WWE is mixing up their rosters with another Draft, and now it’s the red brand’s turn to host the festivities. Fans should brace for surprises, as this year promises to be no exception.
The 2024 WWE Draft is scheduled for Friday, April 26 during SmackDown and Monday, April 29 during RAW. We already saw SmackDown’s draft go down last week, and those results can be found here.
We saw Kiana James and Carmelo Hayes get called up from NXT during SmackDown. Still, a concern exists that WWE may pick their developmental brand clean after this year’s draft. Ilja Dragunov’s name hasn’t been called, so we’ll have to see who ends up on which brand this time around.
We are providing live coverage of the 2024 WWE Draft. So, please keep refreshing this article and we will update as picks are made
Round One
Presented by Stephanie McMahon
RAW:
Imperium (GUNTHER & Ludwig Kaiser)
Damage CTRL (IYO Sky, Asuka, Dakota Kai, & Kairi Sane)
SmackDown:
Jade Cargill
Kevin Owens
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Round Two
Presented by Logan Paul & IShowSpeed
RAW:
CM Punk
Braun Strowman
SmackDown:
The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Street Profits, B-Fab)
Tiffany Stratton
Round Three
Presented by Ron Simmons & JBL
RAW:
LWO (Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, Zelina Vega, Carlito, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde)
Drew McIntyre
SmackDown:
Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel, Humberto, & Elektra Lopez)
Shinsuke Nakamura
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— WWE (@WWE) April 30, 2024
Round Four
Presented by Teddy Long & Alundra Blayze
RAW:
Judgment Day (Dominik Mysterio, Finn Balor, JD McDonagh)
Ilja Dragunov
SmackDown:
Naomi
Chelsea Green & Piper Niven
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— WWE (@WWE) April 30, 2024
Round Five
Presented by Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley
RAW:
New Day
Lyra Valkyria
SmackDown:
Pretty Deadly
Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell
Round Six
Presented by Nick Aldis & Adam Pearce
Raw:
Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Scarlet, Paul Ellering, AOP)
Bronson Reed
SmackDown:
DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano)
Blair Davenport
Supplemental Draft
RAW:
Diamond Mine (Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, and Ivy Nile)
Kayden Carter and Katana Chance
Natalya
Dijak
New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate)
Odyssey Jones
SmackDown:
Apollo Crews
Giovanni Vinci
Tegan Nox
WWE NXT Call-Ups:
This installment of the 2024 WWE Draft saw Dijak, Blair Davenport, and Lyra Valkyria have their names called. Of course, the biggest was former NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov, who is going to RAW.
Davenport and Valkyria were legitimately surprised by their call-ups, because WWE doesn’t let anyone know this in advance. This will be Dijak’s second run on the main roster, as his first was as T-Bar, a masked force who lived on long after the Retribution stable disbanded.
Carmelo Hayes and Kiana James were called up during SmackDown to the blue and red brand, respectively.
2024 WWE Draft Rules:
The 2024 WWE Draft will distribute 16 picks across four rounds to SmackDown and 24 picks across six rounds to RAW, based on RAW’s longer airtime. Champions are not included in the draft, except for the Women’s Tag Team Champions who are not part of the Draft Pool.
SmackDown will make its first selection on Friday, and RAW will make its first pick the following Monday. The final rosters will be confirmed by May 6th.
Following new television contracts, SmackDown will move to the USA Network and RAW to Netflix. The impact of RAW’s transition to Netflix will become apparent from October 2025. These rosters will start the new media rights agreements unless there is a change in the roster.
