WWE Draft Reaction

The draft has concluded and the rosters are set. I'm not going to go over every single draft pick but let's get the bullet points.

-The first two draft picks were obvious; Seth Rollins for Raw and Dean Ambrose for Smackdown. They were followed by Charlotte for Raw, AJ Styles for Smackdown and Finn Balor for Raw. That's an interesting top 5. They all represent the direction the company is heading for towards. It was refreshing to see Cena have to wait until the 2nd round to be drafted.

-Champions are as followed: Raw has the US Champion Rusev, Women's Champion Charlotte and WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day. They will probably be getting a Crusierweight Championship eventually if they're bringing the division back right?  Smackdown has the WWE Champion Dean Ambrose and Intercontinental Champion The Miz. This can ALL change come Sunday. Reigns and Rollins are on Raw so the WWE Title can change shows. Both mid card titles could change as both champions and challengers are on different shows. Rusev on Raw, Ryder on Smackdown and Miz on Smackdown, Young on Raw. We won't truly know what champions are on which shows until AFTER Battleground on Sunday.

-NXT wasn't raided as previously thought and though 6 picks were taken, the roster is still in tact. Finn Balor will finally make his way to the main roster as he is going to Raw. Chad Gable and Jason Jordan will be heading to Smackdown. Nia Jax is going to Raw with other NXT alumni Charlotte, Sasha and Dana Brooke. The final three from NXT are all heading to Smackdown and they are Alexa Bliss, Carmella and Mojo Rawley. NXT still has Samoa Joe, Shinsuke Nakamura, Hideo Itami, Austin Aries, Bobby Roode, Bayley and Asuka in their ranks. Not to mention Gargano and Ciampa and The Revival, who I just knew were going to be called up. Balor and American Alpha were the two picks everyone predicted but where was Baylet? They still haven't announced Sasha's mystery partner and it just might be Bayley. Or it could be Nikki Bella.

-Raw just became Monday Night NXT as Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Neville and Finn Balor are all on the show, Not to mention Enzo and Cass and all the women! Styles is on Smackdown while Anderson and Gallows is on Raw, which officially ends Styles' Club on Sunday but with Balor on Raw, I think we'll be seeing a new Club very soon. And WWE may have just starting building to a mega dream match of AJ Styles VS Finn Balor for Wrestlemania 33. Orton and Lesnar are on separate shows so right now, that will be the first inter-promotional match in this version of the WWE Brand Split. I believe Balor and Neville will be the faces of the Crusierweight Division on Raw, with Balor using that as a springboard to the main title picture. Braun Strowman is by himself on Raw. He will be a monster there and will take over the position Big Show and Kane had for many years. Expect a Reigns/Strowman feud for Raw.

The Draft certainly shook things up for the WWE. On Raw, it's basically all the hot new faces. Reigns and Rollins have plenty of guys to feud with. Balor alone makes Raw must see. They also have a heft number of women on the show and with three hours of TV a week, that makes for longer TV matches, And whenever the Crusierweight Division does make its debut on the show, it's going to be on and popping for the brand. Smackdown has John Cena and Randy Orton on the same brand, along with AJ Styles, Bray Wyatt and current WWE Champion Dean Ambrose. If Ambrose doesn't survive the weekend as champion, I see Styles and Cena in the main event of SummerSlam for a new World Title. Other than that, Smackdown looks good. American Alpha VS The Usos should be something special while they have a nice amount of women talent on the show as well. Hopefully they beef up the main event players on the show and all future NXT call ups go to Smackdown.

Good draft, can't wait until Sunday!