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WWE Announces Draft Picks For Raw And Smackdown On Talking Smack
There were draft picks announced for the 2021 WWE Draft. The names were announced on the Peacock/WWE Network show Talking Smack.
Here’s a reminder of who was picked by what show on Smackdown on Friday.
Friday Night SmackDown – Night One – October 1, 2021
Round 1
- SmackDown – Universal Champion Roman Reigns
- Raw – WWE Champion Big E
- SmackDown – Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair
- Raw – Bianca Belair
Round 2
- SmackDown – Drew McIntyre
- Raw – Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro (Randy Orton & Riddle)
- SmackDown – The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
- Raw – Edge
Round 3
- SmackDown – Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss
- Raw – WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Rhea Ripley & Nikki A.S.H.
- SmackDown – Hit Row (Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, Top Dolla, Ashante “Thee” Adonis & B-Fab)
- Raw – Keith “Bearcat” Lee
Round 4
- SmackDown – Naomi
- Raw – Rey & Dominik Mysterio
- SmackDown – Jeff Hardy
- Raw – Austin Theory
On Talking Smack, there were 11 picks for Raw and six for Smackdown. Here’s who went where.
Raw
- Akira Tozawa
- Alpha Academy (Otis & Chad Gable)
- Apollo Crews & Commander Azeez
- Doudrop
- Drake Maverick
- John Morrison
- Nia Jax
- 24/7 Champion Reggie
- R-Truth
- T-BAR
- Zelina Vega
As for Smackdown, their selections looked like this:
SmackDown
- Aliyah
- Drew Gulak
- MACE
- Mansoor
- Mustafa Ali
- Toni Storm
There will be more WWE draft picks on Monday’s Raw and more names likely announced on Raw Talk as well.