Odd that both Hit Row and Ridge Holland are involved in decent NXT storylines but there been canned just as quickly for them to head to the main roster
Through line of the show could have been Heyman keeping the Usos on Smackdown but nooOOoo.
Thats the problem with drafts happening over and over on a regular schedule without adding more to the roster. People bounce back and forth but the freshness runs out because they just bounce back and forth with the same people.
If, say, the drafts were limited to every second or third year, but there was more focus on pushing more people, introducing more people, drafts would feel more special as a result. Drew moves from Raw to Smackdown, but it's still going to be feuding with people he has in the last two years.
Kinda feel both rosters have been weakened by the draft if anything. Nothing really fresh about it bar possibly Drew going after Roman eventually, and even that was done before albeit with the face/heel roles flipped.
There's a little bit of shuffling in the mid card and with women moving but that's essentially it. A damp squib imo.
Liv and Dana will probably be put together.
Seeing Mia listed made me wonder where Shane Thorne is
Looking online, seems he's been having dark matches on Smackdown
Think of all the "can they co-exist?" potential now though.
Here's a full list of the women's tag team division following the draft.
Rhea Ripley and Nikki A.S.H. (c)
That's it. Literally every other "team" has been broken up.
Not a good sign that they used that picture of Alexa while everyone else got their profile photos used. New brand should be a new start for her.
So NXT call-ups are Hit Row, Austin Theory, Aliyah, Xia Li and Ridge Holland. Gable Steveson straight to Raw.
Additional Picks (revealed during Raw Talk)
So splitting Shotzi and Tegan, Tamina and Natalya and part of Jinder's team
This unstoppable tough Shayna better be going somewhere, give her a title run, have her take out Becky, Charlotte and Bianca
Sheamus and Jeff to SD
Austin Theory playing the cocky fanboy heel
Becky predictably drafted to Raw
I wonder will Brock save Heymen when the Usos are drafted to Raw and go to attack him
If Big E is to face Drew, the latter needs to turn heel.
Makes sense, hes gotten very stale as a face.
Would be in favour of a new day break up or heel turn as I think they have done almost everything a face team can both as a team and individually. Enjoyed the cage match and Big Es title reign is going well
Good to have the hurt business back but would of liked if they recruited some new members with Keith Lee been one of them
Drew going to SD seems very likely but you never know with wwe
Thought AJ and Riddle was a brilliant match. Sheamus and Priest was very hard hitting but we've already seen it 40 times lol. The cage match was decent in parts, we're likely not going to get an explanation for the Hurt Business reformation are we 😂
A much better Raw than usual.. but that's a low bar. Drew and Big E doesn't really make much sense from a face/heel perspective. Would much rather see AJ step up for a match or two with Big E to get him over, with Kofi and Xavier playing foils to Omos.
I'm wondering how the draft is going to shake things up tbh. Things are kind of established so I'm not sure what switches are going to happen.
Priest and Nakamura/Boogs possibly changing brands with IC and US Titles switching. Charlotte really needs someone like Bianca to switch. Would love an open challenge next week, draft pick announced as Bianca and she comes out and takes the belt off her but I doubt that's happening.
I think the threat of AEW is enough to keep them together on top of the fact that their merch is a top seller.
New Day have said they'll never turn on each other. I think they said in some interview that it's been pitched to them a few times, they've always said no and if they are forced to do it, they'll leave.
Whether they would actually stick to their guns on the last part remains to be seen.
Big E needed that win
Could Xavier go heel, would WWE have the balls to change him, he never has won a singles world title, bitterness etc., story writes itself
I think Bobby should recruit new members like Keith, MVP is missed
I think Drew is headed to Smackdown
Extreme Rules PPV: 1 Extreme Rules match
Raw the next night: No DQ match and a cage match
How does the weekly show have more extreme matches than the PPV named for those matches?
How long until Keith loses his first and last names?
I thought I saw somewhere that Ryker had been released. On a related note, is Elias off for a reason or is this part of him changing and the videos were just to let us know he's going?
"Charlotte will never see it coming" Sonya says while on camera before the match rather than just have Doudrop answer the challenge when Charlotte is in the ring. Doudrop is another that seriously needs to stop with all the happy happy dancing stuff. And I say for her and most people but why was she distracted? That always annoys me.
Nearly forgot why they had that cage match. At no point did they remind us what happened at the beginning of the show. 🙄
Shayna Baszler is face presumably
This Sheamus vs Fr. Damo Priest is a better hardcore match than any of the shite from the so called Extreme Rules bollocks from last night,
The usual DQ finish
Guess the hurt business could be back together
Suppose having a cage match later will make up for it
hope wwe dont give the title back to Lashley here
For sure but is Goldberg vs. Lashley happening at Saudi could he show up tonight?
Big E needs a Big W tonight.
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WWE need to be careful with the over exposure of Roman. He’s the best thing about the product and they know it.
He’s effectively in 3 feuds at the minute...Balor, Lesnar and Big E. It’s too much, and typical WWE.
A zinger from Charlotte. That's like seeing a unicorn.
I havent watched but from reading here its clear WWE are booking Roman strong at the expense of everyone else.
Did Roman need to go over? No, he is booked head and shoulders over everyone. Big E and Lashley needed it more. Now IMO, you can have Roman on Raw interacting with everyone without taking a win away from Big E or Bobby. Booking all 3 together was a situation in where one of the 3 looks weak.
Why WWE felt the need to have Big E and Roman square off already is mind boggling. No need for it. Keep them away from each other in the ring.
Big E won the title cold, he needs to be heated up before tangling with Roman or Bobby again.
Nice wee dig between Alexa and Charlotte about originality. And good to see Alexa drop the act for a bit. Of course she's losing.
Rhea getting choked up. At least they're not going the same route as RK-Bro and having Rhea and Nikki get on. Happy to see new champions anyway.
While Roman didn't need to win, at least no champion was pinned.
So there's no disqualification in a tag match if anything happens the partners outside the ring?
