2019 WWE draft

2019 WWE Draft
Information
Date	October 11 and 14, 2019
Event	SmackDown Raw
Brand	Raw & Smackdown
Last	2019 (April)
Next	2020

The 2019 WWE draft is the fourteenth WWE draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Simply called the draft and returning to a traditional format, it was the second draft of 2019, following April's Superstar Shake-up. The draft occurred on the October 11 and 14 episodes of Friday Night SmackDown and Monday Night Raw, respectively, with SmackDown airing on Fox – its second episode on the network – and Raw airing on the USA Network.

Background

In April 2019, the WWE held the Superstar Shake-up, a draft between WWE's brands with an untraditional format in which drafting decisions were made behind the scenes. Shortly after the Shake-up, WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon introduced a Wild Card Rule, in which up to four wrestlers would be allowed to appear on the opposing brand's show by invitation for one night only with unsanctioned appearances penalized. Following this, however, the Wild Card Rule's stipulations were not enforced, with numerous wrestlers freely appearing on both shows weekly without any penalties, blurring the lines between the Raw and SmackDown brands. With SmackDown' s move to FOX in October and Raw remaining on the USA Network (part of Comcast's NBCUniversal), the WWE decided to hold a second draft for 2019, simply called the draft, to definitively split the two brands. The draft was announced to occur on the October 11 and 14 episodes of SmackDown and Raw, respectively. Returning to a traditional draft format, personalities from FOX and NBCUniversal are scheduled to appear to make the drafting decisions. It was also confirmed that the Wild Card Rule would end with this new draft.

Because Raw was a three hour show while SmackDown was a two hour show, for every two draft picks SmackDown had Raw would get three.

For the October 11th SmackDown Seth Rollins representing Raw defeated Roman Reigns representing SmackDown by DQ which earned Raw the first pick in each round.

For the October 14th Raw Becky Lynch representing Raw defeated Charlotte Flair representing SmackDown which earned Raw the first pick in each round.

On October 15th it was announced on WWE Backstage that Raw had traded Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross to SmackDown for future considerations.

Selection

SmackDown

The following is the list of wrestlers and other personnel who were selected on the October 11th SmackDown.

Round 1
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Becky Lynch	Female Superstar	Then reigning WWE Raw Women's Champion
SmackDown	Roman Reigns	Male Superstar
Raw	The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson)	Stable	AJ Styles was then reigning WWE United States Champion
SmackDown	Bray Wyatt	Male Superstar
Raw	Drew McIntyre	Male Superstar
Round 2
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Randy Orton	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Sasha Banks	Female Superstar
Raw	Ricochet	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Braun Strowman	Male Superstar
Raw	Bobby Lashley	Male Superstar
Round 3
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Alexa Bliss	Female Superstar
SmackDown	Lacey Evans	Female Superstar
Raw	Kevin Owens	Male Superstar
SmackDown	The Revival (Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder)	Tag Team	Then reigning WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions
Raw	Natalya	Female Superstar
Round 4
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar)	Tag Team
SmackDown	Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado)	Stable
Raw	Nikki Cross	Female Superstar
SmackDown	Heavy Machinery (Tucker & Otis)	Tag Team
Raw	Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins)	Tag Team

October 13th

Additional draft picks announced on WWE.com on October 13th.

Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	EC3	Male Superstar
Raw	Eric Young	Male Superstar
Raw	Sin Cara	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Apollo Crews	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Drew Gulak	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Heath Slater	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Tamina	Female Superstar
SmackDown	The B-Team (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel)	Tag Team

Raw

The following is the list of wrestlers and other personnel who were selected on the October 14th Raw.

Round 1
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Seth Rollins	Male Superstar	Then reigning WWE Universal Champion
SmackDown	Brock Lesnar	Male Superstar	Then reigning WWE Champion
Raw	Charlotte Flair	Female Superstar
SmackDown	The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E & Xavier Woods)	Stable
Raw	Andrade (w/ Zelina Vega)	Male Superstar	Drafted as a superstar/manager combo.
Round 2
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane)	Tag Team	Then reigning WWE Women's Tag Team Champions
SmackDown	Daniel Bryan	Male Superstar
Raw	Rusev	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Bayley	Female Superstar
Raw	Aleister Black	Male Superstar
Round 3
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Cedric Alexander	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Shinsuke Nakamura	Male Superstar	Then reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion
Raw	Humberto Carrillo	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Ali	Male Superstar
Raw	Erick Rowan	Male Superstar
Round 4
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Buddy Murphy	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler	Tag Team
Raw	Jinder Mahal	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Carmella	Female Superstar
Raw	R-Truth	Male Superstar	Then reigning WWE 24-7 Champion
Round 5
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Samoa Joe	Male Superstar
SmackDown	The Miz	Male Superstar
Raw	Akira Tozawa	Male Superstar
SmackDown	King Corbin	Male Superstar	Then reigning King of the Ring
Raw	Shelton Benjamin	Male Superstar
Round 6
Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	Rey Mysterio	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Shorty Gable	Male Superstar
Raw	Titus O'Neil	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Elias	Male Superstar
Raw	Liv Morgan	Female Superstar

October 16th

Additional draft picks announced on The Bump on October 16th.

Selected by	Employee	Role	Notes
Raw	No Way Jose	Male Superstar
Raw	Mojo Rawley	Male Superstar
Raw	Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder	Tag Team
Raw	The IIconics (Peyton Royce & Billie Kay)	Tag Team
Raw	Sarah Logan	Female Superstar
SmackDown	Luke Harper	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Cesaro	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Drake Maverick	Male Superstar
SmackDown	Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville	Tag Team
SmackDown	Dana Brooke	Female Superstar

See also

• WWE Draft

External links

• 2019 draft page