Tonight’s WWE SmackDown is scheduled to take place from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. The 2023 WWE Draft will be kicked off tonight and it will be concluded on the upcoming Monday Night RAW.
Recently, Triple H announced that all WWE superstars are eligible for the Draft. WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long is reportedly scheduled to return for the Draft as well.
WWE announced the list of superstars eligible to be Drafted for each night. It’s worth noting that The Usos are listed to be drafted on the upcoming RAW while Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa are eligible to be drafted tonight on SmackDown.
Night One: Friday on SmackDown
- Becky Lynch
- Bianca Belair
- Bobby Lashley
- Candice LeRae
- Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville
- Cody Rhodes
- Damage CTRL (Bayley, IYO SKY & Dakota Kai)
- Dexter Lumis
- Dolph Ziggler
- Drew McIntyre
- Edge
- Hit Row (Top Dolla & Ashante “Thee” Adonis w/ B-Fab)
- Imperium (GUNTHER, Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci)
- Lacey Evans
- Matt Riddle
- Maximum Male Models (ma.cé, mån.sôör & 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 & Michin)
- The Street Profits
- Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar w/ Valhalla)
- Select NXT Superstars
Night Two: This Monday on RAW
- Akira Tozawa
- Alpha Academy (Otis & Chad Gable)
- Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo
- Asuka
- Austin Theory
- Baron Corbin
- Braun Strowman & Ricochet
- Brock Lesnar
- Bronson Reed
- Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin
- Charlotte Flair
- Dana Brooke
- Elias
- Emma
- Johnny Gargano
- Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest & Dominik Mysterio)
- Karrion Kross (w/ Scarlett)
- Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
- LA Knight
- Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez
- Nikki Cross
- Piper Niven
- Rhea Ripley
- Rick Boogs
- Riddick Moss
- Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler
- Seth Rollins
- Shotzi
- Tamina
- Tegan Nox
- The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland & Butch)
- The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde & Zelina Vega)
- The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
- The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso)
- Trish Stratus
- Xia Li
- Select NXT Superstars
In addition to that, WWE has announced two matches for tonight’s SmackDown. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens will defend their Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles against The Usos. Also, Zelina Vega is scheduled to face Sonya Deville in a singles match.
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