WWE Week In Review: The WWE Draft Was The Worst | Smackdown, RAW, NXT Recaps | Backlash Predictions

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The 2024 WWE Draft was pointless. 80% of the roster stayed on their respective brands, there were some questionable picks and much more. Let's talk about what happened in the WWE Week In Review, covering Smackdown (from April 26) and Night One of the Draft, Monday Night RAW (from April 29) and Night 2 of the Draft and NXT Spring Breakin' Week Two (April 30)
WWE Smackdown Highlights:
-Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles sign their contract for their match at Backlash
-Tama Tonga and Solo Sikoa continue their beatdown on Kevin Owens, setting up a tag match at WWE Backlash
Every WWE Draft 2024 Night One Pick:
Round 1
SmackDown - Bianca Belair
Raw - Jey Uso
SmackDown - Carmelo Hayes
Raw - Seth "Freakin" Rollins
Round 2
SmackDown - Randy Orton
Raw - Bron Breakker
SmackDown - Nia Jax
Raw - Liv Morgan
Round 3
SmackDown - LA Knight
Raw - Ricochet
SmackDown - The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, and Paul Heyman)
Raw - Sheamus
Round 4
SmackDown - AJ Styles
Raw - Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis, Akira Tozawa, and Maxxine Dupri)
SmackDown - Andrade
Raw - Kiana James
WWE Monday Night RAW Highlights:
-CM Punk/Drew McIntyre are carrying the show right now
-What was the point of Jey Uso vs. Logan Paul and Braun Stroman vs. Logan Paul? Was Patrick Mahomes a babyface or a heel?
Every WWE Draft 2024 Night Two Pick:
Round 1
Raw - Imperium (Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser)
SmackDown - Jade Cargill
Raw - Damage CTRL (IYO SKY, Asuka, Kairi Sane, and Dakota Kai)
SmackDown - Kevin Owens
Round 2
Raw - CM Punk
SmackDown - The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins, B-Fab)
Raw - Braun Strowman
SmackDown - Tiffany Stratton
Round 3
Raw - The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Zelina Vega, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, and Carlito)
SmackDown - Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel, Berto, and Elektra Lopez)
Raw - Drew McIntyre
SmackDown - Shinsuke Nakamura
Round 4
Raw - The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, and JD McDonagh)
SmackDown - Naomi
Raw - Ilja Dragunov
SmackDown - Chelsea Green and Piper Niven
Round 5
Raw - The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston)
SmackDown - Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson)
Raw - Lyra Valkyria
SmackDown - Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell
Round 6
Raw - The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Scarlett, Akam, Rezar, and Paul Ellering)
SmackDown - DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano)
Raw - "Big" Bronson Reed
SmackDown - Blair Davenport
NXT Spring Breakin' Week Two Highlights:
-Chelsea Green being there is a good choice, but she was drafted to Smackdown? What's the point of the brand split?
-Stop with the NXT Underground matches!
-What's next for Trick Williams?
WWE Backlash Predictions:
We predict what we think is going to happen this coming Saturday at WWE Backlah.
WWE Backlash Card:
-Cody Rhodes vs. AJ Styles (WWE Undisputed Championship)
-Damian Priest vs. Jey Uso (WWE World Heavyweight Championship)
-Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton (WWE Women's Championship)
-The Kabuki Warriors vs. Jade Cargill and Bianca Bel Air (WWE Women's Tag Team Championships)
-The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga) vs. Kevin Owens and Randy Orton
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