The WWE Draft takes place over two episodes of television, but the company doesn’t want their television partners getting all the attention. They also save some selections for other outlets.
SmackDown LowDown, which streams in full on WWE Network/Peacock with highlights on YouTube and other platforms, got to finish out the first part of the 2023 Draft. Scott Stanford and Matt Camp revealed where the folks who weren’t selected from the Night One pool on SmackDown last night are headed… well, most of them anyway.
A handful will be free agents, with their landing spot to be determined at a future date. That includes Omos, who we were informed had his free agent status negotiated by MVP.
One of the free agents is an NXT wrestler who wasn’t in the pool. Three other surprises from the developmental brand also made the jump in this round of the Draft, all to Raw. In fact, Team Red got the vast majority of the talent selected today
Which you can see in this rundown of all the picks announced on the SmackDown post-show this morning (April 29):
Raw
- Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar w/ Valhalla)
- Dexter Lumis
- Candice LeRae
- Maximum Male Models (ma.cé, mån.sôör & Maxxine Dupri)
- Natalya
- Apollo Crews
- Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville
- Zoey Stark
- JD McDonagh
SmackDown
- Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante “Thee” Adonis w/ B-Fab)
- Lacey Evans
Free Agents
- Omos (with MVP)
- Mustafa Ali
- Dolph Ziggler
- Von Wagner (no mention of his NXT manager Mr. Stone)
You have to think several of those free agents will end up on Friday nights. But maybe WWE has a lot of time set aside for Lacey Evans’ latest push and figure they can get away with a lighter blue crew.
We shall see. We’ll also see what else the Draft has in store for us when it continues on the Mon., May 1 Raw.
You can find the rest of the Night One results here.
You must be logged in to post a comment Login