WWE Draft 2023 Heads into Night Two

The WWE Draft for 2023 kicked off Friday on SmackDown.  Tonight marks night two of the draft with additional superstars up for grabs for both brands.  For those of you who missed SmackDown and the special Saturday Draft show SmackDown LowDown, here is where we are at right now.

The eligible draftees for night one were:

  • Becky Lynch
  • Bianca Belair
  • Bobby Lashley
  • Candice LeRae
  • Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville
  • Cody Rhodes
  • Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY & Dakota Kai)
  • Dexter Lumis
  • Dolph Ziggler
  • Drew McIntyre
  • Edge
  • Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante “Thee” Adonis w/ B-Fab)
  • Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci)
  • Lacey Evans
  • Matt Riddle
  • Maximum Male Models (ma.cé, mån.sôör & Maxxine Dupri)
  • Mustafa Ali
  • Natalya
  • Omos (w/ MVP)
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa)
  • The Miz
  • The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & Michin)
  • The Street Profits
  • Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar w/ Valhalla)
  • Select NXT Superstars

The WWE Draft for 2023 shook out like this on Night One:

Raw Drafted:

  • Cody Rhodes
  • “The Man” Becky Lynch
  • Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci)
  • Matt Riddle
  • Drew McIntyre
  • The Miz
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Indi Hartwell
  • Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar w/ Valhalla)
  • Dexter Lumis
  • Candice LeRae
  • Maximum Male Models (ma.cé, mån.sôör & Maxxine Dupri)
  • The “Boat” Natalya
  • Apollo Crews
  • Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville
  • Zoey Stark
  • JD McDonagh

SmackDown Drafted:

  • The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa and the “Wiseman” Paul Heyman)
  • Bianca Belair
  • The Street Profits
  • Edge
  • Bobby Lashley
  • The O.C. (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & Michin)
  • Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY & Dakota Kai)
  • Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn
  • Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante “Thee” Adonis w/ B-Fab)
  • Lacey Evans

Free Agents after the WWE Draft for 2023 night one are:

  • Omos (with MVP)
  • Mustafa Ali
  • Dolph Ziggler
  • Von Wagner

The draft pool for Night Two is as follows:

  • Akira Tozawa
  • Alpha Academy (Otis & Chad Gable)
  • Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo
  • Asuka
  • Austin Theory
  • Baron Corbin
  • Braun Strowman & Ricochet
  • Brock Lesnar
  • Bronson Reed
  • Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin
  • Charlotte Flair
  • Dana Brooke
  • Elias
  • Emma
  • Johnny Gargano
  • Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest & Dominik Mysterio)
  • Karrion Kross (w/ Scarlett)
  • Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
  • LA Knight
  • Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez
  • Nikki Cross
  • Piper Niven
  • Rhea Ripley
  • Rick Boogs
  • Riddick Moss
  • Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler
  • Seth Rollins
  • Shotzi
  • Tamina
  • Tegan Nox
  • The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland & Butch)
  • The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde & Zelina Vega)
  • The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  • The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso)
  • Trish Stratus
  • Xia Li
  • Select NXT Superstars

From the list of possible draftees there are few notable exceptions and interesting items.  For one Alexa Bliss and Bray Wyatt are not listed in the pools for the draft.  Rhea Ripley is listed separate from Judgement Day as the women’s champion, even though all factions are listed together.  The other faction exception is The Usos not being listed with The Bloodline.

What are your thoughts on the “Game Changing” WWE Draft for 2023?  Where do you think superstars will end up tonight?  Let us know in the comments below or hit us up on our Twitter account by clicking here.  As always stay tuned to Culture Splat for more content like this and much more soon!

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