WWE Draft 2023

Hey guys! Welcome to another blog post. The WWE draft was about 2 weeks ago so, this week, I am going to go through the entire draft. I will go through who's going to what brand, free agents, and wrestlers that were not drafted and why.

So, let's get into it.

Going to Smackdown:

1. The Bloodline (Paul Heyman, Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa)

2. Bianca Belair (RAW)

3. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins, Montez Ford) (RAW)

4. Edge (RAW)

5. Bobby Lashley ((RAW)

6. The OC (Aj Styles, "Michin" Mia Yim, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson) (RAW)

7. Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky) (RAW)

8. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn (NXT)

9. Hit Row (Ashante "Thee" Adonis, B-Fab, Top Dolla)

10. Lacey Evans

11. Austin Theory (RAW)

12. Charlotte Flair

13. The Usos (Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso)

14. Latino World Order (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, Zelina Vega)

15. Asuka (RAW)

16. The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, Butch)

17. Karrion Kross & Scarlett

18. LA Knight

19. Shotzi

20. Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson, Elton Prince) (NXT)

21. Rick Boogs (RAW)

22. Cameron Grimes (NXT)

23. Grayson Waller (NXT)

24. Tamina (RAW)

Going to RAW:

1. Cody Rhodes

2. Becky Lynch

3. Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vincii) (Smackdown)

4. Matt Riddle

5. Drew McIntyre (Smackdown)

6. The Miz

7. Shinsuke Nakamura (Smackdown)

8. Indi Hartwell (NXT)

9. Apollo Crews (NXT)

10. Candice LeRae

11. Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville (Smackdown)

12. Dexter Lumis

13. JD McDonagh (NXT)

14. Maximum Male Models (Mansoor, Mace, Maxxine Dupri)

15. Natalya (Smackdown)

16. The Viking Raiders (Erik, Ivar, Valhalla) (Smackdown)

17. Zoey Stark (NXT)

18. Rhea Ripley

19. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins

20. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (Smackdown)

21. The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio)

22. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez (Smackdown)

23. The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods) (Smackdown)

24. Trish Stratus

25. Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler (Smackdown)

26. Braun Strowman & Ricochet (Smackdown)

27. Bronson Reed

28. Alpha Academy (Otis, Chad Gable)

29. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter (NXT)

30. Akira Tozawa

31. Dana Brooke

32. Emma (Smackdown)

33. Indus Sher (Jinder Mahal, Sanga, Veer Mahaan) (NXT)

34. Johnny Gargano

35. Los Lotharios (Angel Garza, Humberto Carrillo) (Smackdown)

36. Nikki Cross

37. Odyssey Jones (NXT)

38. Piper Niven

39. Riddick Moss (Smackdown)

40. Tegan Nox (Smackdown)

41. Xia Li (Smackdown)

Free agents:

1. Baron Corbin (RAW)

2. Brock Lesnar

3. Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin (RAW)

4. Dolph Ziggler (RAW)

5. Elias (RAW)

6. Mustafa Ali (RAW)

7. Omos & MVP (RAW)

8. Von Wagner (NXT)

9. Xyon Quinn (NXT)

Wrestlers who were not drafted (and why):

1. Alexa Bliss - inactive due to skin cancer treatment.

2. Aliyah - inactive due to unknown reasons.

3. Big E - inactive due to a neck injuy.

4. Bray Wyatt & Uncle Howdy - Wyatt has been inactive due to an illness with Howdy inactive due to Wyatt's absence.

5. Carmella - inactive due to maternity leave.

6. Gable Steveson - inactive due to training for the 2024 olympics.

7. Logan Paul - part-time contract.

8. R-Truth - inactive due to a torn quadricep.

9. Randy Orton - inactive due to a back injury.

10. Robert Roode - inactive due to neck surgery.

11. Shanky - inactive due to unknown reasons.

12. Tommaso Ciampa - inactive due to a hip injury.

So, that's the entire draft. I'm really excited for Pretty Deadly being called up to Smackdown. They are easily my favorite tag team in WWE history.

Anyway, next week, I will post my updated BBCAN11 rankings.

Until then,

~Brianna.