Icela Dawn 😩

So every woman in NXT holding a title just got drafted. That weird.

Dawn & Fyre to SmackDown?

INDI TO RAW?!

Has Shinsuke EVER been on RAW?

Soooo. Of everyone on the graphic that was eligible to be drafted tonight, here is who wasn't drafted:

Dexter Lumis, Dolph Ziggler, Mustafa Ali, Omos (w/ MVP), The Viking Raiders, Candice LeRae, Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville, Lacey Evans, Natalya, Hit Row, and Maximum Male Models

Weird that OMOS would be up for selection tonight and not get drafted with the push he has been getting. Funny that the next highest pushes out of that group is Maximum Male Models and Green/Deville.

The undrafted superstars I mentioned above will be drafted tomorrow morning. I didn't hear where.

Happy to see The OC back. I enjoy a harder version of Styles.

Smackdown Lowdown is live for anyone who wants to see how this thing wraps up.

Viking Raiders & Valhala, Candice LeRae, Dexter Lumis, and Maximum Male Models were all drafted to Raw.

Hit Row were drafted to Smackdown!

Interesting that Brock Lesnar and Rhea Ripley/Judgment Day have not been drafted.

The Raw women's champion being allowed to be drafted to Smackdown is also a headscratcher.

My dream of Gunther vs Roman Reigns is not going to happen anymore, but Lashley, Styles and Edge are all intriguing challengers.

Speaking of Styles, great to see him back. Not pleased to see Gallows and Anderson back. Michin?! I must have missed a memo because I had no idea she was affiliated with the OC. Viking Raiders were really done dirty. Are they just a jobber team?

Night one of the WWE draft, and I think it is safe to say, that Smackdown came out on top.

Although, Raw did better on The SmackDown LowDown, however, I have to ask why Raw got so many more picks than Smackdown, on there (as I didn't watch The SmackDown LowDown), as it seems overkill even with the extra hour that they have.

Apr 29, 2023 19:57:15 GMT Emperor said:

Speaking of Styles, great to see him back. Not pleased to see Gallows and Anderson back. Michin?! I must have missed a memo because I had no idea she was affiliated with the OC. Viking Raiders were really done dirty. Are they just a jobber team?

Mia Yim joined The O.C., back when she returned to the company last November, when the group was feuding with Judgement Day.

Also agreed, you'd think champions would get a pass to stay on the brands they represent. This is probably going to lead to Ripley (and Judgement Day) being drafted to Raw, with both Rhea and Bianca swapping titles and increasing their number of title reigns without actually winning the belts (like they did with Flair and Lynch in 2021).

Edit: It's fucking stupid, that Belair's almost 400-day title reign, is going to end like that. Legit, she's about to hold the title longer than any other woman (she's at 392 days, with Lynch at 398 days), the WWE is gonna do Bianca dirty like that.

Are they actually going to count this as the end of her championship reign and the start of a new one? Whaaaatt? :lol:

Apr 29, 2023 20:31:27 GMT Emperor said:

Are they actually going to count this as the end of her championship reign and the start of a new one? Whaaaatt? :lol:

If they swap titles like Becky and Charlotte did in 2021... yes, yes they are.



They are different titles, therefore different title reigns. I mean, I suppose they might do something different this year, only time will tell, however, it seems unlikely.

Just a little fantasy booking from the other thread.

Jay is drafted to Raw and Jimmy to Smackdown. KO and Sami basically are out in a no win situation on Smackdown where they are putting the SD! Tag titles on the line. I haven’t thought that part out but I’m thinking a gauntlet or something. When they are wore out and beat 2-3 other teams, the USOs music hit and we cut to the back and Roman says “go get me those titles!” They go to leave and Roman says “not you Uce. Solo.” And Jay has to stay back. Solo and Jimmy go win the titles of a battered and beaten Sami and KO. Later on a video leaks of Paul talking to Adam about making a deal to “get him off Smackdown.” We don’t know the specifics but we assume it’s Jay.

Jay, Jimmy, and Solo lose to Riddle, KO, and Sami at Backlash when Jay gets pinned by Sami again. After the match Solo spikes Jay and officially kick him out of the Bloodline. And now the draft is official and Jay is on Raw. First night on Raw he shows up and when he goes into the locker room everyone mugs him. They all remind him of what he and Roman did to them over the last two years and tell him to watch his back. He is all alone on Raw and makes a ton of enemies. We start seeing a sympathetic Sami feel sorry for him but KO reminds him of what he has done and now he has to live with the consequences.

Jay wins the MITB briefcase. And for the next few months, when Roman is defending his title or is beat down, Jay’s music hits and he comes out with the briefcase. He will tease cashing in but end up not doing that and aid Roman to win his matches. There is uneasiness for Roman who believes Jay will cash in at any time on him. Jay is only allowed on SD! because of the briefcase. Over a few months Roman starts to trust him again but is weary. End of October, Jay hits Roman with the briefcase and has him dead to rights with no help. He says he is blood and he would like nothing more than to take the title but since he is his cousin he is giving him a notice. Survivor Series. Jay cashes in for his main event and loses. I don’t know if they can time it but have it on the anniversary of his HIAC match with Roman and call it back for another HiAC for all I care.

After Jay loses he is truly alone on Raw and finds himself with a long line of enemies. After Sami and KO lose their tag titles, Sami eventually rescues Jay and they tag team to win the steps.m while KO moves on to the WHC scene.

Meanwhile Cody is going through hard times just to come back and win the Royal Rumble from the #1 spot to face Roman at WrestleMania.

I love everything abuot your booking apart from Jey losing to Roman. What an enormous anticlimax that would be, on the heels of two equally big anticlimaxes with Sami and Cody. Sami losing to Roman I can understand, because Cody was destined to be the one, but then Cody lost which was a pretty big headscratcher. Jey losing as well? Don't like.

May 1, 2023 12:06:30 GMT Emperor said:

I love everything abuot your booking apart from Jey losing to Roman. What an enormous anticlimax that would be, on the heels of two equally big anticlimaxes with Sami and Cody. Sami losing to Roman I can understand, because Cody was destined to be the one, but then Cody lost which was a pretty big headscratcher. Jey losing as well? Don't like.

Cody has to be the one. I love Jay and I’m not going to lie.. that would be lovely. But can he lead an entire brand? I mean.. I’d be down. But would 2.3 million people be down?

Not likely. Neither Uso is a brand leader solo. Together however, they so could do it. And it would make sense in situations where the champ is not appearing when they are not defending as the tag titles can step up and be defended. That said, one off matches were one challenges for the title, with the backing of the other, would not be the worst idea. Or them teaming to get one a MitB title shot.  So long as they are a team got a lot going for them.  Break them up and they are screwed IMO.

Wonder if they use the draft to write out Mella. She pregnant.

Ripley to RAW
Theory to SmackDown
Rollins to RAW
Flair to SmackDown

Austin Theory on Smackdown should be interesting.

Judgment Day joins Ripley on RAW
The Usos join Solo, Roman, and Paul on SmackDown
Zayn & Owens go to RAW
The LWO stay on SmackDown

May 2, 2023 0:50:22 GMT CM Punk'd said:

Judgment Day joins Ripley on RAW
The Usos join Solo, Roman, and Paul on SmackDown
Zayn & Owens go to RAW
The LWO stay on SmackDown

So just Sami moving here?

Stratus to RAW
Kross to SmackDown
Rousey & Baszler to RAW
Knight to SmackDown

Strowman & Ricochet to RAW
Shotzi to SmackDown
Reed to RAW
Pretty Deadly to SmackDown

May 2, 2023 0:50:22 GMT CM Punk'd said:

Judgment Day joins Ripley on RAW
The Usos join Solo, Roman, and Paul on SmackDown
Zayn & Owens go to RAW
The LWO stay on SmackDown

Smart not breaking them up which.  No real major shakeups IMO which makes me feel like this Draft is just semantics. 

HHH was right. Nothing's changing. :lol:

I'm happy to see Pretty Deadly get called up.

Final round...

Alpha Academy to RAW
Boogs to SmackDown
The Mighty KCs to RAW
Grimes to SmackDown

May 2, 2023 2:41:02 GMT CM Punk'd said:

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The Mighty KCs to RAW

Blindy, you love to see it, well deserved as well.

Tomorrow night's episode just got a hell of a lot more interesting, as the tag title match between them and the Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn) can go either way now.

Who selected [insert name here]?

Oh, Smackdown selected [insert name here]?

My point is, it all feels a little weird without an Official from each brand, even for one night to pretend to be the behind the scenes mastermind on each brand.

May 2, 2023 3:02:56 GMT Lony said:

May 2, 2023 2:41:02 GMT CM Punk'd said:

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The Mighty KCs to RAW

Blindy , you love to see it, well deserved as well.

Tomorrow night's episode just got a hell of a lot more interesting, as the tag title match between them and the Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn) can go either way now.

Probably a double countout and they will find a way to take the belts away from either team.

No idea what team is available outside of you know who for NXT. 

Waller going to SD is pretty good shit for him, NXT really got devoured from the men's side.