WWE Draft 2023: Full list of night one picks

The first night of the 2023 WWE Draft begins on SmackDown Friday.

WWE has announced that a pool of talent will be available to be drafted on Friday, with another pool eligible on Raw this Monday. NXT talent will also be drafted on both nights.

SmackDown’s pool consists of 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 (Mace, Mansoor & Maxxine Dupri), Mustafa Ali, Natalya, Omos (w/ MVP), Shinsuke Nakamura, The Bloodline (Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa), The Miz, The OC (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & Michin), The Street Profits, The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar w/ Valhalla), and select NXT Superstars.

It was noted prior to the first round that the new rosters will go into effect starting the Raw following Backlash, May 8.

Follow along throughout the night as the names listed above are drafted to either Raw or SmackDown.

Night one picks —

Raw:

  1. Cody Rhodes
  2. Becky Lynch
  3. Imperium (Intercontinental Champion Gunther, Ludvig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci)
  4. Matt Riddle
  5. Drew McIntyre
  6. The Miz
  7. Shinsuke Nakamura
  8. NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell

SmackDown:

  1. Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, and Paul Heyman
  2. Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair
  3. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
  4. Edge
  5. Bobby Lashley
  6. The OC (AJ Styles, Michin, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows)
  7. Damage CTRL (IYO SKY, Bayley, Dakota Kai)
  8. NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn