The Superstar Shakeup continued on last night’s Smackdown Live. Starting from this week’s WWE Raw, the much-anticipated event for this year commenced in a big way.
Moreover, some huge names from Smackdown and NXT were seen shifted on the flagship show. On Tuesday night, the reverse process was followed.
Numerous names from Monday Night Raw and NXT roster were moved to the blue brand. This would definitely help the officials to start some angles from the scratch.
The first name was kind of expected one in the form of Jeff Hardy. The newly become the United States Champion and eventually turned out to be a huge inclusion on the blue brand.
Randy Orton has already become the number one contender for the US title. So, it will be interesting to see whether he will be getting the title opportunity at the upcoming Backlash event.
The other huge name to follow the younger Hardy to the blue brand was Samoa Joe. Over one WWE Raw, he has been done with facing almost on the prime names present.
So, putting him on Smackdown is the best option for the creative team. As expected, the Samoan Submission Machine delivered a huge promo upon arriving at the new show.
As per him, he was absent from the scene for quite sometimes which allowed everyone to steal the spotlight. But, now, he is back and there’s no one who can stop him from being the main-event guy.
As for now, his match against Roman Reigns from the Raw brand is still intact at Backlash.
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Quite interestingly, Big Cass as back onto the scene and right into the main event spotlight.
A fresh scenario was incarnated by pitting him against Daniel Bryan. This would put over the big guy, as well who is coming back from a long hiatus due to a knee injury.
The tag team division has been refurbished, as well with the inclusion of The Bar, The Club, and SAnitY from the NXT roster. Here is the entire list of the traded superstars to the Smackdown brand,
The Miz
WWE Raw United States Champion Jeff Hardy
Absolution (Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose)
Samoa Joe
Big Cass
NXT’s SAnitY (Eric Young, Killian Dain, and Alexander Wolfe)
Asuka
Gallows and Anderson
The Bar of Sheamus and Cesaro
R-Truth
NXT’s Andrade “Cien” Almas and Zelina Vega
Also read: WWE: What Transpired Once Smackdown Live Went Off The Air: April 17, 2018