WWE Draft: Rules, how to watch, draft pool and more

WWE is holding a draft on Friday Night SmackDown on October 11 and Monday Night Raw on October 14. Here are all the details.

WWE is holding their second draft of the year beginning this Friday on Friday Night SmackDown. The second part of the draft will take place on Monday Night Raw next Monday. WWE is making this draft a bigger deal than previous drafts. They’re also getting rid of the (stupid) Wild Card rule.

To determine who will pick first, Seth Rollins will be representing Raw while Roman Reigns will be representing SmackDown in a match. The winner’s brand will get first dibs in the draft.

Here are the draft rules per WWE:

• Over 70 Superstars, as well as tag teams, are eligible for selection in this year’s WWE Draft
  SmackDown will draft 30 Superstars, and Raw will select another 41 Superstars
• Since SmackDown is a two-hour show and Raw is a three-hour show, for every two picks SmackDown makes, Raw will receive three
• Tag teams will count as one pick unless FOX or USA Network specifically wants to pick only one Superstar from the team
• Any undrafted Superstars will immediately be declared free agents and able to sign with the brand of their choosing

To hype up the draft, FOX is bringing a star-studded lineup that includes Alex Rodriguez, Troy Aikman, Reggie Bush and Christian Slater. Also scheduled to appear are Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che and Colin Jost, Joe Buck, Jim Cramer (Mad Money), Frank Thomas and Kevin Burkhardt (FOX MLB analysts), Howie Long, Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw and Tony Gonzalez (FOX NFL Sunday), Charles Davis, Ronde Barber, Daryl Johnston and Chris Spielman (FOX NFL analysts), Michael Vick, Charissa Thompson and Peter Schrager (FOX NFL Kickoff), Brady Quinn, Rob Stone, Matt Leinart and Urban Meyer (Big Noon Kickoff), Joel Klat (FOX College Football analyst), Chris Simms and Rodney Harrison (Football Night in America), James Roday (Psych), Dulé Hill (Psych), Marcus Lemonis (The Profit), Melissa Gorga and Margaret Josephs (Real Housewives of New Jersey), and Kyle Martino, Robbie Mustoe and Rebecca Lowe (Premier League Live).

WWE has also released the pool of Superstars available to be drafted by assigned night.

Friday Night SmackDown — Oct. 11 (FOX)

Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch
Roman Reigns
The O.C. (United States Champion AJ Styles, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson)
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt
Drew McIntyre
Randy Orton
Sasha Banks
Ricochet
Braun Strowman
Bobby Lashley
Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross
Lacey Evans
The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar)
SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder)
Natalya
The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins)
Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado)
Cesaro
Kevin Owens
Humberto Carrillo
Akira Tozawa
Sin Cara
Eric Young
EC3
Chad Gable
Heath Slater
Drew Gulak
The B-Team (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel)
Tamina

Raw — Oct. 14 (USA Network)

Universal Champion Seth Rollins
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar
SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair
Titus O’Neil
Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura (with Sami Zayn)
Aleister Black
The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods)
Daniel Bryan
Bayley
Luke Harper
Erick Rowan
The Miz
Ali
King Corbin
Elias
Raw Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler and Bobby Roode
Samoa Joe
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane)
Rusev
Cedric Alexander
Rey Mysterio
R-Truth
Carmella
AOP (Akam and Rezar)
Heavy Machinery (Tucker and Otis)
Apollo Crews
Andrade
Liv Morgan
Jinder Mahal
Buddy Murphy
Mojo Rawley
No Way José
Dana Brooke
Shelton Benjamin
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce)
Sarah Logan
Fire & Desire (Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville)
Drake Maverick

What do you think of WWE making such a big deal about the draft? Is there anyone in particular you’d like to see drafted to either brand?