WWE reveals draft rules, wrestler pools for nights one and two

Ahead of it kicking off on SmackDown this Friday night, WWE has revealed the rules for this year’s draft.

Stephanie McMahon will again preside over both nights of the draft. It will begin on SmackDown this Friday and conclude on Monday’s Raw. The full rules for the draft are:

  • Over 60 Male Superstars, Female Superstars and Tag Teams have been placed into the 2020 WWE Draft.
  • More than 20 Superstars are eligible to be drafted on Friday night and more than 30 Superstars are eligible to be drafted on Monday night.
  • Due to the length of each show, for every two picks that SmackDown selects, Raw will get three picks.
  • Tag Teams will count as one pick unless FOX or USA Network, in conjunction with WWE Officials, wants to pick one Superstar from the team.
  • Any undrafted Superstars will immediately be declared free agents and able to sign with the brand of their choosing.

Like last year, the draft is again divided into two pools of eligible wrestlers. The wrestlers in the first pool are eligible to be selected by either SmackDown or Raw this Friday night. The wrestlers in the second pool are eligible to be selected by either SmackDown or Raw on Monday.

The pools are:

Night one (Friday, October 9) —

  • Asuka
  • Sasha Banks
  • Bianca Belair
  • Dana Brooke
  • Humberto Carrillo
  • Elias
  • Angel Garza
  • Drew Gulak
  • Heavy Machinery (Otis & Tucker)
  • The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander & MVP)
  • Mickie James
  • Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado)
  • Drew McIntyre
  • Murphy
  • Rey & Dominik Mysterio
  • Naomi
  • The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  • Roman Reigns
  • Ricochet
  • Seth Rollins
  • Mandy Rose
  • Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax
  • Shorty G
  • AJ Styles
  • Jey Uso

Night two (Monday, October 12) —

  • Andrade
  • Bayley
  • Aleister Black
  • Alexa Bliss
  • Daniel Bryan
  • Carmella
  • King Corbin
  • Apollo Crews
  • Nikki Cross
  • Dabba-Kato
  • Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
  • Erik (of The Viking Raiders)
  • Lacey Evans
  • Charlotte Flair
  • Jeff Hardy
  • Billie Kay
  • Lana
  • Keith Lee
  • The Miz & John Morrison
  • Riddick Moss
  • Natalya
  • Titus O’Neil
  • Randy Orton
  • Kevin Owens
  • R-Truth
  • RETRIBUTION (Mustafa Ali, T-BAR, MACE, SLAPJACK, RECKONING & RETALIATION)
  • Matt Riddle
  • The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan)
  • Peyton Royce
  • Arturo Ruas
  • Sheamus
  • Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro
  • The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
  • Braun Strowman
  • Tamina
  • Akira Tozawa
  • Zelina Vega
  • Bray Wyatt
  • Sami Zayn

Three matches have also been announced for this Friday’s SmackDown. Bayley will defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Sasha Banks, Kevin Owens will face “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, and Big E will take on Sheamus in a falls count anywhere match. Otis will also “represent himself in court” on the episode as he tries to stop The Miz from taking his Money in the Bank contract.