All Draft Picks Confirmed – 2023 WWE Draft Night 1 Results

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UPDATE: Additional draft picks for the night one pool made during SmackDown LowDown on Saturday can be found at this link.

This page will be updated throughout night one of the WWE Draft listing all the draft picks that have taken place.

Night one of the draft will take place on the Friday, April 28 episode of SmackDown, with night two set for the Monday, May 1 episode of Raw.

Stay tuned to this page at 8pm ET on Friday for ongoing updates. In the meantime, you can see the draft pools for each night at this link.

The show will also feature Zelina Vega vs Sonya Deville, a WrestleMania rematch as Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against the Usos, and more.

So this page is the home of all the draft picks, but keep an eye on WrestleTalk.com for any other news that comes out of the show aside from the draft itself.

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Worth mentioning is that Triple H announced the draft picks come into effect AFTER the May 6 Backlash event.

First set of draft picks (announced by Triple H):

SMACKDOWN – Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns

RAW – Cody Rhodes

SMACKDOWN – Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair

RAW – Becky Lynch

Second set of draft picks (announced by Michael Hayes for SmackDown and Rob Van Dam for Raw):

SMACKDOWN – Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins)

RAW – Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci & Intercontinental Champion Gunther)

SMACKDOWN – Edge

RAW – Matt Riddle

Third set of draft picks (announced by JBL for SmackDown and Teddy Long for Raw):

SMACKDOWN – Bobby Lashley

RAW – Drew McIntyre

SMACKDOWN – The OC (Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, ‘Michin’ Mia Yim & AJ Styles)

RAW – The Miz

Fourth set of draft picks (announced by Shawn Michaels for SmackDown and Road Dogg for Raw):

SMACKDOWN – Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai & IYO SKY)

RAW – Shinsuke Nakamura

SMACKDOWN – NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn

RAW – NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell

There will be no more draft picks on SmackDown tonight, but stay tuned to WrestleTalk.com as there will be some more announced tomorrow.

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