WWE Draft Articles - Page 2

After announcing the first 16 picks in the 2023 WWE Draft plus a slew of more selections on the SmackDown LowDown on Saturday morning, Paul “Triple H” Levesque kicked off the show yet again, when Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead strongly encouraged the rowdy RAW crowd to “Bow Down to the King.” But before Trips could […]

Since officially becoming a tag team earlier this year, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez have rapidly become the premier babyface women’s tag team in all of WWE, a bar that admittedly wasn’t particularly hard to clear, what with there being no named teams on the roster, but remains impressive none the less. They’ve found ways […]

After watching 14 main roster acts hear their names called during the first day of the 2023 WWE draft, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn sat back in awe with the rest of their NXT class as “The Heartbreak Kid” himself, Shawn Michaels, announced that with their final pick on Day 1, SmackDown was taking the […]

Night 1 of the WWE Draft has come and gone, but plenty of superstars are still without a permanent home. Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Gunther (with Imperium), Bianca Belair, Becky Lynch, Drew McIntyre, and Edge were drafted on last week’s episode of SmackDown. Monday night on Raw, the remaining eligible superstars will be drafted. Some […]

Heading into WrestleMania 39, fans wanted nothing more than to see “Stone Cold” Steve Austin get in the ring with one of the top stars on RAW or SmackDown in order to provide the fans in SoFi and watching on Peacock an optimized experience filled with fun, cheers, and more than few Broken Skull IPAs […]

After helping to announce that two acts from NXT, the NXT Woman’s Champion Indi Hartwell and the NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn, were heading to RAW and SmackDown, respectively, in the WWE Draft, Road Dogg headed to the back to discuss the matter further with Megan Morant for a WWE […]

After watching Paul “Triple H” Levesque announce Bianca Belair as the third pick in the WWE Draft, with “The Est of WWE” heading to SmackDown in the first true twist of the proceedings, the current RAW Women’s Champion called into SmackDown to deliver a message to the WWE Universe and may have let it slip […]

After officially being drafted to SmackDown in the WWE Draft, and providing fans of the Blue Brand with the first whiff of their unique brand of smoke in a win over lWo and Ricochet/Braun Strowman, the Street Profits, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, were feeling good. Though it’s been a minute since they were regularly […]

And then there were four; after working through the first three rounds of the WWE Draft, with 12 acts finding their way to either RAW or SmackDown, Shawn Michaels and Road Dogg came out to make the final four selections of the WWE Draft and helped to announce where four more acts, including some love […]

With eight picks in the books for the WWE Draft, including the RAW Women’s Champion, Bianca Belair, heading to SmackDown, and the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther, heading to RAW alongside the rest of Imperium, JBL and Teddy Long were tasked with announcing the picks in Round 3 and providing – spoiler alert – seven performers with […]

After watching Paul “Triple H” Levesque announce the first four picks in the 2023 WWE Draft, with Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa, and Bianca Belair heading to SmackDown and Cody Rhodes and Becky Lynch staying put on RAW, WWE took a page from the WWE’s playbook and brought in special guests to announce the […]

After breaking down the festivities of the 2023 running of the WWE Draft, Paul “Triple H” Levesque announced the four picks in the first round, which saw six performers find their new homes. First came Roman Reigns, who, unsurprisingly, was selected first overall by the SamckDown brand alongside The Bloodline, Solo Sikoa, and Paul Heyman. […]

While the mainstream sports world is currently enthralled by the NFL Draft, with Round 1 featuring tons of intriguing angles and Night 2 set to take place at the same time as SmackDown and Rampage, the WWE Universe is preparing for a draft of their own, with Night 1 set for the final Friday of […]

WWE is ready to shake things up again. The WWE Draft kicks off Friday on SmackDown and is set to usher in a new era in the company. Since Triple H took over creative last year, fans have wondered if a WWE Draft would happen in the future. After announcing its return a few weeks […]

The WWE Draft is an exciting time for the WWE and its fans. The Draft signals a new era in the company and a fresh start for each brand and many superstars. Not only is this an exciting time for superstars on the main roster, but it’s also exciting for NXT superstars. NXT superstars will […]

After being thrown into an impromptu match with Bron Breakker at NXT Spring Breakin’, Andre Chase knew he was in for one of the toughest tests of his NXT career. Win, and he might just set the bedrock for the biggest W of his career, dating back all the way to his time on the […]

Heading into NXT’s Spring Breakin’, Pretty Deadly, and The Family, Tony D’Angelo, and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, had a pretty big bone to pick. The two teams clearly didn’t like each other, and after the Boss and Underboss of NXT decided to kidnap Kit Wilson following an alleyway beatdown in Orlando, feelings reached a fever-pitch heading […]

Heading into the final SmackDown before the WWE Draft, Xavier Woods was feeling pretty darn good about himself. He’d secured a major win over LA Knight on the previous edition, was booked for his first-ever shot at the Intercontinental Championship, and found himself three seconds away from earning his first-ever singles title as a member […]

With the WWE Draft rapidly approaching, stars from RAW, SmackDown, and even NXT have begun to look at the landscape of the promotion they cash checks from in order to predict where they will land moving forward. With Paul “Triple H” Levesque already announcing that Roman Reigns will have his titles merged on whatever brand […]

With the WWE draft rapidly approaching, Elias was afforded a chance to address his future in the WWE Universe and whether or not he would like to roll into the forthcoming proceedings as a solo act or as part of a tag team with his sort of friend Rick Boogs. Elias, to his credit, put […]

With WWE preparing for the final edition of RAW before the WWE draft, seemingly every member of the WWE Universe has been looking for ways to stand up and stand out, heading into what could be an inflection point in the promotion’s storytelling. One of those performers is Mustafa Ali, who, after hearing Byron Saxton […]

After taking care of business on SmackDown in the first-ever Intercontinental Championship challenge of Xavier Woods’ career, Gunther was riding pretty darn high; his Intercontinental Championship had been successfully defended for the 10th time, Imperium came off as imposing as ever, and with the WWE draft rapidly approaching, the faction looked prime to hear their […]

With the 2023 WWE draft rapidly approaching, fans are wondering which performers will be staying put on the brand fans have come to know and love and which Superstars will be on the move from Mondays or Fridays or the other way around. But who, you may ask, should go first overall? Roman Reigns? Cody […]

With the 2023 WWE draft rapidly approaching, fans, pundits, and Superstars alike have begun to wonder how the forthcoming two-night event will change the very fabric of The Fed and on which show their favorite performer will be working next, on RAW with Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick or on SmackDown with Michael Cole and […]

With the WWE Draft rapidly approaching, fans have been wondering which Superstars will be working on RAW, which will be working on SmackDown, and if any members of the NXT Universe, from Apollo Crews to Bron Breakker, could see their fortunes altered and their careers fast-tracked with a main roster call up. But what if […]

While Xavier Woods was riding high after securing a surprise win over LA Knight on SmackDown, “The Megastar” was walking to the back feeling dejected… at least until Megan Morant of the SmackDown LowDown decided to ask the former Million Dollar Champion why he wasn’t able to “get the job done” in his match. Needless […]