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. 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, 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.

#	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
13	Raw	Lars Sullivan (Dylan Miley)	Male wrestler	NXT	Was promoted as "coming soon" in November 2018 and appeared on both Raw and SmackDown the week prior to the Superstar Shake-up.
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