When Triple H talked about the upcoming draft and how it’ll change the game, many of us took his words with a grain of salt given how the draft hasn’t changed anything of significance the last couple of times.
But now that the WWE released their list of who is being drafted on Smackdown (April 28) and on Raw (May 1), they’ve created a small stir among the fans.
2023 WWE Draft Splitting up the Bloodline?
While claiming factions can be drafted together, the Bloodline is listed as Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa and they’re set to be drafted on Smackdown and the Usos on Raw as, well, the Usos.
There have been signs that Reigns is tired of the Usos failing to live up to his standards since they lost the tag titles, but they have a WrestleMania rematch against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens on Smackdown so they may set it right.
Going to Raw
What’s going to be interesting with this is it looks like Reigns and the Bloodline will be going to Raw.
There have been reports that the USA Network wants Reigns on Raw at all costs, so if he’s going there for the first time in a handful of years, this tonight’s Smackdown will be his final time appearing on the show.
It’ll also create conflict between him, Solo and the Usos if he pulls some strings to send them back to Smackdown.
There are also reports that the WWE is going to split the tag titles, so it won’t surprise us if the Usos win tonight but it’s for one tag title, and then they go into Raw as “half champions” to Reign’s disappointment.
It could be done through a stipulation change where both Owens and Zayn have to be pinned or something off the wall like that. Or Triple H simply stating only one set of titles will be on the line.
It’s going to be fun to see who will go where, and to help set the stage here’s the roster for who is eligible to be drafted tonight and who is eligible on Raw.
WWE Draft Night One – SmackDown
Becky Lynch
Bianca Belair
Bobby Lashley
Candice LeRae
Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville
Cody Rhodes
Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY, and Dakota Kai)
Dexter Lumis
Dolph Ziggler
Drew McIntyre
Edge
Hit Row (Top Dolla and Ashante Adonis w/B-Fab)
Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci)
Lacey Evans
Matt Riddle
Maximum Male Models (Mace, Mansoor, and Maxxine Dupri)
Mustafa Ali
Natalya
Omos (w/MVP)
Shinsuke Nakamura
The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa)
The Miz
The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and Michin)
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar w/Valhalla)
NXT Superstars
WWE Draft Night Two – Raw
Akira Tozawa
Alpha Academy (Otis and Chad Gable)
Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo
Asuka
Austin Theory
Baron Corbin
Braun Strowman and Ricochet
Brock Lesnar
Bronson Reed
Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin
Charlotte Flair
Dana Brooke
Elias
Emma
Johnny Gargano
Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio)
Karrion Kross (w/Scarlett)
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
LA Knight
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez
Nikki Cross
Piper Niven
Rhea Ripley
Rick Boogs
Riddick Moss
Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler
Seth Rollins
Shotzi
Tamina
Tegan Nox
The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch)
The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, and Zelina Vega)
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)
Trish Stratus
Xia Li
NXT Superstars
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