5 SmackDown Live Superstars who should be drafted to Raw

Whilst it's difficult to look past WrestleMania at the moment, a WWE draft is likely on our way soon. As we've seen in previous years this has provided new rivalries, created new opportunities and is generally a good way of stopping either product feeling too stale.

With that being said, there are definitely a number of superstars who would benefit from a change of scenery to revamp or accelerate their career. Here are 5 SmackDown Live superstars who would be better served on Raw.

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#5 The Bludgeon Brothers

Should the duo reunite with Bray Wyatt?

The Bludgeon Brothers are still in the process of perfecting their act as they have run over jobbers for some time now. The team has a ton of momentum but is somewhat overshadowed in SmackDown's tag team division by The New Day and The Usos. SmackDown's tag team ranks are deeper than Raw's so the change makes sense.

One other factor behind this change would be the potential realignment between the pair and Bray Wyatt. Even though the threesome has been broken up and put back together too many times, there is still an effective way of doing it. Wyatt's act has gotten repetitive and he feels much less dominant as a singles competitor than he was as the leader of the Wyatt family.

The third-generation Superstar has also taken too many singles losses recently to be taken as a legitimate threat to a singles title. To remedy this, WWE could have a brief program between Wyatt and his former family members, with the tag team showing their development from their initial Wyatt family days and coming out on top, leading to Bray becoming the mouthpiece to the monster tag team and acting only as a manager for a while.

Eventually, Wyatt could once again return to the ring and piggy-back of the momentum the Bludgeon Brothers would hopefully have created.

#4 Jinder Mahal

Will Mahal return to the main event scene?

Mahal was WWE's major gamble of last year. He was given a WWE championship run and was an average-to-terrible champion, depending on who you ask.

In any case, WWE has now pulled the trigger with Mahal, however, and so must commit to either sustaining his current credibility as a main event to upper-middle card act or pull the plug and reset him as somewhat of a joke.

Either way, a move to Raw would be beneficial as Mahal returning to the top of the heap in SmackDown seems both unlikely and unappealing. Similarly, having Mahal as a jobber on SmackDown makes little sense as he was the face of the show not too long ago.

#3 Dolph Ziggler

Will Ziggler ever cement himself as a major player in the WWE?

Ziggler's "departure" from the company promised to be exciting and had the potential to re-establish Ziggler as a top guy in the WWE. It didn't and so here WWE is in the familiar position of not really knowing what to do with him. The reasons for this change are similar to that of Mahal, Ziggler just can't climb to the top of the pile on SmackDown, so a switch to Raw makes more sense.

There are plenty of more exciting programs waiting for him on the flagship show; for an instance an "I'm better than you but WWE likes you more" program with Roman Reigns has the potential to be great. Additionally, if his anti-authority tendencies are going to continue, it makes more sense having him on the flagship show than SmackDown which definitely isn't but is billed as the land of opportunity.

#2 New Day

Should the entertaining trio return to Raw?

The New Day have achieved everything there is to achieve on SmackDown. While this is largely true for Raw as well, there are some new rivalries that we haven't seen to death. A New Day versus the Revival program, for example, has the potential to be outstanding.

Similarly, a Hardy Boyz vs New Day match needs to happen at some point. While the New Day are not as exciting as they were during their peak, they are too good a tag team act to break up and their enormous factor is probably more suited for the glitz and glamour of Raw than SmackDown anyway.

#1 Randy Orton

Orton can burst back into the main event picture on Raw

Orton is totally lacking in direction at the moment when he should be being recognized as a main event star. As one of the WWE's most established and recognizable performers, his current half-hearted pursuit of the US Championship makes little-to-no sense.

By returning to Raw, Orton can get back to his viper days of old or could help nurture younger stars as he did in his Legacy days. In any case, Orton needs a reboot and the draft seems the perfect opportunity to do this.

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