Updated Raw, SmackDown Rosters and Predictions For WWE Draft 2023 Night 2

Night 1 of the 2023 WWE draft is done, and Triple H will look to put the finishing touches to his first take on the brand split Monday night.

Superstars such as Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins, Austin Theory, The New Day, Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey will be looking to Monday's WWE Raw to find out where they will be continuing their careers.

A host of names were drafted on Friday night's SmackDown, but where will other Superstars ply their trade for the foreseeable future?

Find out with this recap of the first night of draft action and preview of Night 2.

Updated Raw Roster

Following Night 1 of the WWE draft, and the supplemental picks of Saturday afternoon, the current Raw roster includes:

• Cody Rhodes
• Becky Lynch
• Imperium (intercontinental champion Gunther, Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser)
• Matt Riddle
• Drew McIntyre
• The Miz
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• NXT women's champion Indi Hartwell
• The Viking Raiders (Erik, Ivar and Valhalla)
• Dexter Lumis
• Candice LeRae
• Maximum Male Models (mån.sôör, ma.çé and Maxxine Dupri)
• Zoey Stark
• JD McDonagh 
• Apollo Crews
• Natalya
• Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville

Updated SmackDown Roster

Following Night 1 of the WWE draft, and the supplemental picks of Saturday afternoon, the current SmackDown roster includes:

• The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman)
• Raw women's champion Bianca Belair
• The Street Profits (Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins)
• Edge
• Bobby Lashley
• The O.C. (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows and "Michin" Mia Yim)
• Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky)
• NXT women's tag team champions Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre
• Hit Row (Ashante Thee Adonis, Top Dolla and B-Fab)
• Lacey Evans

Available Talent for Night 2

Available to be drafted on Monday night are:

• Akira Tozawa
• Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis)
• Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo
• Asuka
• Austin Theory (United States champion)
• Baron Corbin
• Braun Strowman and Ricochet
• Brock Lesnar
• Bronson Reed
• Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin
• Charlotte Flair
• Dana Brooke
• Elias
• Emma
• Johnny Gargano
• The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio)
• Karrion Kross (with Scarlett)
• Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (undisputed WWE tag team champions)
• LA Knight
• Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez (WWE women's tag team champions)
• Nikki Cross
• Piper Niven
• Rhea Ripley (SmackDown women's champion, Judgment Day member)
• Rick Boogs
• Riddick Moss
• Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler
• Seth Rollins
• Shotzi
• Tamina
• Tegan Nox
• The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch and Ridge Holland)
• The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde and Zelina Vega)
• The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
• The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)
• Trish Stratus
• Xia Li
• Selected NXT Superstars

Predictions for Night 2 Draft Picks

Predicted Draft Picks*

• Brock Lesnar (Raw)
• Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (SmackDown)
• The Judgment Day (Raw)
• The Usos (SmackDown)
• Rhea Ripley (Raw)
• The LWO (SmackDown)
• Seth Rollins (Raw)
• Austin Theory (SmackDown)
• The Brawling Brutes (Raw)
• Charlotte Flair (SmackDown)
• Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez (Raw)
• Asuka (SmackDown)
• Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler (Raw)
• Bron Breakker (SmackDown)
• Trish Stratus (Raw)

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*Main Raw broadcast only. WWE will likely assign the remaining talent Tuesday, as they did Saturday after SmackDown.

Looking Ahead

As history dictates, the WWE draft will only be as successful as the company's commitment to creating two distinct brands out of Raw and SmackDown.

Too often since the first draft in 2002, the company has shuffled talent back and forth, using loopholes or completely disregarding the brand split, to get to the matchups and feuds it desired.

It has devalued the entire process to the point that fans are often left wondering why there is a roster split in place at all.

This feels like a reset for Triple H and his creative regime, though, an opportunity to set the rosters and place the talent where he wants for the next year's worth of stories and feuds.

The WWE head of content has clearly established Roman Reigns as the face of SmackDown and Cody Rhodes as the top star on Raw, and he will look to build around them.

Though the Rhea Ripley pick has yet to be made, The Game has essentially swapped the women's champions in hopes of freshening things up on that front.

Shuffling around other names to create fresh matchups underneath and providing each top star potential with new opponents should always be the goal while organizing the Raw and SmackDown rosters.

By hook, crook, Royal Rumble or Money in the Bank win, one goal is still likely to be Rhodes redeeming himself in a WrestleMania rematch with Reigns. But that can be forgiven if, and it's a big if, Triple H and the rest of the writing team can adhere to the rosters they will build through this draft.

Otherwise, it is another instance of WWE making promises it could not keep...or had no intention of keeping.