As WWE continues to share its true brand in the second season of its new television contracts, it has now completed its latest WWE draft to shake up its two major show rosters. The draft began on SmackDown on Friday night and ended on Row on Monday night with each superstar on both rosters available for selection.
The two-day draft with Rona’s three-day show had p84 elections (men, women, tag teams and groups), with each getting three elections for SmackDown. The WWE initially split those superstars into two pools to ensure that the company’s biggest stars would work the attractions over the two-day draft.
On the first night of the draft, held Friday during SmackDown on Fox, four of WWE’s six singles champions were featured as worthy drafts, though they all remained on their respective brands. The other two – Belle (SmackDown Women) and Sami Zen (InterContinental) – appeared for selection on Monday during a run on the USA Network; They both stayed on SmackDown.
However, the early Fox-USA network draft in 2019 received mostly negative reviews – it was largely boring and left the rosters uneven – WWE decided to use a similar format with Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon announcing each pick in a commissioner-type role. . Improvements were made this year as the WWE celebrated a pre-edited battlefield featuring cartoon robots and face-drawn officers and focused on the reactions of the draft superstars.
All that’s left now is to break down WWE draft preferences and new rosters.
WWE Roster
Raw
- Men (22): Drew I Kintier (C, WWE), Bobby Lashshali (C, USA), R-Truth (C, 24/7), AJ Style, “The Find” Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton, Br, N Strowman, Matt Riddle, Jeff Hardy, Keith Lee, Ricochet, Elias, Chiamus, Angel Garza, Humberto Carillo, Drew Gulak, Tucker, Dabba-Kato, Titus O’Neill, Akira Tozawa, Ridic Moss, Arturo Ruas
- Women (8): Asuka (C), Charlotte Flair, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Lacey Evans, Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, Lana
- Men’s Tagging Teams / Groups (5): New Day (C), The Hurt Business, The Miz And John Morrison, Retribution, Lucha House Party
- Women’s Tagging Teams (2): Shayna Basler and Nia Jacques (C), Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke
SmackDown
- Men (15): Roman Raines (C, Universal), Sami Zen (C, Intercontinental), Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, Jay Uso, Big E, Alistair Black, Apollo Cruz, Otis, Murphy, Callisto, Lars Sullivan, King Corbyn, G
- Women (5): Bailey (C), Sasha Banks, Bianca Bellair, Carmela, Natalya
- Men’s Tagging Teams (4): Street Profits (C), Cesaro and Shinsuk Nakamura, Dolph Ziegler and Robert Rude, Ray and Dominic Mysterio
- Women’s Tagging Teams (1): Riot Squad
Undrafted
- In the pool but not selected: Andrew, Eric, Billy Kay, Mickey James, Temina, Zilliana Vega
- Not in draft pool: Becky Lynch, Jimmy Uso, Ivor, Sonia Devil, Edge, Jinder Mahal, Samoa Jo, Mojo Rawley, Forgotten Sons, Bo Dallas, Big Show, John Cena, Bill Goldberg, Rhonda Rousey, The Undertaker
WWE draft results
Day 1 (Friday, October 9)
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Drew I Kintair (C, WWE) |
Roman rule (C, Universal) |
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Asuka (C, raw woman) |
Seth Rollins |
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The Hurt Business |
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2 |
AJ style |
Sasha Banks |
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Naomi |
Bianca Baller |
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Nia Jacques and Shayna Basler (C) |
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3 |
Ricochet |
G. Uso |
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Mandy Rose |
Ray and Dominic Mysterio |
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The Miz and John Morrison |
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4 |
New Day (C, SD Tag Team) |
Big e |
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Dana Brooke |
Otis |
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Angel Garza |
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| 5 | Humberto Carillo | Murphy |
| Drew Gulak | Callisto | |
| Tucker |
Day 2 (Monday, October 12)
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“The Find” Bray Wyatt |
Ballet (c) |
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Randy Orton |
Street profit (c) |
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Charlotte Flair |
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| 2 | Bran Strowman | Daniel Bryan |
| Matt Riddle | Kevin Owens | |
| Jeff Hardy | ||
| 3 | Change | Lars Sullivan |
| Keith Lee | King Corbin | |
| Enjoy Alexa | ||
| 4 | Elias | Sami Zen (C) |
| Lacey Evans | Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura | |
| Shames | ||
| 5 | Nikki Cross | Dolph Ziegler and Robert Rude |
| R-Satya (C) | Apollo Cruise | |
| Can-cut | ||
| 6 | Titus O’Neill | Carmella |
| Peyton Royce | Alistair Black | |
| Akira Tozawa | ||
| 7 | Lana | Natalya |
| Riddick Moss | Riot Squad | |
| Arturo Ruas |
- Divided into teams: Coffee Kingston and Xavier Woods broke up with New Day after winning the SmackDown tag team title, but it was raw when Big In was sent to SmackDown. Heavy machinery and the Lucha House party also broke up.
- New day and street Profit The tag team titles of their brands changed after they drafted against each other.
- Shorty G. Was added to the SmackDown roster on Monday. He went missing on Friday.
- Lucha House Party (Lins Dorado and Gran Metallic) Rowes were added to the roster on Monday. They became irrelevant on Friday.
