Report: Royce Keys Considered A Future World Champion By WWE Higher-Ups

Royce Keys may end up holding the WWE Championship or World Heavyweight Title during his time with WWE.

According to False Finish, several higher-ups within WWE see Royce Keys as a future world champion within the organisation. The former Powerhouse Hobbs is currently being featured in a main event role on Monday Night Raw as part of his new faction with OTM as the stable feuds with The Bloodline's Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, and Jacob Fatu.

Reports had already noted in recent days that Keys had received "massive praise" within WWE for slotting into a main event role so effortlessly since he and OTM debuted as a faction by laying out The Bloodline and Solo Sikoa & LA Knight on the August 24 episode of Raw. The stable's push looks set to continue too, with Royce Keys and OTM reportedly seen as a perfect fit for WarGames at Survivor Series.

After a six-year run with All Elite Wrestling, Royce Keys signed with WWE in January 2026 and made his debut in the men's Royal Rumble match, debuting at #14 and lasting just under 10 minutes, during which he eliminated Damian Priest.

Keys then disappeared from WWE TV before resurfacing in April and he won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the SmackDown before WrestleMania 42. Keys worked his first WWE pay-per-view match at SummerSlam as he teamed with Solo Sikoa and LA Knight in a win over The Usos and Jacob Fatu. Keys was then written off TV on the post-SummerSlam episode of Raw with a post-match beatdown from Jacob Fatu, before he returned with OTM a few weeks later.

Royce Keys has yet to hold a world championship during his pro wrestling career. He is a one-time TNT Champion and one-time AEW World Trios Champion from his time with All Elite Wrestling.