{"id":158006,"date":"2023-04-30T22:02:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T03:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=158006"},"modified":"2023-04-30T22:02:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T03:02:31","slug":"wwe-draft-update-free-agent-twist-changes-stakes-in-night-two-of-draft-on-raw-with-seth-rollins-usos-brock-lesnar-ronda-rousey-austin-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/04\/30\/wwe-draft-update-free-agent-twist-changes-stakes-in-night-two-of-draft-on-raw-with-seth-rollins-usos-brock-lesnar-ronda-rousey-austin-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Draft Update: Free agent twist changes stakes in night two of Draft on Raw with Seth Rollins, Usos, Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey, Austin Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1147268845\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE announced on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/playback\/vod\/GMO_00000000454120_01\/feb726ce-24b0-36ca-a11f-b5b4c0a483f2\">Smackdown Lowdown show on Peacock<\/a> this weekend that Mustafa Ali, Dolph Ziggler, Von Wagner (from NXT), and Omos are considered &#8220;free agents&#8221; and can appear on both Raw and Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p>Also, after Smackdown on Friday night, more wrestlers&#8217; fates were determined in the WWE Draft off television.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestlers Drafted by Raw: Viking Raiders &amp; Valhalla, Dexter Lumis, Candice LeRae, Natalya, Zoey Stark, J.D. McDonagh, Apollo Crews (most recently on NXT), Sonya Deville &amp; Chelsea Green, and the Maximum Males Models (including Maxxine Dupri).<\/p>\n<p>Wrestlers drafted by Smackdown: Hit Row (Ashante &#8220;Thee&#8221; Adonis, Top Dolla, B-Fab), and Lacey Evans.<\/p>\n<p>For fans hoping for a more coherent, clear structure to this year&#8217;s WWE Draft, no explanation was given regarding who gets to be a free agent, although MVP declared that he &#8220;negotiated&#8221; that status for Omos. WWE Raw is three hours compared to Smackdown&#8217;s two hours, so it makes some sense that Raw ended up with a a higher number of &#8220;after hour&#8221; acquisitions. However, no explanation was given on the Smackdown Lowdown show why Raw got so many more picks than Smackdown after hours.<\/p>\n<p>J.D. McDonagh reacted to being drafted to Raw. &#8220;It&#8217;s about time,&#8221; he said. He said it&#8217;s taken him 21 years to get this far and he&#8217;s relentless and he&#8217;s going to show the world world starting May 8 what he&#8217;s about. He said he aspires to be a Triple Crown or Grand Slam star for WWE.<\/p>\n<p>On tomorrow night&#8217;s episode of WWE Raw, the top names likely to be part of on-air announcements during the show include Seth Rollins, The Usos, Charlotte Flair, Brock Lesnar, Karrion Kross, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Braun Strowman &amp; Ricochet, Austin Theory, Johnny Gargano, The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damien Priest, Dominik Mysterio), L.A. Knight, Rhea Ripley, Ronda Rousey &amp; Shayna Baszler, The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods), the Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holand, Butch), Trish Stratus, and Asuka, among many others.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s been assumed wrestlers will end up drafted to either Raw or Smackdown, the &#8220;free agent&#8221; twist could mean wrestlers the level of Lesnar, Rousey, and the Usos could end up &#8211; with or without an explanation &#8211; slotted as free agents. It seems most likely those would be three acts WWE would like to be able to feature on both shows as needed.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-105952633\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLowDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLowDown<\/a>, the following Superstars have been declared free agents and can appear on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWERaw<\/a> AND <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliwwe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AliWWE<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HEELZiggler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HEELZiggler<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEVonWagner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWEVonWagner<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The305MVP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@The305MVP<\/a> has negotiated a deal for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGiantOmos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheGiantOmos<\/a> to be a free agent and appear on both shows. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jq3DWhP0m7\">pic.twitter.com\/Jq3DWhP0m7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1652380266499829762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1506608017\"><div id=\"pwtor-3964885680\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE announced on the Smackdown Lowdown show on Peacock this weekend that Mustafa Ali, Dolph Ziggler, Von Wagner (from NXT), and Omos are considered &#8220;free agents&#8221; and can appear on both Raw and Smackdown. 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