Ranking Every Night One WWE 2024 Draft Pick From Worst To Best
Opening night could've been bigger, but WWE still did some moving and shaking in the 2024 Draft!
Triple H and Cody Rhodes led the way by announcing the first round of 2024's WWE Draft picks on Friday's episode of SmackDown. They were joined by legends like The Dudley Boyz, Torrie Wilson, Michelle McCool, Teddy Long and JBL throughout the show. The whole thing felt paint by numbers, but there were still some tasty jumps across four rounds on TV.
Later, WWE announced a collection of supplemental picks to beef things out further. On Monday's Raw, the company will deep dive into another six rounds of announcements on the flagship, and then tack on even more stragglers via social media after the fact. This year's Draft is a busy one in terms of numbers, but...are fans right to be slightly disappointed/underwhelmed by the whole affair?
Trips himself made sure to note that brand GMs could lock in wrestlers already on their shows, but that explanation was fairly weak. It came across as an excuse for why some of WWE's heaviest hitters stayed put instead of leaping from brand to brand, and that'll be viewed as a cop out by many.
Regardless, there are 23 picks to rank here from worst to best. So, who's going where?!
23. Cedric Alexander & Ashante Adonis
Draft Position: #10 for SmackDown. #19 overall.
Brand Switch: N/A.
What was the point of this?
Cedric Alexander and Ashante 'Thee' Adonis have barely shown up on TV as a tag-team, and yet everyone's supposed to believe SmackDown GM Nick Aldis said: 'Yes, those are my guys'? It's totally unbelievable, but this under-developed unit isn't the only Draft pick one could say that about.
Keep in mind that the GMs, in theory, could choose any non-champion they liked. Sure, Cedric and Ashante were in the supplemental bracket, but that still doesn't explain why Aldis would go for them when WWE has other tags who, y'know, actually appear on television frequently.