2019 WWE Draft
Wrestler ( s ) Pre-draft brand Role Post-draft brand
Apollo Crews SmackDown Male wrestler SmackDown
The B-Team ( Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel ) SmackDown Male tag team SmackDown
Drew Gulak 205 Live Male wrestler SmackDown
EC3 Raw Male wrestler Raw
Eric Young Raw Male wrestler Raw
Heath Slater Raw Male wrestler SmackDown
Sin Cara SmackDown Male wrestler Raw
Tamina Raw Female wrestler SmackDown
Drafting pool -- SmackDown ( October 11 )
Eight additional picks were announced on WWE 's website on October 13 . Except for Apollo Crews , who was slated to be a part of the Night 2 pool , [ 9 ] all wrestlers selected had initially gone undrafted during Night 1 . [ 13 ]
The 2019 WWE Draft was the fourteenth WWE Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between their Raw and SmackDown brands. Returning to its original name (the WWE Draft) and a traditional draft format, it was the second draft of 2019, following April's Superstar Shake-up. The draft began on the October 11 episode of Friday Night SmackDown (in Paradise, Nevada) and concluded on the October 14 episode of Monday Night Raw (in Denver, Colorado), with SmackDown airing on FOX and Raw on the USA Network. It was the first draft in which the brand's television networks were presented as having an influence over WWE's drafting decisions. 2019 was the first year in which the WWE held two drafts during the same calendar year. This was because of the issues of the Wild Card Rule introduced with April's Superstar Shake-up and even more so because of SmackDowns move to FOX - Raw and SmackDown were both previously on the USA Network. Over 70 wrestlers (both singles competitors and tag teams) from the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and 205 Live rosters were eligible to be drafted to either Raw or SmackDown, including all Raw and SmackDown champions. Most draft picks were announced on the live broadcasts of SmackDown and Raw, while supplemental picks were announced afterwards via WWE's website. In storyline, wrestlers who were not drafted to either brand became free agents and could sign with the brand of their choosing. The Wild Card Rule also ended with this draft.