-December. I wrote a post about them on New Year's Day. 

It was in mid-January when I last saw them. However, they have now been adjusted following this past weekend's WrestleMania.

Here are the prices for each market as well as some notes about how they differ from earlier this year.

WWE Raw Women's Championship
When the market for the WWE Raw Women's Championship was last made available, Rhea Ripley was in that place where NXT stars go before landing on the main roster. She made her proper Raw debut weeks after being the last person eliminated from the Women's Royal Rumble. She went on to win Raw's women's title from Asuka last Sunday.

With Ripley the current holder, BetOnline has added her as a +175 favourite.

Two key stars on the Raw brand are immediately below the fave with Charlotte Flair now at +225 (from +300) and Alexa Bliss +300 (from +400).

Some other selections have had their prices increased. For example, the former champ - Asuka - is now at +500 from +400 and Becky Lynch's price has doubled from +200.

Ronda Rousey and Io Shirai have both been added at +800 and +900 respectively.

WWE Smackdown Women's Championship

On Saturday night, we witnessed Bianca Belair become WWE Smackdown Women's Champion with a win over Sasha Banks in the main event of WrestleMania's first night.

The champ is now a +125 favourite to be holding the title come December 31st. She was previously a +250 second-favourite behind the person she beat for the title.

Banks has changed places with her WrestleMania opponent and is +250 to be the holder of the strap as 2021 becomes 2022. 

Three new selections have been added with Becky Lynch at +400, Ronda Rousey at +800 and Io Shirai +900.

WWE Universal Championship

There has been no change at the top, in the market for the WWE Universal Championship. The current champion, Roman Reigns, is still -250 to be holding the strap at the conclusion of 2021.

One of Reigns' opponents from WrestleMania - Daniel Bryan - has shorter odds than when the market was last made available. He's now +700 from +1,600.

Another selection with a price cut is Reigns' cousin, Jey Uso, who has moved into +1,600 from +2,500.

There have been new additions to the running with Apollo Crews +900, Edge +1,000, Shinsuke Nakamura +1,200 and Karrion Kross +1,400 replacing King Corbin (was +2,500), Lars Sullivan (was +2,500) and Aleister Black (was +3,300).

WWE Championship

At WrestleMania, Bobby Lashley successfully retained the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre via a ref stoppage. Then, a couple of nights later, McIntyre once again became a number one contender and will challenge Lashley in May at WrestleMania Backlash.

McIntyre, who was champion when the market was first priced up, has fallen from +200 favourite into +175.

The current champion, who was +1,600 initially, is now in second-place at +250.

As you'll see above, the bookmakers have also lowered the price of two other selections in the betting with Randy Orton down from +1,200 into +800 and Braun Strowman also moving in from +1,200 albeit to a shorter +700.

Both Strowman and Orton were in the mix on Monday night as they were McIntyre's opponents in the number one contender match in Raw's main event.

New names have been added. Sheamus is +1,000, Karrion Kross is +1,400, Omos is +2,000, Damian Priest is +3,300 and The Miz, who won the strap in the period when this market was unavailable, is +4,000.

One selection has been taken off the board with Edge - who was +800 - no longer available. 

I believe Edge should have remained in the running for WWE Champion because - even though he was a part, and likely will be a part, of the WWE Universal Championship title picture for WrestleMania and beyond - he is still a free agent when it comes to brand affiliation. His storyline obsession to once again become champion could eventually find him travelling across to the red brand.

Prices correct as of the time of writing. The latest can be found on The BetOnline Website.