WWE Draft results 2023: Updates from April 28 SmackDown

The first night of the 2023 WWE Draft begins on the Apr. 28 episode of Friday Night SmackDown. Here are all of the picks for Raw and SmackDown.

The 2023 NFL Draft officially took place on Thursday, Apr. 27 with their first round. While they will continue their event in Kansas City, Mo. on Friday with the second and third rounds, WWE will be beginning their own draft in Corpus Christi, Texas.

On SmackDown, the first night of the WWE Draft will be underway at 8:00 p.m. ET, with superstars and stables set to find out which they will be competing primarily. Both SmackDown and Monday Night Raw will each get eight picks on Friday night. From there, selections will continue on Saturday morning on Peacock, and on the May 1 episode of Raw.

Each night of the WWE Draft will feature a unique pool of eligible superstars. Here’s what the pool looks like for the first night of the draft, courtesy of WWE.com:

• Becky Lynch
• Bianca Belair
• Bobby Lashley
• Candice LeRae
• Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville
• Cody Rhodes
• Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY and Dakota Kai)
• Dexter Lumis
• Dolph Ziggler
• Drew McIntyre
• Edge
• Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante “Thee” Adonis, with B-Fab)
• Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci)
• Lacey Evans
• Matt Riddle
• Maximum Male Models (ma.cé, mån.sôör and 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 and Michin)
• The Street Profits
• Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar, with Valhalla)
• Select NXT Superstars

Without further ado, here are the full live results for the opening night of the WWE Draft.

WWE Draft results 2023: Updates from April 28 SmackDown

SmackDown WWE Draft Picks

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

Raw WWE Draft Picks

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

Be sure to stay tuned to FanSided for all your WWE, AEW and Pro Wrestling coverage from unique analysis to fun angles, to viral content and much more.