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The 2024 WWE draft officially came to an end with Night 2 being held on this week's episode of Monday Night Raw.
There will be new storylines and fresh rivalries that will surely excite WWE fans.
Here's a look at the full rosters for Raw and SmackDown following Monday's draft results:
Raw Roster
- Damian Priest (World Heavyweight Champion)
- Becky Lynch (Women's World Champion)
- Awesome Truth: R-Truth and The Miz (World Tag Team Champions)
- Sami Zayn (Intercontinental Champion)
- Imperium (Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser) (Night 2, Round 1, Pick 1)
- Damage CTRL (Iyo Sky, Dakota Kai, WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane) (Night 2, Round 1, Pick 3)
- CM Punk (Night 2, Round 2, Pick 1)
- Braun Strowman(Night 2, Round 2, Pick 3)
- LWO (Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde, Zelina Vega, Carlito) (Night 2, Round 3, Pick 1)
- Drew McIntyre(Night 2, Round 3, Pick 3)
- The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio, JD McDonagh) (Night 2, Round 4, Pick 1)
- "The Mad Dragon" Ilja Dragunov(Night 2, Round 4, Pick 3)
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (Night 2, Round 5, Pick 1)
- Lyra Valkyria(Night 2, Round 5, Pick 3)
- The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Scarlett, "Authors of Pain" Akam & Rezar, Paul Ellering) (Night 2, Round 6, Pick 1)
- "Big" Bronson Reed(Night 2, Round 6, Pick 3)
- Jey Uso (Night 1, Round 1, Pick 2)
- Seth Rollins (Night 1, Round 1, Pick 4)
- Bron Breakker (Night 1, Round 2, Pick 2)
- Liv Morgan (Night 1, Round 2, Pick 4)
- Ricochet (Night 1, Round 3, Pick 2)
- Sheamus (Night 1, Round 3, Pick 4)
- Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis, Akira Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri)(Night 1, Round 4, Pick 2)
- Kiana James (Night 1, Round 4, Pick 4)
- Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn (pick revealed after SmackDown ended)
- Ivar (pick revealed afterSmackDownended)
- Shayna Baszler (pick revealed after SmackDown ended)
- Zoey Stark (pick revealed after SmackDown ended)
- The Creed Brothers & Ivy Nile (pick revealed after Raw ended)
- New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyer Bate) (pick revealed after Raw ended)
- Dijak (pick revealed after Raw ended)
- Kayden Carter and Katana Chance (pick revealed after Raw ended)
- Natalya (pick revealed after Raw ended)
- Odyssey Jones (pick revealed after Raw ended)
SmackDown Roster
- Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Universal Champion)
- Bayley (WWE SmackDown Women's Champion)
- A-Town Down Under: Austin Theory and Grayson Waller (WWE Tag Team Champions)
- Logan Paul (WWE United States Champion)
- Jade Cargill (Night 2, Round 1, Pick 2)
- Kevin Owens (Night 2, Round 1, Pick 4)
- The Pride (Bobby Lashley, B-Fab, "The Street Profits" Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins)(Night 2, Round 2, Pick 2)
- Tiffany Stratton(Night 2, Round 2, Pick 4)
- Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel & Humberto, Elektra Lopez) (Night 2, Round 3, Pick 2)
- Shinsuke Nakamura(Night 2, Round 3, Pick 4)
- Naomi(Night 2, Round 4, Pick 2)
- Chelsea Green and Piper Niven(Night 2, Round 4, Pick 4)
- Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) (Night 2, Round 5, Pick 2)
- Candace LeRae and Indi Hartwell(Night 2, Round 5, Pick 4)
- DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)(Night 2, Round 6, Pick 2)
- Blair Davenport(Night 2, Round 6, Pick 4)
- Bianca Belair (Night 1, Round 1, Pick 1)
- Carmelo Hayes (Night 1, Round 1, Pick 3)
- Randy Orton (Night 1, Round 2, Pick 1)
- Nia Jax (Night 1, Round 2, Pick 3)
- LA Knight (Night 1, Round 3, Pick 1)
- The Bloodline: Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga and Paul Heyman (Night 1, Round 3, Pick 3)
- AJ Styles (Night 1, Round 4, Pick 1)
- Andrade (Night 1, Round 4, Pick 3)
- Cedric Alexander and Ashante "Thee" Adonis (pick revealed afterSmackDownended)
- Baron Corbin (pick revealed afterSmackDownended)
- The O.C.: Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson and "Michin" Mia Yim (pick revealed afterSmackDownended)
- Giovanni Vinci (pick revealed after Raw ended)
- Tegan Nox (pick revealed after Raw ended)
- Apollo Crews (pick revealed after Raw ended)
Night 2 Highlights
The televised portion of Monday's draft featured six rounds with a total of 24 picks. These came after Night 1 took place on this past Friday's episode of SmackDown Live.
