2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up
| 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up | |
|---|---|
 The 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up logo | |
| General information | |
| Sport | Professional wrestling |
| Date(s) | April 15–16, 2019 |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Overview | |
| League | WWE |
| Teams | Raw SmackDown |
The 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up is the thirteenth WWE draft, produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between the Raw and SmackDown brands. The two-day event is taking place on the April 15 and April 16 episodes of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively, on the USA Network. Both Raw and SmackDown were/will be broadcast from Montreal, Quebec at the Bell Centre.
Background
On the April 8 episode of Monday Night Raw, WWE announced the 2019 Superstar Shake-up for the April 15 and 16 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively.[1] For the 2017 and 2018 Superstar Shake-ups, instead of a traditional draft, the commissioners and general managers of Raw and SmackDown made trades and deals between their respective talent, including the promotion of some wrestlers from the NXT brand. However, following TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December 2018, The McMahon Family (Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, and Triple H) took over the running of both brands with no general managers,[2] subsequently leaving them in charge of drafting decisions.
Selection
Raw
The following is a list of wrestlers who were drafted to the Raw brand on the April 15 episode of Raw.[3][4]
| # | Brand (to) | Employee (Real name) |
Role | Brand (from) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raw | The Miz (Michael Mizanin) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown | |
| 2 | Raw | Andrade (Manuel Andrade) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown | |
| 3 | Raw | Ricochet (Trevor Mann) |
Male wrestler | NXT | Made his main roster debut in February 2019 and appeared on Raw, SmackDown, and NXT until the Superstar Shake-up. |
| 4 | Raw | Aleister Black (Tom Budgen) |
Male wrestler | NXT | Made his main roster debut in February 2019 and appeared on Raw, SmackDown, and NXT until the Superstar Shake-up. |
| 5 | Raw | The Viking Experience (Ivar and Erik) (Todd Smith, Raymond Rowe) |
Male tag team | NXT | NXT Tag Team Champions. Formerly known as War Raiders in NXT. Their team name was changed to The Viking Experience upon being drafted, while their individual ring names, Hanson and Rowe, were changed to Ivar and Erik, respectively. |
| 6 | Raw | Rey Mysterio (Óscar Gutiérrez) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown | |
| 7 | Raw | The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (Joshua Fatu and Jonathan Fatu) |
Male tag team | SmackDown | |
| 8 | Raw | Naomi (Trinity Fatu) |
Female wrestler | SmackDown | |
| 9 | Raw | Zelina Vega (Thea Megan Trinidad) |
Female wrestler | SmackDown | |
| 10 | Raw | Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown | |
| 11 | Raw | EC3 (Michael Hunter Hutter) |
Male wrestler | NXT | Was promoted as "coming soon" in December 2018 and then began appearing on both Raw and SmackDown until the Superstar Shake-up. |
| 12 | Raw | Cedric Alexander (Cederick Johnson) |
Male wrestler | 205 Live | |
| 14 | Raw | Lacey Evans (Macey Estrella-Kadlec) |
Female wrestler | NXT | Was promoted as "coming soon" in December 2018 and then began appearing on both Raw and SmackDown until the Superstar Shake-up. |
| 15 | Raw | AJ Styles (Allen Jones) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown |
SmackDown
The following will be a list of wrestlers drafted to the SmackDown brand on the April 16 episode of SmackDown.
| # | Brand (to) | Employee (Real name) |
Role | Brand (from) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmackDown | Finn Bálor (Fergal Devitt) |
Male wrestler | Raw | Drafted with the Intercontinental Championship. |
| 2 | SmackDown | Ember Moon (Adrienne Reese) |
Female wrestler | Raw | |
| 3 | SmackDown | Bayley (Pamela Rose Martinez) |
Female wrestler | Raw | |
| 4 | SmackDown | Kairi Sane (Kaori Housako) |
Female wrestler | NXT |
References
- ^ Powell, Jason (April 8, 2019). "4/8 Powell's WWE Raw TV Review: The night after WrestleMania 35 edition featuring new Raw and Smackdown Women's Champion Becky Lynch, new WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins, new Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor, and new Raw Tag Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
- ^ Keller, Wade (December 17, 2018). "12/17 WWE Raw Results: Keller's report on Vince McMahon shaking things up, TLC fallout, Balor vs. Ziggler". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ Powell, Jason (April 15, 2019). "4/15 Powell's WWE Raw TV Review: The 2019 WWE Superstar Shakeup Night One". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Full list of Superstars who moved to Raw in the 2019 Superstar Shake-up". WWE. Retrieved 2019-04-16.