WWE Draft Night 2 on RAW Preview: WrestleMania main eventer to quickly win a title, 2 top champions to switch brands?

Big E will continue his run as the WWE Champion on RAW, but who is next in line for The New Day member?
Big E will continue his run as the WWE Champion on RAW, but who is next in line for The New Day member?

#4. The WWE Draft continues on RAW

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The first night of the Draft saw some important moves to both RAW and SmackDown. Roman Reigns and Charlotte Flair were the first-round picks for the Friday night show, while WWE Champion Big E and Bianca Belair were the picks for the Red brand.

Two major moves that we didn't see happening is a swap between United States Champion Damian Priest and Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura.

The latter is one of the few superstars to never change brands in any superstar shake-up or WWE Draft, along with former Women's Champion Carmella. However, that could all change tonight. Priest has been a huge star on RAW, which is why it would make sense for him to say.

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But given how WWE is pushing him as a potential future main event star, they might want to move him to SmackDown - currently the "bigger" brand in terms of star power, importance, and most importantly - broadcast revenue.

The priority for the company will be to push Damian Priest over Shinsuke Nakamura, which is why they might feel the Blue brand is better for the US Champion than RAW.

Tonight in the Draft, we could finally see Nakamura move to Monday nights as Priest possibly takes the US title to SmackDown.

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Edited by Kaushik Das
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