The Draft concluded and more on WWE Raw.
On April 26th, WWE presented the first night of the 2024 Draft on SmackDown. The remaining picks took place on the show to see which Superstars ended up on each brand and if any members of the NXT roster would be called up.
Additionally, as this was the final Raw before Backlash in France on May 4th, the final build to multiple matches was presented on Raw.
The Following Matches & Segments Took Place On WWE Raw:
- Logan Paul arrived backstage and was met by Patrick Mahomes and The Judgment Day
- Michael Cole and Pat McAfee hyped up the crowd in Kansas City.
- New Women’s World Champion Becky Lynch cut a promo about how The Man was born in Kansas and referenced the iconic bloody face shot from 6 years ago. Lynch referenced her new championship and stated that there needed to be a challenger. Liv Morgan interrupted and said that Lynch owed her one as she took out Ripley so that Lynch could win the title. Nia Jax then interrupted and was heavily booed by Kansas City. Jax stated that it was her last night on Raw and would be taking one of them out. Morgan attacked Jax and accepted the challenge.
- Round one of the Draft took place:
- Raw selected Imperium (Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser)
- SmackDown selected Jade Cargill
- Raw selected Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky, Asuka, and Kairi Sane)
- SmackDown selected Kevin Owens
- Gunther defeated Xavier Woods
- Round two of the Draft took place:
- Raw selected CM Punk
- SmackDown selected The Pride (Bobby Lashley, The Street Profits, and B-Fab)
- Raw selected Braun Strowman
- SmackDown selected Tiffany Stratton
- Logan Paul and IShowSpeed cut a promo and said Jey Uso would lose at Backlash. Uso was on the receiving end of a beatdown before a returning Braun Strowman made the save.
- Sami Zayn vs. Bronson Reed ended in disqualification when Chad Gable attacked Zayn
- Round three of the Draft took place:
- Raw selected The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, Zelina Vega, Dragon Lee, and Carlito)
- SmackDown selected Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel, Berto, and Elektra Lopez)
- Raw selected Drew McIntyre
- SmackDown selected Shinsuke Nakamura
- Drew McIntyre was irate at being drafted so late. CM Punk taunted him from the skybox
- Candice LeRae defeated Maxxine Dupri
- As McIntyre found his way to the skybox, Punk was in the ring. Punk cut a scathing promo on McIntyre
- Round four of the Draft took place:
- Raw selected The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh)
- SmackDown selected Naomi
- Raw selected NXT’s Ilja Dragunov
- SmackDown selected Chelsea Green and Piper Niven
- Liv Morgan defeated Nia Jax
- Round five of the Draft took place:
- Raw selected The New Day
- SmackDown selected Pretty Deadly
- Raw selected NXT’s Lyra Valkyria
- SmackDown selected Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell
- The Awesome Truth defended the World Tag Team Championships against Otis and Akira Tozawa of Alpha Academy
- The final round of the Draft took place:
- Raw selected The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Authors of Pain, Paul Ellering, and Scarlett)
- SmackDown selected DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano)
- Raw selected “Big” Bronson Reed
- SmackDown selected NXT’s Blair Davenport
- Jey Uso, Andrade and Ricochet defeated The Judgment Day
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