WWE RAW's Top 6 Draft Picks from 2019: Where are they now?

This year, the WWE Draft will return on Friday, October 9, on FOX. It will continue Monday, October 12, on the USA Network.

This particular article will be taking a look at what happened to the Superstars who were drafted as RAW's top picks from the 2019 edition of the WWE draft, as well as their current status in WWE. Keep in mind that last year, the Red brand had one additional pick than the Blue brand in every round since SmackDown is an hour shorter than RAW each week.

Let's take a look at what RAW's Top Six Draft Picks from 2019 are doing right now, in 2020.

Click here to check out the current status of WWE SmackDown's Top Six Draft picks from 2019.

#6: Andrade {w/ Zelina Vega as a manager} (Drafted from WWE SmackDown to RAW)

Number #3 RAW pick on Night 2; RAW - October 14, 2019.
Number #5 overall draft pick for that night.
Drafted in Round 1.

Andrade and Zelina Vega were counted as one draft pick together since the latter star was technically under a managerial role to Andrade in WWE.

Initially, Andrade lived up to his draft status by winning the United States Championship from Rey Mysterio during a house show in December. But his first-ever U.S. Title reign went downhill shortly after when Andrade was suspended for 30 days for violating WWE's wellness policy in January 2020.

Andrade suffered another blow to his momentum when he had to miss WrestleMania 36 due to an injury. He lost the United States Title to Apollo Crews in May this year.

Andrade had been teaming with Angel Garza in recent memory, and WWE did tease a breakup between the two several times. Inexplicably, Andrade and Garza became a stronger unit after Zelina Vega ditched the duo to focus on her own in-ring career.

Currently, Andrade is left without his tag team partner Angel Garza, who is expected to be out for approximately two to three weeks after suffering an injury at WWE Clash of Champions.

#5: Drew McIntyre (Retained by WWE RAW)

Number #3 RAW pick on Night 1; SmackDown - October 11, 2019.
Number #5 overall draft pick for that night.
Drafted in Round 1.

Drew McIntyre has exceeded expectations even though he was considerably drafted at a higher position in the 2019 WWE Draft.

Despite arriving on the Red brand in 2018, it took Drew more than a year to live up his moniker as The Chosen One. It was only during the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match in 2020 where The Scottish Psychopath eliminated Brock Lesnar, to everyone's surprise.

He eliminated six other contestants in that bout - including Roman Reigns - and ended up winning the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match this year. McIntyre turned babyface for the first time on the main roster since his return, and he challenged The Beast Incarnate for the WWE Title at WrestleMania 36.

The rest is history, as McIntyre not only toppled Brock Lesnar at The Grandest Stage of Them All, but he also managed to defeat stars like The Big Show, Dolph Ziggler, Seth Rollins, and Bobby Lashley, during his title reign.

McIntyre remains the WWE Champion as of this moment. He is currently embroiled in a feud with Randy Orton, despite having defeated The Viper on two separate pay-per-views in recent memory.

#4: Charlotte Flair (Drafted from WWE SmackDown to RAW)

Number #2 RAW pick on Night 2; RAW - October 14, 2019.
Number #3 overall draft pick for that night.
Drafted in Round 1.

Charlotte Flair will remain the best overall athlete from the current generation of WWE's female Superstars for a long time, so it wasn't a surprise that she was drafted to RAW in the first round, last year.

Shortly after the 2019 Draft, Charlotte Flair was revealed as the captain of Team RAW for Survivor Series.

Charlotte Flair won the women's edition of the 2020 Royal Rumble Match. The Queen had already achieved a lot on the main roster, so she opted for a different route than most Royal Rumble winners and faced Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship at the Grandest Stage of Them All.

Charlotte became successful in winning the NXT Women's Title at WrestleMania 36, which meant that WWE NXT would be graced by The Queen's presence for a while. Flair's title run came to an end at NXT TakeOver: In Your House, where she lost the Championship to Io Shirai in a Triple Threat Match that also included Rhea Ripley.

