Tonight’s SmackDown show in Corpus Christi, Texas featured the first night of this year’s two night WWE Draft.
Prior to tonight’s show, WWE had recently released the full list of Superstars who would be eligible to be drafted on each night of this year’s Draft.
Unlike prior drafts, this year’s WWE Draft featured an even split of two picks per round in alternating order for RAW and SmackDown with SmackDown receiving the first overall pick.
Prior to the start of the main event, it was announced that a supplemental round will be taking place during Saturday’s SmackDown LowDown show. This supplemental round will feature draft picks from the remaining pool of Superstars who were not drafted on Night 1.
SmackDown
- Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa
- Bianca Belair
- Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
- Edge
- Bobby Lashley
- The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & Michin)
- Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY & Dakota Kai)
- Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn (NXT)
RAW
- Cody Rhodes
- Bianca Belair
- Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser, & Giovanni Vinci)
- Matt Riddle
- Drew McIntyre
- The Miz
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Indi Hartwell (NXT)
Night 1 Undrafted Superstars:
- Candice LeRae
- Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville
- Dexter Lumis
- Dolph Ziggler
- Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante “Thee” Adonis w/ B-Fab)
- Lacey Evans
- Maximum Male Models (ma.cé, mån.sôör & Maxxine Dupri)
- Mustafa Ali
- Natalya
- Omos (w/ MVP)
- Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar w/ Valhalla)
Full List of Night 1 Round-by-Round Draft Picks:
Round 1:
- SmackDown – Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa
- RAW – Cody Rhodes
- SmackDown – Bianca Belair
- RAW – Becky Lynch
Round 2:
- SmackDown – Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
- RAW – Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser, & Giovanni Vinci)
- SmackDown – Edge
- RAW – Matt Riddle
Round 3:
- SmackDown – Bobby Lashley
- RAW – Drew McIntyre
- SmackDown – The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & Michin)
- RAW – The Miz
Round 4:
- SmackDown – Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY & Dakota Kai)
- RAW – Shinsuke Nakamura
- SmackDown – Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn (NXT)
- RAW – Indi Hartwell (NXT)