Ranking Every Night Two WWE 2024 Draft Pick From Worst To Best

8. Shinsuke Nakamura

WWE Draft 2024
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Draft Position: #6 for SmackDown. #12 overall.

Brand Switch: Raw > SmackDown.

Prediction: Shinsuke Nakamura will eventually feud with LA Knight for the United States Title once the popular babyface wins that strap from Logan Paul. That has to be why WWE elected to shift Shinsuke over to SmackDown. Naka is ideal for stopgap rivalries just like the one pitched for Knight.

Shin still has value on the upper midcard in 2024.

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