Tag: 2024 Wwe Draft

WWE Raw video highlights: NFL superstar Patrick Mahomes appears

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Night two of the 2024 WWE Draft featured some noteworthy appearances.

With Raw being held in Kansas City, two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes was in the building. The Kansas City Chiefs superstar took part in an angle using his three Super Bowl rings. Mahomes gave Logan Paul the rings to use as a weapon against Jey Uso. But when Uso moved out of the way, Paul struck JD McDonagh with them.

The returning Braun Strowman then saved Jey from an attack by Paul and Finn Balor. Strowman went face-to-face with Mahomes and his teammates Creed Humphrey and Trey Smith until Jey pulled him away. This was Strowman’s first time back in action since undergoing neck fusion surgery last year.

Mahomes has a sponsorship deal with Paul’s Prime Hydration.

Paul also brought internet celebrity IShowSpeed to Raw last night to help announce some of the draft picks. Stephanie McMahon, The APA, Alundra Blayze & Teddy Long, and The Dudley Boyz announced picks as well.

Though CM Punk is still recovering from his torn triceps, he appeared last night and was among the wrestlers drafted. Punk and Drew McIntyre both ended up on Raw. Punk promised that, when he’s 100 percent, he’ll make McIntyre’s life a living hell.

More coverage from last night —

WWE Raw video highlights —

Nia Jax issues a challenge for her last night on Raw

Stephanie McMahon announces first-round draft picks

Gunther vs. Xavier Woods

Logan Paul & IShowSpeed announce second-round draft picks

Logan Paul attempts to use Patrick Mahomes’ Super Bowl rings as a weapon

Braun Strowman returns, saves Jey Uso from Logan Paul & Finn Balor’s attack

Chad Gable interrupts Sami Zayn vs. Bronson Reed Intercontinental title match

The APA announce third-round draft picks

Maxxine Dupri vs. Candice LeRae

CM Punk promises to make Drew McIntyre’s life a living hell when he’s 100 percent

Alundra Blayze & Teddy Long announce fourth-round draft picks

Liv Morgan vs. Nia Jax

The Dudley Boyz announce fifth-round draft picks

Awesome Truth vs. Alpha Academy for the World Tag Team titles

Adam Pearce & Nick Aldis announce sixth-round draft picks

Jey Uso, Ricochet & Andrade vs. The Judgment Day

Raw fallout: It was destiny for Ilja Dragunov and Gunther to be on the same brand

Raw fallout: Lyra Valkyria is ready to conquer Raw

Raw fallout: This is everything Blair Davenport has ever wanted

Raw fallout: Dijak gets drafted to Raw

Raw fallout: Ava knows NXT’s draft picks will shine on their new brands

Raw fallout: Kansas City Chiefs, guests of honor, first responders open Raw

Raw Talk: Imperium, Awesome Truth, Nia Jax appear

Ilja Dragunov, Dijak, Lyra Valkyria among NXT stars called up in WWE Draft

Posted on by Bryan Rose

More NXT stars were called up during the second night of the WWE Draft.

During Raw, it was announced that Ilja Dragunov and Lyra Valkyria would be heading to Raw, while Blair Davenport will now be a part of the SmackDown brand. On social media, Dijak was announced as the newest member of the Raw roster.

On social media, NXT General Manager Ava shared a picture of her and Shawn Michaels posing with people who had been called up in the 2024 WWE Draft.

https://twitter.com/avawwe_/status/1785156936565997892

SmackDown this past Friday had Carmelo Hayes and Baron Corbin were drafted to SmackDown, while Kiana James was called up to Raw. Cody Rhodes defeated Hayes in the main event.

Dragunov is a former NXT Champion, losing the title to Trick Williams on last week’s NXT, the first night of Spring Breakin’. Valkyria is a former NXT Women’s Champion, having lost the title recently to Roxanne Perez at NXT Stand & Deliver during WrestleMania weekend.

