Welcome back to the blog for the recap of night two of the WWE Draft, LIVE from Fort Worth Texas, The Game, Triple H once again went through the ground rules before announcing the round one picks.
Round One Draft Picks
SmackDown Women's Champion - Rhea Ripley - RAW
United States Champion - Austin Theory - SmackDown
Seth Rollins - RAW
Charlotte Flair - SmackDown
Looking at the draft picks above, Rhea and Bianca will indeed be swapping titles, Austin Theory going to SmackDown was always on the cards considering Gunther was drafted to RAW, Seth Rollins, an opponent that Roman Reigns has never defeated, will be one of the favourites to capture the World Heavyweight Championship. Charlotte being on the same brand as Bianca is interesting as the EST has previously defeated Bayley, Becky Lynch and the artist formerly known as Sasha Banks, only the Queen remains to complete the set.
Round Two Draft Picks - announced by Booker T & Sharmell
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions - Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn - RAW
The Usos - SmackDown
Judgement Day - RAW
Latino World Order - SmackDown
Kevin and Sami were drafted to RAW as predicted, The Usos were drafted to SmackDown, however, this may change in the future and we see Jimmy and Jey go to Mondays in order to reclaim the tag team championships, as a task set by Roman, meanwhile, Damian Priest, Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley remain together as a faction, likewise the Latino World Order.
Round Three Draft Picks - announced by Shawn Michaels
Women's Tag Team Champions - Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez - RAW
Asuka - SmackDown
Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods - RAW
Sheamus, Ridge Holland & Pete Dunne - SmackDown
Liv and Raquel drafted to RAW means the men's and women's tag team champions are on the same brand, great to see Asuka get drafted to SmackDown, hopefully she will challenge Bianca again, Kofi and Xavier could be reunited with Big E in the future when he returns and The Brawling Brutes will remain on Friday Nights...Fella!
Round Four Draft Picks - announced by Eric Bischoff & Rob Van Dam
Trish Stratus - RAW
Karrion Kross & Scarlett - SmackDown
Shayna Baszler & Ronda Rousey - RAW
LA Knight - SmackDown
Trish will resume her rivalry with Becky, Karrion Kross and Scarlett will remain on SmackDown. let's see which obstacle they target, tick tock! Shayna and Ronda won the Women's WrestleMania showcase which technically makes them number one contenders for the tag titles. let me talk to ya, SmackDown is still LA Knight's game and that's a fact of life. YEAH!
Round Five Draft Picks - announced by Molly Holly & Road Dogg
Braun Strowman & Ricochet - RAW
Shotzi - SmackDown
Bronson Reed - RAW
Pretty Deadly - SmackDown
Braun and Ricochet will look to build their tag team chemistry on Monday Night's, Shotzi is exclusive to SmackDown, Bronson being drafted to RAW potentially rules him out of winning the triple threat match for the United States Championship at Backlash in Puerto Rico. The NXT call ups continued with a Pretty Deadly pick.
Round Six Draft Picks - announced by JBL & Teddy Long
Otis & Chad Gable - RAW
Rick Boogs - SmackDown
Katana Chance & Kayden Chance - RAW
Cameron Grimes - SmackDown
Shoosh Please! Alpha Academy remain on Monday's with Maxine Dupree, Rick Boogs will have a great opportunity to make a name for himself on SmackDown, Katana and Kayden will be challenging Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championships on NXT before they head to the main roster, while Cameron will attempt to take SmackDown to the moon.
The following picks were announced by Jackie Redmond and Matt Camp on RAW Talk.
Round One
Dana Brooke, Nikki Cross, Johnny Gargano - RAW
Tamina - SmackDown
Round Two
Angel Garza, Humberto, Akira Tozawa, Piper Niven, Xia Li, Tegan Nox, Emma & Riddick Moss - RAW
Round Three - NXT call ups
Indus Sher (Jinder Mahal, Sanga & Veer Mahaan) - RAW
Odessey Jones - RAW
Grayson Waller - SmackDown
The Free Agents are: Elias, Brock Lesnar, Omos, Von Wagner, Mustafa Ali, Dolph Ziggler, Baron Corbin, Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin, Apollo Crews & Xyon Quinn, the names mentioned have the opportunity to appear on both shows.
The draft is now complete, the new rosters will take effect from May 8th after Backlash, it will be interesting to see if there will be any trades or wildcard rules in the next weeks or months, the prediction is the Brand Split will last until SummerSlam or Survivor Series.
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