The 2023 WWE Draft kicked off on the April 28 episode of WWE SmackDown, and it promised to “change the game”, as the entire draft pool of active WWE Superstars was eligible to get drafted.
On the April 28 episode of WWE SmackDown, Triple H announced that the draft rosters will take effect on May 8.
The draft picks are as follows:
Night One (April 28 episode of WWE SmackDown)
Round One
- SmackDown selects Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa, and Roman Reigns
- RAW selects Cody Rhodes
- SmackDown selects RAW Women’s Champion Bianca Belair
- RAW selects Becky Lynch
Round Two:
- SmackDown selects The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins)
- RAW selects Imperium (WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser, and Giovanni Vinci)
- SmackDown selects WWE Hall of Famer
- RAW selects Matt Riddle
Round Three
- SmackDown selects Bobby Lashley
- RAW selects Drew McIntyre.
- SmackDown selects The OC (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and “Michin” Mia Yim).
- RAW selects The Miz
Round Four
- SmackDown selects Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai & IYO SKY)
- RAW selects Shinsuke Nakamura
- SmackDown selects NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre
- RAW selects NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell
Supplemental Picks (April 29 episode of WWE SmackDown LowDown)
Drafted to RAW:
- The Viking Raiders
- Candice LeRae
- Dexter Lumis
- Maximum Male Models
- Apollo Crews
- Natalya
- Chelsea Green
- Sonya Deville
- Zoey Stark
- JD McDonagh
Drafted to SmackDown:
- Hit Row
- Lacey Evans
Officially free agents (meaning they can appear anywhere):
- Omos w/ MVP
- Mustafa Ali
- Dolph Ziggler
- Von Wagner
Night Two (May 1 episode of WWE RAW)
Triple H announces that Brock Lesnar is a free agent, so he can appear on either brand.
Round One
- WWE RAW selects SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley
- WWE SmackDown selects United States Champion Austin Theory
- WWE RAW selects Seth Rollins
- WWE SmackDown selects Charlotte Flair
Round Two
- WWE RAW selects Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
- WWE SmackDown selects The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso)
- WWE RAW selects The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio)
- WWE SmackDown selects LWO (Santos Escobar, Rey Mysterio, Zelina Vega, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin
- Wilde)
Round Three
- WWE RAW selects WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez
- WWE SmackDown selects Asuka
- WWE RAW selects The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
- WWE SmackDown selects The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland, and Butch)
Round Four
- WWE RAW selects WWE Hall of Trish Stratus.
- WWE SmackDown selects Karrion Kross
- WWE RAW selects Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey
- WWE SmackDown selects LA Knight
Round Five
- WWE RAW selects Braun Strowman and Ricochet
- WWE SmackDown selects Shotzi
- WWE RAW selects Bronson Reed
- WWE SmackDown selects Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson)
Round Six
- WWE RAW selects Alpha Academy (Chad Gable & Otis)
- WWE SmackDown selects Rick Boogs
- WWE RAW selects Katana Chance and Kayden Carter
- WWE SmackDown selects Cameron Grimes
Final Picks (May 1 episode of WWE RAW Talk)
- WWE RAW selects Nikki Cross, Johnny Gargano, and Dana Brooke.
- WWE SmackDown selects Tamina.
- Baron Corbin, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander, Elias, and Xyon Quinn were announced as free agents.
- WWE RAW selects Angel Garza, Humberto Carrillo, Riddick Moss, Emma, Xia Li, Tegan Nox, Piper Niven, and Akira Tozawa
- WWE RAW selects Odyssey Jones and Indus Sher (Jinder Mahal, Sanga, and Veer Mahaan)
- WWE SmackDown selects Grayson Waller
