- The 2019 WWE Draft is under way on Friday Night SmackDown, and there have already been some big moves announced. The draft is being presented as executives from Fox and USA vying for the best Superstars they can get their hands on, with “war rooms” for both networks making decisions for WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon to announce at the podium.
Fox laid out the rules for the draft last night:
Here's a breakdown of all the rules heading into tomorrow's @WWE Draft. It begins tomorrow on @WWE Friday Night SmackDown at 8e/7c on FOX. ⏰ pic.twitter.com/uUtBARyx2a
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) October 11, 2019
So far the announced draft choices are as follows:
Raw
- Becky Lynch
- The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
- Drew McIntyre
- Randy Orton
- Ricochet
- Bobby Lashley
- Alexa Bliss
- Kevin Owens
- Natalya
- Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar)
- Nikki Cross
- Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
- EC3
- Eric Young
- Sin Cara
- Seth Rollins
- Charlotte Flair
- Andrade (w/Zelina Vega)
- Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane)
- Rusev
- Aleister Black
- Cedric Alexander
- Humberto Carrillo
- Erick Rowan
- Buddy Murphy
- Jinder Mahal
- R-Truth
- Samoa Joe
- Akira Tozawa
- Shelton Benjamin
- Rey Mysterio
- Titus O’Neil
- Liv Morgan
SmackDown
- Roman Reigns
- Bray Wyatt
- Sasha Banks
- Braun Strowman
- Lacey Evans
- The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder)
- Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik, and Lince Dorado)
- Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker)
- Apollo Crews
- Drew Gulak
- Heath Slater
- Tamina
- B-Team (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas)
- Brock Lesnar
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E
- Daniel Bryan
- Bayley
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Ali
- Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode
- Carmella
- The Miz
- King Corbin
- Shorty Gable
- Elias
Update (Oct. 14): WWE has announced that EC3, Eric Young, Sin Cara, Heath Slater, Tamina and B-Team were drafted off-air after SmackDown. They have been added to their respective lists.
Keep checking AiPT! throughout the night and Monday for a full list of draft choices.
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