WWE.com has issued the following rules for the upcoming draft this Tuesday night on the first edition of Smackdown LIVE! It is interesting to note that because Raw is still three hours, the show will receive 3 picks for every 2 picks Smackdown gets.
Also, perennial part-timers The Undertaker & Triple H are not eligible to be drafted, but Brock Lesnar is. There is no mention of announcers, managers or valets being individually drafted. Bob Backlund will be packaged with Darren Young & Lana will be packaged with Rusev for example.
Here are the rules:
- Raw has the first overall pick
- Since SmackDown Live is a two-hour show and Raw is three hours, for every two picks SmackDown Live receives, Raw will receive three picks
- Tag teams count as one pick unless a Commissioner/General Manager specifically only wants one member of the team
- Six draft picks will be made off the NXT roster
The list of current WWE Superstars eligible for the WWE Draft will be as follows:
Male Superstars
- AJ Styles
- Alberto Del Rio
- Apollo Crews
- Baron Corbin
- Big Show
- Braun Strowman
- Bray Wyatt
- Brock Lesnar
- Cesaro
- Chris Jericho
- Darren Young (w/ Bob Backlund)
- Dean Ambrose – WWE Champion
- Demon Kane
- Dolph Ziggler
- Erick Rowan
- Jack Swagger
- John Cena
- Kalisto
- Kevin Owens
- Mark Henry
- Neville
- Randy Orton
- Roman Reigns
- Rusev (w/ Lana) – United States Champion
- Sami Zayn
- Seth Rollins
- Sheamus
- Sin Cara
- The Miz (w/ Maryse) – Intercontinental Champion
- Titus O’Neil
- Zack Ryder
Tag Teams
- Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze)
- Enzo and Cass (Enzo Amore and Big Cass)
- Gallows and Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
- Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth)
- Shining Stars (Epico and Primo)
- Social Outcasts (Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel and Heath Slater)
- The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
- The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)
- The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) – Tag Team Champions
- The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)
- The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)
Female Superstars
- Alicia Fox
- Becky Lynch
- Charlotte – WWE Women’s Champion
- Dana Brooke
- Eva Marie
- Naomi
- Natalya
- Paige
- Sasha Banks
- Summer Rae
