5 major fallouts from the WWE draft; Rousey's future, additional talent moves, brand split not over, more

2019 WWE roster draft
2019 WWE roster draft

#3 Two talents have already been traded following the draft and undrafted talents land on Raw and SmackDown

WWE draft
WWE draft

WWE.com announced today that the talents who went undrafted during SmackDown and Raw have been signed to the following brands:

Superstars headed to Monday Night Raw

Superstars headed to Friday Night SmackDown

  • Luke Harper
  • Cesaro
  • Drake Maverick
  • Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose
  • Dana Brooke

Given the above, it looks like the newly reunited team of Luke Harper and Erick Rowan have been broken up, with Harper now on SmackDown and Rowan now on Raw.

Additionally, there have been rumblings that Cesaro might be making the permanent jump to NXT, following in the footsteps of Finn Balor, but The Swiss Cyborg has been drafted to SmackDown meaning his future on WWE TV is very much in question.

It's also worth noting that a big trade took place on the special episode of WWE Backstage this week, as Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross have been moved back to SmackDown. The duo was originally drafted separately to Raw, then traded as a team back to SmackDown in exchange for "future considerations" for the Raw brand.

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