WWE Draft 2024: 10 Roster Trades That MUST Happen

3. GUNTHER (Raw > SmackDown)

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Say hello to the "selfish reason" for putting Ilja Dragunov on SmackDown.

Listen closely, and you can still hear some of the chops GUNTHER gave Ilja whistling in the wind. Their brutal battles on NXT UK and the core NXT brand live long in the memory, and it's essential that WWE books another one on the main roster someday. They'd be doing the entire industry a dis-service if they didn't.

GUNTHER is obviously looking to rebuild himself after dropping the IC strap to Sami Zayn at 'Mania. He'll go on to challenge for bigger titles than that soon, but before then? Yeah, stick the Imperium leader in the ring with Ilja again, and let them tear the f'n house down for 20+ minutes of blistering wrestling telly.

Speaking of Imperium, both Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci are joined at the hip with their 'Ring General'. In other words, they'd come across to Smackers with GUNTHER by default. That's fine, but don't let them interfere in that automatic classic vs. Dragunov.

Or else.

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