On Tuesday night, WWE hosted the first LIVE SmackDown of the new brand extension.
Both shows led by their respective authority figures: Shane McMahon (Commissioner) & Daniel Bryan (General Manager) of SmackDown and Stephanie McMahon (Commissioner) & Mick Foley (General Manager) of Raw picked off of the entire WWE roster, along with 6 picks from NXT. For every three picks Raw received, SmackDown received two.
Here is the full list of picks:
RAW:
- Seth Rollins
- Charlotte (WWE Women’s Champion)
- Finn Balor
- Roman Reigns
- Brock Lesnar
- The New Day (WWE Tag Team Champions)
- Sami Zayn
- Sasha Banks
- Chris Jericho
- Rusev w/Lana (WWE United States Champion)
- Kevin Owens
- Enzo Amore & Big Cass
- Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
- Big Show
- Nia Jax
- Neville
- Cesaro
- Sheamus
- Golden Truth (Goldust & R-Truth)
- Titus O’Neil
- Paige
- Darren Young w/Bob Backlund
- Sin Cara
- Jack Swagger
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley)
- Summer Rae
- Mark Henry
- Braun Strowman
- Bo Dallas
- The Shining Stars (Primo & Epico)
- Alicia Fox
- Dana Brooke
- Curtis Axel
SmackDown:
- Dean Ambrose (WWE Champion)
- AJ Styles
- John Cena
- Randy Orton
- Bray Wyatt
- Becky Lynch
- The Miz w/Maryse (WWE Intercontinental Champion)
- Baron Corbin
- American Alpha (Jason Jordan & Chad Gable)
- Dolph Ziggler
- Natalya
- Alberto Del Rio
- The Usos (Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso)
- Demon Kane
- Kalisto
- Naomi
- The Ascension
- Zack Ryder
- Apollo Crews
- Alexa Bliss
- Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango)
- Eva Marie
- The Vaudevillains (Aiden English & Simon Gotch)
- Erick Rowan
- Mojo Rawley
- Carmella
Additionally, WWE has picked exclusive announce teams for each brand:
Raw — Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and Corey Graves
SmackDown — Mauro Ranallo, David Otunga and John “Bradshaw” Layfield
Also, it has not yet been announced on how WWE will handle titles. That’ll be clarified next week, reportedly.
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