2024 WWE Draft Results Tracker For 4/26 SmackDown

[Kemo]

WWE is shaking up their rosters once again with another Draft. Fans have come to expect the unexpected, and this year will be no different.

The 2024 WWE Draft is scheduled for Friday, April 26 during SmackDown and Monday, April 29 during RAW. To streamline the process, the rosters were divided into two Draft Pools.

Through all the excitement, there is also some worry within NXT. A concern exists that WWE may pick their developmental brand clean after this year's draft. Ilja Dragunov is the only name that has been announced for the draft, but each nigh is likely to include new NXT call-ups.

To start things off, Paul Heyman revealed that Roman Reigns pulled himself from draft eligibility. He said that Roman is not returning in the immediate future, so he will not be anyone's first draft pick this year.

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Round One

*Announced by Triple H & Cody Rhodes

RAW

• Jey Uso
• Seth "Freakin'" Rollins

SmackDown

• Bianca Belair
• Carmelo Hayes

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Round Two

*Announced by Torrie Wilson & Michelle McCool

RAW

• Bron Breakker
• Liv Morgan

SmackDown

• Randy Orton
• Nia Jax

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Round Three

*Announced by Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley

RAW

• Ricochet
• Sheamus

SmackDown

• LA Knight
• The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama, & Paul Heyman)

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Round Four

*Announced by Teddy Long & JBL

RAW

• Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis, Maxxine Dupri, Akira Tozawa)
• Kiana James

SmackDown

• AJ Styles
• Andrade

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NXT Call-Ups

WWE usually calls up a few NXT Superstar with their draft. This year was no exception. Carmelo Hayes and Kiana James were called up to the main roster. Hayes was in the building for SmackDown, where he got right to business by challenging Cody Rhodes.

2024 WWE Draft Rules

The 2024 WWE Draft will allocate 16 picks over four rounds to SmackDown and 24 picks over six rounds to RAW, reflecting RAW's longer runtime. Champions are exempt from the draft, except for Women's Tag Team Champions, who are excluded from the Draft Pool.

SmackDown will pick first on Friday, and RAW will get its first choice the following Monday, with final rosters set by May 6th.

Following new TV deals, SmackDown is moving to the USA Network and RAW to Netflix. The full effects of RAW's switch to Netflix will be seen from October 2025. Unless WWE plans a roster shake-up, these rosters will initiate the new media rights agreements.

[LionDen]

Kind of made sense Styles going to Smackdown now that he is facing Rhodes for the title at Backlash. I still do not see Rhodes losing this quickly but would be quite the surprise.