4 Ups & 10 Downs From WWE Raw (Oct 5)

5. Has The Draft Started Already?

Sorry, had to check the calendar to clarify, but the WWE Draft has not started yet.

You can be forgiven if you thought otherwise with so many SmackDown superstars just showing up on Raw suddenly. Drew Gulak, Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman all had turns on the red brand Monday night. Braun even got an “exhibition” match, because apparently while you can’t technically wrestle on Raw as a SmackDown superstar, you can get in the ring on TV and fight.

And let’s not forget that Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose recently joined Raw, and Kevin Owens spent time on SmackDown last week and is headed there again this week.

What’s the point again of these roster splits again?

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.