WWE SmackDown video highlights: The WWE Draft begins

By Joseph Currier
Published: 2 Oct 2021, 05:00

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The 2021 WWE Draft kicked off with SmackDown and Raw each making eight selections last night.

With the first pick of the draft, SmackDown selected Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Raw chose WWE Champion Big E with their first pick. Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair then moved to SmackDown, while Raw drafted Bianca Belair.

Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods, Happy Corbin & Madcap Moss, Hit Row, Naomi, and Jeff Hardy were SmackDown’s other draft picks. Raw drafted Raw Tag Team Champions RK-Bro, Edge, Women’s Tag Team Champions Nikki A.S.H. & Rhea Ripley, Keith “Bearcat” Lee, Rey & Dominik Mysterio, and Austin Theory.

Only half of the roster was eligible to be drafted last night. The remaining half will be eligible when the draft concludes on Monday’s episode of Raw.

Also on last night’s show, Brock Lesnar appeared and continued the build to his match against Reigns at Crown Jewel, Bianca Belair took on Sasha Banks in the main event, and Seth Rollins invaded Edge’s home after getting Edge to show up at SmackDown.