WWE Draft 2024: 5 Things That Will Happen (And 5 That WON’T!)

10. WILL: Cody Rhodes Being Top Pick

Roman Reigns is away filming stuff, and The Rock has slinked into the background of WWE's product for now. That leaves Cody Rhodes standing proudly as the torchbearer for Triple H. The new WWE Champion is the top star in the entire company right now, and he's likely to get the top pick treatment in the Draft too.

It'd be a surprise if Cody wasn't announced as SmackDown's latest full-time acquisition. After all, his World Title is considered more of a blue brand concern due to Roman's lineage, and Raw already has Damian Priest's World Heavyweight belt anyway. The flagship sure doesn't need two male main champs.

Prediction: Rhodes will be announced as SmackDown GM Nick Aldis' core asset on Friday nights going forwards. It might be tough for creative to think about scripting three hour Raw episodes without Cody, but they're gonna have to. He's ready to grab SmackDown by the nuts and make it his stomping ground permanently.

Has to happen.