The 2024 WWE Draft begins with four rounds taking place on tonight’s SmackDown from Cincinnati, Ohio.
There will be 16 picks made on tonight’s show (eight for SmackDown and eight for Raw). Tonight, SmackDown has the first overall selection. Raw will then pick first when the draft concludes on Monday.
As was announced this week, WWE’s champions are not eligible to be drafted. They will remain on their current brand. The only champions who can be selected are WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka & Kairi Sane, who will appear on both brands until they lose their titles.
The roster is divided into two draft pools with different wrestlers eligible to be selected each night. Wrestlers from NXT are also eligible to be selected.
It was announced at the start of SmackDown that Roman Reigns has “voluntarily withdrawn” from the draft. Paul Heyman said Reigns won’t be returning in the immediate future.
Here’s the ongoing list of night one picks and the updated rosters for both SmackDown and Raw:
Round one —
- SmackDown: Bianca Belair
- Raw: Jey Uso
- SmackDown: Carmelo Hayes
- Raw: Seth Rollins
Round two —
- SmackDown: Randy Orton
- Raw: Bron Breakker
- SmackDown: Nia Jax
- Raw: Liv Morgan
Round three —
- SmackDown: LA Knight
- Raw: Ricochet
- SmackDown: The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga & Paul Heyman)
- Raw: Sheamus
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Updated SmackDown roster —
- Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes
- WWE Women’s Champion Bayley
- United States Champion Logan Paul
- WWE Tag Team Champions Grayson Waller & Austin Theory
- Bianca Belair
- Carmelo Hayes
- Randy Orton
- Nia Jax
- LA Knight
- The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga & Paul Heyman)
Updated Raw roster —
- World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest
- Women’s World Champion Becky Lynch
- Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn
- World Tag Team Champions The Miz & R-Truth
- Jey Uso
- Seth Rollins
- Bron Breakker
- Liv Morgan
- Ricochet
- Sheamus
The rosters officially lock on Monday, May 6 (two days after WWE Backlash).
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