This will be Dijak’s second run on the main roster after first being called up as part of the group Retribution in 2020 under the name T-Bar. After the group disbanded, he remained on the main roster until 2022, when he returned to NXT under the name Dijak.

Stephanie McMahon, Braun Strowman return to Raw on WWE Draft night two

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Stephanie McMahon and Braun Strowman made unannounced returns to Raw on night two of the WWE Draft Monday. 

In her first WWE appearance since WrestleMania 40, McMahon announced the first round selections for night two of the WWE Draft. 

Although she does not have an official role with WWE as an employee, McMahon returned to the company on WrestleMania weekend this year in her first on-camera appearances since resigning from the company in January 2023.

Strowman made his return in an angle involving United States Champion Logan Paul, as well as NFL star and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. 

Paul and The Judgment Day were attacking Jey Uso when Strowman made his unannounced return, chasing off Uso’s attackers. Strowman was then announced as a second round selection for the Raw brand in the Draft. 

Strowman has been sidelined for nearly a year after undergoing neck fusion surgery. A former Universal, Intercontinental, and Tag Team Champion, Strowman re-signed with WWE in September 2022 after being cut from the company in June 2021.

Our full coverage from Raw is here. 

An updated list of picks from night two of the WWE Draft is here.

Wrestling Observer Live: WWE Draft & Raw preview, AEW injuries, BKFC

Posted on by Mike Sempervive

With Bryan Alvarez out being a good dad, myself and “Filthy Tom” Lawlor team up today on Wrestling Observer Live to let you know about all of the news taking place.

We take a look at tonight’s WWE Raw and get you updated on what’s taken place so far in the WWE Draft, AEW injuries, plus, we need to talk about Conor, bare fisticuffs, and so much more. 

A fun show as always, so check it out~!

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Roman Reigns withdraws WWE Draft eligibility

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Roman Reigns will not be returning to WWE action “in the immediate future.”

Via his manager Paul Heyman, Reigns announced on Friday’s WWE SmackDown episode that he has withdrawn his eligibility for the 2024 WWE Draft, and will not be returning to the ring any time soon. 

Heyman made the announcement on Reigns’ behalf in a backstage interview with Kayla Braxton at the top of SmackDown, framing it as Reigns stepping aside so as not to “hog the spotlight” of the first round of the draft given that Reigns has no immediate plans to return to action. 

Reigns’ three-plus year reign as Universal Champion ended at night two of WrestleMania 40 earlier this month when he dropped the Undisputed WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes. He has yet to appear on WWE programming since his loss. 

A Bloodline civil war storyline has unfolded in Reigns’ absence, with Solo Sikoa seizing control of the group, kicking Jimmy Uso out of The Bloodline, and the addition of Tama Tonga to the faction. 

Our ongoing coverage of night one of the WWE Draft is here. 

An updated list of WWE Draft choices is here.

Triple H: There will be a WWE Draft ‘in a month or so’

Posted on by Joseph Currier

The annual WWE Draft will be taking place soon.

While appearing on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast in advance of WrestleMania 40, Paul “Triple H” Levesque mentioned that the 2024 WWE Draft will happen “in a month or so.”

Levesque responded when Logan Paul asked if he could move to the Raw roster when Raw’s new deal with Netflix starts in January 2025:

I’m sure we’ll see people float all over the place. In a month or so, there’s a thing called the draft. So that’s when you can switch around and make moves. It’s all open to giving the best shows available on all things.

The 2023 WWE Draft also happened in the weeks following WrestleMania. Before that, the draft was held in October for three straight years.

Last year’s draft began on the April 28 episode of SmackDown and ended on the May 1 edition of Raw. WWE hasn’t announced the exact dates for the 2024 draft yet.

Logan Paul is the current WWE United States Champion. He’s defending the title against Randy Orton and Kevin Owens in a triple threat match at WrestleMania 40 night two this Sunday.

Levesque’s full appearance on Impaulsive is available to watch below: