In what appeared to be an exciting announcement for the WWE Universe, the return of WWE Draft 2023 was confirmed, last week. In that post-Wrestlemania 39 episode of Smackdown, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque made his presence felt on the show to give us that breaking news that will change the landscape of the WWE.
After a gap of a year in 2022, WWE Draft 2023 returns within two weeks from now, and from what Triple H said, “every single superstar will be eligible” to be drafted. Over on this week’s SmackDown, it was stated that the draft will begin Friday night on SmackDown, during the April 28 episode of SmackDown, and will conclude the following Monday on the May 1 episode of Raw.
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If Triple H’s above comments are any indications then WWE Draft 2023 will get wrapped up within the next WWE premium live event which is Backlash on Saturday, May 6. However, there’s still no update on whether or not any additional picks will be left to make after the May 1 episode of Raw.
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Will WWE Draft 2023 bring back the brand split concept?
Previous reports have already claimed that the brand split notion was “effectively dead” to both USA Network and FOX, the host networks of Raw and SmackDown respectively. With regular crossovers between the two brands, a strict brand split was long wiped down. Time will tell whether WWE Draft 2023 will bring that concept back on WWE programming or not.
Ringside News previously reached out to ask about the upcoming WWE Draft 2023 and they got to know that this had been a long work in motion and not a last-minute plan. They were told by a tenured member of the WWE creative team that they have been planning the next draft for “about a month now.” In addition, the shakeup could have been internally discussed by Triple H and Bruce Prichard for a while longer while the creative team started pitching draft ideas about a month ago.
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We’ll have to wait and see how the rosters will be affected by the WWE Draft 2023, next month. From 2016 onward, it became an annual event on WWE programming but it was mysteriously debunked last year. Now with the confirmations of the dates of its return, excitement will certainly get amped up amongst the WWE Universe.
