It’s been a big week for WWE as the draft kicked off on Friday Night SmackDown last week and it continued on Monday during Raw. Triple H, Sharmell, Shawn Michaels, Eric Bischoff and Rob Van Dam all made their way out to reveal the picks for the first four rounds, and the following names were drafted:
SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley – Raw
United States Champion Austin Theory – SmackDown
Seth Rollins – Raw
Charlotte Flair – SmackDown
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn – Raw
The Usos – SmackDown
Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio – Raw
Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, Zelina Vega – SmackDown
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez – Raw
Asuka – SmackDown
Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods – Raw
The Brawling Brutes – SmackDown
Trish Stratus – Raw
Karrion Kross – SmackDown
Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler – Raw
LA Knight – SmackDown
For the fifth round Molly Holly made her way out representing Raw while Road Dogg did the honors for the SmackDown brand. Molly Holly revealed that the team of Braun Strowman & Ricochet would be joining the tag team division on Monday Night Raw. Road Dogg followed up by announcing that Shotzi has been selected for SmackDown.
Bronson Reed was selected for Monday Night Raw. Road Dogg then announced that the team of Pretty Deadly will be getting called up from NXT and joining the SmackDown brand.
YES BOY! ❤️ YES BOY! ❤️#PrettyDeadly just got drafted to #SmackDown in the #WWEDraft! Congratulations to @KitWilson_PD and @EltonPrince_PD! pic.twitter.com/xYMROKq3VZ
— WWE (@WWE) May 2, 2023