WWE Draft 2023 is said to be in the pipeline after many assumed that it’s of no significance due to recent circumstances. Originally, this was supposed to happen in September after the Clash at the Castle premium live event rather than the usual timespan of October. But no such planning was noted on WWE’s part.
Now the news is that WWE Draft 2023 is scheduled to happen after the Biggest Event of the Year. Speaking on a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that WWE Draft should happen right after WrestleMania next year,
“There’s been some talk of waiting until after WrestleMania to do it. There was talk at one point for October, but I guess they didn’t do it. There was a date that was talked about at one point, but they just didn’t pull the trigger on it.”
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The 2022 edition of Survivor Series premium live event was hosted under the WarGames gimmick and the usual Raw vs. Smackdown-theme was scrapped. This led a portion of the WWE Universe to believe that the brand diversity was of no significance especially now that we are regularly seeing cross-brand appearances. But that’s not the case as WWE Draft 2023 is still in the pipeline.
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WWE Draft 2023 exact date being discussed by officials
In more update to the situation, Ringside News stated that “Draft is an internal discussion, and it has not been decided yet.” No “landing spot” was confirmed as WWE Officials are still trying to find a “solid date” for it. Wrestlemania generally concludes big-time storylines and hence conducting WWE Draft 2023 after it might be a great idea indeed.
It was previously reported by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful that “USA Network sources have told talent that the Draft isn’t happening in the immediate future, have outright stated that after WrestleMania is a likelier landing spot.” The discussion is still in progress and more updates around WWE Draft 2023 should be available as we progress toward the Wrestlemania season.
The last time the WWE Draft took place was in October 2021 around the Crown Jewel premium live event of that year in Saudi Arabia. Starting in 2002, it marked the 16th installment of Draft. In one of the biggest shakeups from that year, then-Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair was swapped in exchange for then-Smackdown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch.
