7 Unanswered Questions With WWE's Upcoming Draft
3. Which Championships Can Switch Shows?
All of WWE's current champions are listed in the preliminary draft pools, meaning they're apparently eligible to be drafted to anywhere. No special rules are listed for how many champions a brand can pick up.
It remains to be seen whether this Draft will consist of Superstars switching shows or if WWE will start from scratch (as they did in 2016) by assigning everyone to one brand or the other. If the latter, it would only make sense for certain champions to remain where they are, especially if that championship is exclusive to that show.
For example, it'd be perfectly acceptable for the Intercontinental and United States champions to swap brands, but Raw Women's champion Becky Lynch and SmackDown Women's champion Charlotte Flair switching shows wouldn't make any sense because of the titles they hold. The same can be said for the tag team titles. Other than The Revival officially moving to Friday nights, the rest of those title holders should be exempt from jumping to the opposing brand.
The WWE and Universal Championships should stay on the same show they've been since 2016, if only because the Universal title is red-leathered and would feel out of place on the blue brand. Additionally, both Raw and SmackDown should come out of the Draft with an equal amount of champions on their roster, unlike in 2016 when Raw wound up with twice as many titles initially.