Backstage Update On WWE Draft 2024 Plans Heading Into Raw

Latest WWE Draft 2024 update after a quiet night on SmackDown.

by Andy H Murray
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More brand swaps and NXT call-ups are expected when WWE's 2024 Draft continues on tonight's Raw, reports Fightful Select.

The promotion's annual roster reshuffle commenced on Friday's SmackDown, with two NXT wrestlers (Carmelo Hayes and Kiana James) joining the main roster - and only four jumping ship between Raw and SmackDown. In supplemental picks confirmed after SmackDown, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn moved from SmackDown to Raw and Baron Corbin went from NXT to SmackDown, though every other pick involved wrestlers staying on their existing brands.

Fightful's report notes that talent weren't told which brand they'd be heading to until Draft day itself. As of Saturday, tonight's Raw pool hadn't been told either.

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WWE's decision to draft Wolf Dogs tag team partners Baron Corbin (SD) and Bron Breakker (Raw) to different brands was because WWE believes Breakker can be a major singles star. On top of this, Corbin is likely to "get a renewed look" on SD, having largely been removed from the main event picture since 2022.

Tonight's Raw Draft pool includes such big names as CM Punk, Gunther, Jade Cargill, Kevin Owens, and The New Day. On the Raw picks and any supplemental are made, WWE's new rosters will "lock", coming into effect 6 May.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.