After losing to Asuka in a RAW Women's Championship Match on June 17th this year, Flair announced that she would be taking some time off to undergo a surgical procedure.

#3: The O.C. {AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson} (Retained by WWE RAW)

Luke Gallows (left), AJ Styles (center), and Karl Anderson (right)

Number #2 RAW pick on Night 1; SmackDown - October 11, 2019.
Number #3 overall draft pick for that night.
Drafted in Round 1.

The reasoning behind drafting The O.C. at such a high position would have been AJ Styles, who was the WWE United States Champion at the time of last year's Draft.

Styles eventually lost that title to Rey Mysterio during November 2019. However, The Phenomenal One became more relevant in the next few months, thanks to all the buzz surrounding his WrestleMania 36 Match against The Undertaker.

As everyone knows, AJ Styles vs The Undertaker popularised the trend of cinematic matches in 2020, and The Boneyard Match will go down as a pivotal moment in WWE history because it was The Deadman's last match before his recent retirement from the world of pro wrestling.

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson were also technically a part of the WrestleMania main event (Night 1) between Styles and Undertaker. However, Gallows and Anderson were released from WWE a few days after WrestleMania 36. The Good Brothers are currently signed with IMPACT Wrestling, and they also took shots at The Boneyard Match in a spoof cinematic contest after leaving the company.

Styles moved to SmackDown in May, citing Paul Heyman as the reason behind this move. The Phenomenal One blamed Heyman as the reason why his O.C. teammates were released from WWE.

Styles remained relevant as the Intercontinental Champion for a while before losing the title to Jeff Hardy recently, but he could very well move back to RAW as a top pick during WWE's upcoming Draft.

#2: Seth Rollins (Retained by WWE RAW)

Number #1 RAW pick on Night 2; RAW - October 14, 2019.
Number #1 overall draft pick for that night.
Drafted in Round 1.

Seth Rollins was the WWE Universal Champion at the time of the 2019 Draft in October, but he lost that title to The Fiend during the same month.

He turned heel soon after and dubbed himself as "The Monday Night Messiah" on WWE RAW. Since then, Rollins has remained a constant star on Monday Night RAW.

Rollins ruled the Red brand with the help of his heel stable for a while. He faced Kevin Owens in a losing effort at WrestleMania 36, and would later fail in capturing the WWE Title against Drew McIntyre at WWE Money in the Bank.

It was only after Money in the Bank that Seth Rollins kickstarted a long-term feud with Rey Mysterio, which also resulted in a bizarre stipulation bout titled an "Eye for an Eye" Match at WWE Extreme Rules.

Their feud has since included the entire Mysterio Family. Dominik and Aalyah Mysterio have received important roles in this storyline, which recently took an unusual turn, mostly because of Seth Rollins' bid to create a rift between The Mysterio Family.

#1: Becky Lynch (Retained by WWE RAW)

Number #1 RAW pick on Night 1; SmackDown - October 11, 2019.
Number #1 overall draft pick for that night.
Drafted in Round 1.

The 2019 WWE Draft must have been an important couple goal for Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins. Both stars were chosen as the number one overall draft pick on two separate nights of last year's Draft.

Becky Lynch has established herself as the longest-reigning RAW Women's Champion of all time. Lynch held that title for more than a year. She had to relinquish the RAW Women's Championship after announcing her real-life pregnancy in May 2019.

Even though Lynch's record-breaking reign will go down as a defining moment for the Women's Division in WWE history, her RAW Women's Championship reign started losing steam in 2020. The reason behind this was that Lynch had become a superior Champion by defeating most competitors on the Red brand, which meant there weren't a whole lot of legitimate contenders left for her to face on WWE RAW.

Lynch's final days as champion resulted in her feuding with Shayna Baszler. She ceased participating in physical confrontations for the most part after WrestleMania leading up to her pregnancy announcement.

It's definitely going to be a while until we see Becky Lynch back on WWE TV, but the Women's Division is in good hands thanks to stars like Asuka, Alexa Bliss, Bayley, and Sasha Banks.

Edited by Zaid Khan