The rosters for Raw and SmackDown are about to alter as a result of the WWE Draft 2023. It will begin on SmackDown this Friday, April 28, during the show from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, and conclude the following Monday, May 1, during the Raw broadcast from the Dickey Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Fans are anticipating some new and exciting experiences because Triple H, the leader of the creative team, assured the WWE Universe that this will be the greatest draught ever. The Game has also stated that every player on the roster, including NXT wrestlers, will be open to being drafted. Certain active names, however, might skip the entire procedure.
Recently, a promotional image for The WWE Draft for 2023 was made public, although some prominent players from the current main roster were absent. Top WWE Superstars were conspicuously absent from the draught, even though the whole roster would be available.
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One of those omitted names is WWE’s five-time Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss. Since the Royal Rumble in January, Little Miss Bliss hasn’t been on WWE TV because she recently received treatment for skin cancer. Later she had an additional appearance on The Masked Singer, which might have been a hint at a WWE TV comeback but is not true.
Carmella, another star wrestler from the Raw roster who is absent from TV before WrestleMania 39 for unclear reasons, has also been omitted from the WWE Draft 2023 image. She did, however, take part in the show from Los Angeles and hosted the revelation segment there in person. Corey Graves, the husband of life. The poster does not include Aliyah, another member of the women’s team who has been sidelined since sustaining an injury in September.
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Several top male superstars are missing from the WWE Draft 2023 poster
Bray Wyatt of the men’s division has opted out of the WWE Draft 2023 graphic and has been missing from WWE TV on the Road to WrestleMania 39 due to illness. Randy Orton, who will face him at Wrestlemania 33, has had the same situation as he has been sidelined for almost a year with a back ailment. It’s interesting to note that AJ Styles is depicted on the poster despite being sidelined due to an ankle ailment.
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Other names including Big E, Robert Roode, Tommaso Ciampa, and R-Truth were also omitted from the WWE Draft 2023 graphic because they haven’t appeared on TV in a while as a result of injuries. The graphic did not include Jinder Mahal or his previous tag team partner Shanky, nor did it include the freshly relocated NXT Apollo Crews.