The October 1st, 2021 edition of Friday Night SmackDown saw the highly anticipated return of the WWE Draft following the October 2020 WWE Draft that saw such seismic picks as Seth Rollins to SmackDown and The Fiend to Monday Night RAW.
A report published on September 28th by Andrew Zarian, who broke the news of the WWE Draft plans and dates originally, revealed that NXT is set for involvement in the upcoming WWE Draft
NXT has recently undergone a complete overhaul into a bright and colourful NXT 2.0, with the likes of Bron Breakker and Von Wagner emerging on the brand. Tommaso Ciampa, though, a stalwart of the former black and gold brand, recently claimed the NXT Championship after it was vacated by Samoa Joe. However, it looks like the brand’s roster right now may not be the same as it will be in a couple of weeks
This article will be updated live over the next week as the WWE restructures the roster for the 16th time following the inaugural 2002 WWE Draft.
Every 2021 WWE Draft Pick
Results of the WWE Draft on SmackDown – October 1, 2021
Round One:
- Roman Reigns (Universal Champion) – SmackDown
- Big E (WWE Champion) – Raw
- Charlotte Flair (Raw Women’s Champion) – SmackDown
- Bianca Belair – Raw
Round Two:
- Drew McIntyre – SmackDown
- RK-Bro, Riddle & Randy Orton (Raw Tag Team Champions) – Raw
- The New Day, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods – SmackDown
- Edge – Raw
Round Three:
- Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss – SmackDown
- Rhea Ripley & Nikki A.S.H (Raw Women’s Tag Team Champions) – Raw
- Hit Row, Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, Ashante “Thee” Adonis, Top Dolla, and B-FAB – SmackDown
- Keith “Bearcat” Lee – Raw
Round Four:
- Naomi – SmackDown
- Rey Mysterio & Dominik Mysterio – Raw
- Jeff Hardy – SmackDown
- Austin Theory – Raw
Talking Smack:
- Nia Jax – Raw
- Doudrop – Raw
- Zelina Vega – Raw
- John Morrison – Raw
- Reggie – Raw
- R-Truth – Raw
- Drake Maverick – Raw
- T-Bar – Raw
- Akira Tozawa – Raw
- Alpha Academy – Raw
- Apollo Crews & Azeez – Raw
- Toni Storm – SmackDown
- Aliyah – SmackDown
- Mace – SmackDown
- Drew Gulak – SmackDown
- Mansoor – SmackDown
- Mustafa Ali – SmackDown
Results of the WWE Draft on Raw – October 4, 2021
Round One:
- Becky Lynch – Raw
- The Usos (SmackDown Tag Team Champions) – SmackDown
- Bobby Lashley – Raw
- Sasha Banks – SmackDown
Round Two:
- Seth Rollins – Raw
- King Nakamrua & Rick Boogs – SmackDown
- Damian Priest – Raw
- Sheamus – SmackDown
Round Three:
- AJ Styles & Omos – Raw
- Shayna Baszler – SmackDown
- Kevin Owens – Raw
- Xia Li – SmackDown
Round Four:
- The Street Profits – Raw
- The Viking Raiders – SmackDown
- Finn Balor – Raw
- Ricochet – SmackDown
Round Five:
- Karrion Kross – Raw
- Humberto Carrillo & Angel Garza – SmackDown
- Alexa Bliss – Raw
- Cesaro – SmackDown
Round Six:
- Carmella – Raw
- Ridge Holland – SmackDown
- Gable Steveson – Raw
- Sami Zayn – SmackDown
Talking Smack:
- Dana Brooke – Raw
- Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode – Raw
- Jaxson Ryker – Raw
- Veer – Raw
- Liv Morgan – Raw
- Mia Yim – Raw
- Tamina Snuka – Raw
- Tegan Nox – Raw
- Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander – Raw
- The Miz – Raw
- Jinder Mahal – SmackDown
- Shanky – SmackDown
- Natalya – SmackDown
- Shotzi Blackheart – SmackDown
Not Drafted
- Brock Lesnar
- Elias
- Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado
- John Cena
- Harry Smith
- Slapjack
- Asuka
- Bayley
- Eva Marie
- Lacey Evans
- Ronda Rousey