WWE Advertising "The First International Superstar Shakeup" In April
WWE's promotion for WrestleMania 35 is already in full swing, but the company appears to already be planning for what will happen just one week after the biggest pay-per-view of the year.
POST Wrestling's John Pollock tweeted out an ad from the Canadian broadcast of Monday Night Raw this week, which had WWE personality Scott Stamford promoting the April 16 and 17 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. According to Stamford, those two shows will include another round of the "Superstar Shake-up."
Here is the promo that aired in Canada during Raw announcing the first “International Superstar Shakeup” for April 15 & April 16 at the Bell Centre in Montreal
https://twitter.com/iamjohnpollock/s...955584/video/1
— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) February 5, 2019
"WWE Universe, now's your chance to see all your favorite WWE Superstars this April as Montreal hosts the first-ever International Superstar Shake-up," Stanford said. "Find out who joins Ram and SmackDown Live this Spring."
The Shake-up, which replaced the annual WWE Draft back in 2017, was last held on the April 16-17 editions of Raw and SmackDown a week after WrestleMania 34. Some of the wrestlers who switched brands last year included then-United States Champion Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, The Miz, Drew McIntyre, Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, Asuka, Cesaro and Sheamus and Andrade.
This year's Shake-up could have extra implications, as the WWE is moving SmackDown Live to Friday nights on the Fox network starting on Oct. 19. Moving that show to network television could prompt the company to move some of its biggest stars over to the Blue Brand.
