The highly anticipated WWE Draft returned this year after a one-year hiatus. And it certainly shook things up for good.
Night One of the draft started on last night’s Friday Night SmackDown, where a bunch of elite superstars were switched between the three brands. With this in mind, we are covering night one of WWE’s Draft. Read on to find out which brand your favourite superstar got drafted to.
Friday Night SmackDown- Night One(April 2023)
Round 1
- SmackDown: Undisputed WWE Champion Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa(The Bloodline)
- RAW: Cody Rhodes
- SmackDown: Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair
- RAW: Becky Lynch
Round 2
- SmackDown: Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford(The Street Profits)
- RAW: Intercontinental Champion Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci
- SmackDown: Edge
- RAW: Matt Riddle
Round 3
- SmackDown: Bobby Lashley
- RAW: Drew McIntyre
- SmackDown: AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson and Michin(The OC)
- RAW: The Miz
Round 4
- SmackDown: Bayley, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky(Damage CTRL)
- RAW: Shinsuke Nakamura
- SmackDown: NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn
- RAW: NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell
With this, the Night One of the draft came to an end. This year’s draft was certainly pretty interesting. The SmackDown roster is now full of massive talents. RAW on the other hand, got household names like Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes. But most interesting of all, The Bloodline might see a split this coming Monday. This is because of Solo Sikoa, Paul Heyman and The Tribal Chief himself being selected by SmackDown to remain on the roster. But The Usos have not been selected yet by either of the brand. For weeks, rumours have been circulating that The Bloodline may finally see a split sometime soon, and what better way to do it than during the draft.
However, the draft is not over yet. The second night of the two-night event will continue on 1st May during Monday Night RAW. On last night’s SmackDown, some matches also took place. LA Knight defeated Butch in a singles match and the Street Profits defeated LWO and Strowman & Ricochet. We also got to see The OC in action and some other matches like Zelina Vega picking up a victory over Sonya Deville and Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens defeating The Usos to retain their Tag titles.
WWE Draft Night Two will take place during the upcoming week’s Monday Night RAW. Stay tuned to see the complete shakeup of the three brands!
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