Raw general manager Adam Pearce was given the advantage over SmackDown GM Nick Aldis with the first pick in each round on Night 2.
The new rosters will become official on Monday, May 6, two days after the Backlash France premium live event.
Raw's No. 1 pick was Imperium, bringing the tandem of Ludwig Kaiser and former record-setting Intercontinental Champion Gunther. The bruising heavyweight showed why he was the first pick of the Red Brand with a dominant performance against Xavier Woods of The New Day.
Gunther is the favorite to win this year's King of the Ring tournament, so it's clear that big things are in store for him on Raw.
Arguably the most interesting pick of Night 2 was Raw's second-round selection Braun Strowman, who hasn't been seen in WWE for over a year after undergoing neck surgery. Strowman made his return on Monday night to save Jey Uso from a beatdown:
WWE @WWEBRAUN STROWMAN IS BACK!<br><br>The Monster of all Monsters wants a fight with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USChampion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USChampion</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LoganPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LoganPaul</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/PatrickMahomes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PatrickMahomes</a> of the <a href="https://twitter.com/Chiefs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chiefs</a> during the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEDraft?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEDraft</a> right now on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a>! <a href="https://t.co/luJtTEiADf">pic.twitter.com/luJtTEiADf</a>
The highlight of the third round was Drew McIntyre, who found another reason to be disgruntled as he expected to be drafted higher. McIntyre took aim at CM Punk, who surprisingly happened to be in the arena.
WWE @WWEVintage <a href="https://twitter.com/CMPunk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CMPunk</a> delivers on the 🎤 tonight on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a>, unfortunately for <a href="https://twitter.com/DMcIntyreWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DMcIntyreWWE</a>! <a href="https://t.co/PzUdLf6SZg">pic.twitter.com/PzUdLf6SZg</a>
NXT was represented when Raw drafted former NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov. "The Mad Dragon" dropped his title to Trick Williams on last week's episode of WWE NXT, opening the door for him to bring his exciting style to the main roster.
Raw doubled up in the fifth round, drafting former NXT Women's Champion Lyra Valkyria. Interestingly, Valkyria defeated Becky Lynch to win the NXT title, and Lynch currently holds the Women's World Championship. If the two of them meet again, Valkyria could add another championship to her resume.
Vic Joseph @VicJosephWWEWOW <a href="https://twitter.com/Real_Valkyria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Real_Valkyria</a> - can't wait to see how you soar over the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERAW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERAW</a> women's division <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEDraft?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEDraft</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWENXT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWENXT</a>
The final round concluded with Raw bringing over The Final Testament from SmackDown. The faction led by Karrion Kross should have more of an opportunity on the Red Brand. Also, SmackDown made its first NXT pick of the night by selecting Blair Davenport.
WWE @WWE🚨 BREAKING: Sixth Round picks for this year's <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEDraft?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEDraft</a>!<br><br>The Final Testament to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DIY?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DIY</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BRONSONISHERE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BRONSONISHERE</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWERaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWERaw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BDavenportWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BDavenportWWE</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmackDown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SmackDown</a> <br><br>Call the shots and create your own draft in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWE2K24?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWE2K24</a> MyGM<a href="https://twitter.com/WWEgames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEGames</a> <a href="https://t.co/VZ5Kt8eZmn">pic.twitter.com/VZ5Kt8eZmn</a>
There still remains a question of where former WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will land. Paul Heyman announced on Friday that The Tribal Chief was removing his name from the draft amid his hiatus, so it will be fun to see where he ends up when he makes his eventual return.
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