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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.