The WWE Draft begins tonight, and as part of the preparations, WWE has published an eligibility list detailing which Superstars will be drafted on each show. Not too exciting on the surface as a Superstar can be drafted to either Raw or SmackDown regardless of which night they are picked. However, the grouping of certain stars has hinted at which groups may well be split over the course of the next four days.
The Eligibility Pool
WWE has tweaked the way its drafts work over the years, especially when it comes to teams. One of the very first drafts was infamously used to break up pretty much all of the company's established tag teams. More recent ones have clarified it's up to the respective GMs whether they draft a team together or break them up. This year, WWE has clarified which teams can be picked together and which ones have been split into their individual parts ahead of time.
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That has been done via the publication of a list revealing which Superstars can be drafted on each night. A good call to make as in theory, all of the biggest stars should be picked on SmackDown leaving no big moves for Raw. That doesn't happen and makes those selecting the picks look a little silly. That's not a problem this year, but the groups WWE has left to be picked together and the ones it has broken up to be chosen separately may hint at what it has planned.
The Bloodline Will Not Be One Pick
Most notably, The Bloodline has been split in two. While Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa can be chosen together tonight on SmackDown, The Usos will need to be picked separately and cannot be selected until the Raw draft pool opens on Monday night. That's going to make for an awkward weekend for the group. It may also suggest The Usos will lose their Tag Title rematch tonight, a shot they got while Paul Heyman implied Reigns was getting fed up with the two of them.
If you're thinking WWE has split them this way just so more than two Superstars can't be chosen at the same time, the LWO will be one pick, which will get whatever show they land on a bumper five Superstars with one pick, and all three members of Imperium are together too. Interestingly, while both are in the same draft pool on Raw, Rhea Ripley has been separated from the rest of The Judgment Day, suggesting she and her dear Dominik will be working on different nights starting next week.
