Published: Apr 26, 2024 by Liam | Last Updated: Jul 11, 2025 by Liam
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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 26 episode of SmackDown, with night two set for the Monday, April 29 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 a contract signing with AJ Styles and Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes ahead of their match for Rhodes’ title at Backlash next weekend.
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 WWE announced the draft picks come into effect AFTER the May 4 Backlash event.
It’s not time for the first picks just yet, but Paul Heyman just announced that Roman Reigns has voluntarily withdrawn from being eligible for the WWE Draft since he isn’t going to be returning imminently.
First set of draft picks (announced by Cody Rhodes for SmackDown and Triple H for Raw):
SMACKDOWN – Bianca Belair
RAW – Jey Uso
SMACKDOWN – Carmelo Hayes
RAW – Seth Rollins
Second set of draft picks (announced by Michelle McCool for SmackDown and Torrie Wilson for Raw):
SMACKDOWN – Randy Orton
RAW – Bron Breakker
SMACKDOWN – Nia Jax
RAW – Liv Morgan
Third set of draft picks (announced by Bubba Ray Dudley for SmackDown and D-Von Dudley for Raw):
SMACKDOWN – LA Knight
RAW – Ricochet
SMACKDOWN – Solo Sikoa, ‘MFT’ Tama Tonga & Paul Heyman
RAW – Sheamus
Fourth set of draft picks (announced by Teddy Long for SmackDown and JBL for Raw):
SMACKDOWN – AJ Styles
RAW – Chad Gable, Otis, Maxxine Dupri & Akira Tozawa
SMACKDOWN – Andrade
RAW – Kiana James
Draft picks revealed on social media after SmackDown:
SMACKDOWN – Cedric Alexander & Ashante ‘Thee’ Adonis
RAW – Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn
SMACKDOWN – Baron Corbin
RAW – Ivar
SMACKDOWN – Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & Michin
RAW – Shayna Baszler
RAW – Zoey Stark
The WWE Draft will continue on Monday’s Raw! It wasn’t announced, but it’s possible more picks will be announced on social media or Talking Smack during the weekend, so stay tuned to WrestleTalk.com as we will of course provide all updates if that’s the case.
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