WWE Friday Night SmackDown Preview: WWE Draft begins, Huge match announced to start show

Which Superstars will end up on which brand?

Everything you need to know about the WWE Draft

The WWE draft kicks off on Friday Night SmackDown
The WWE draft kicks off on Friday Night SmackDown

The WWE Draft this year could be very different from anything we’ve seen before. According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, WWE are changing the format of the draft this year to make it look like something more akin to that of a pro football draft.

WWE have also announced the preliminary draft pools which you can check out HERE.

According to reports, two names Paul Heyman is looking to work with on RAW are ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt (who is already on the red brand) and former NXT Champion Aleister Black who is currently on SmackDown. Another SmackDown Superstar Heyman wants on RAW is reported to be Buddy Murphy.

A few names are surprisingly missing from the preliminary draft pool. The most notable of these are Ember Moon and The Usos. Also missing from the list are The Ascension, Matt Hardy, Naomi and Mike Kanellis.

As far as the involvement of NXT is concerned, it looks like the black and yellow brand will not be playing a big role in tonight’s draft. A few NXT Superstars have already been confirmed to be moving to the main roster, but more on that later.

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Edited by Arvind Sriram
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