As confirmed earlier, WWE Draft 2023 will begin, next Friday on Smackdown during the April 28 episode from the American Bank Center, Corpus, Christi, Texas and it will end the next Monday Night on Raw’s May 1 episode from the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. With Triple H in charge of the creative team, WWE Universe can certainly expect to have two exciting nights.
According to what Triple H had noted during the WWE Draft 2023 announcement, every single superstar (hinting at NXT wrestlers as well) will be eligible to be drafted to fully change the landscape of the currently existing rosters. According to Xero News, the following moves are being considered for the upcoming shakeup process.
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It appears that the two top factions will interchange their positions on WWE Draft 2023. With that two existing mid-card champions will be crossing over to the opposite brands, as well. Top babyface superstar Cody Rhodes is expected to remain on Raw as to keep him away from Roman Reigns and The Bloodline, for the time being.
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Plans revealed for WWE Draft 2023
– The entire Bloodline (Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, The Usos, Solo Sikoa & Paul Heyman) to remain on SmackDown.
– Cody Rhodes to remain on Raw as WWE wants to keep him away from Roman Reigns. For the time being, WWE will keep Reigns vs. Rhodes II on hold.
– Judgment Day (SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio, Finn Balor & Damian Priest) will be moving to SmackDown on WWE Draft 2023
– Imperium (Intercontinental Champion Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci) would move to Raw
– United States Champion Austin Theory to move to SmackDown
– Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are going to be on Raw.
In more updates on WWE Draft 2023 from PWInsider, former NXT UK Champion, Ilja Dragonuv seemingly has a ton of potential in the mainstay scene and he has been pitched to join the Smackdown brand.
Also, two-time WWE NXT tag team champions Pretty Deadly seems to be ready for a potential run on Raw. For the time being, they’re not involved in any kind of compact storylines. Two other notable names from NXT mentioned around WWE Draft 2023 were Cameron Grimes and Zoey Stark who could possibly be assigned to the main roster.
