WWE SmackDown results, recap, grades: WWE Draft begins and Brock Lesnar attacks Roman Reigns
A hero changed brands on the main evening of the WWE Draft
On Friday night, WWE started the yearly WWE Draft on SmackDown. True to form, there were a lot of large names drafted, with a portion of those enormous names changing to new brands.
Generally striking among the people who exchanged brands was Charlotte Flair, who was drafted to SmackDown regardless of being the current Raw ladies' hero. SmackDown's ladies' boss was not among those qualified to be drafted on Friday night, passing on it to Monday to check whether SmackDown will wind up with two ladies' champs on the list.
CBS Sports was with you the entire night with recaps and features of all the activity from Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.
Night One of the WWE Draft
The main picks of the WWE Draft started off the show, with Raw and SmackDown each getting two picks for every round as opposed to Raw getting an additional a pick because of their three-hour structure. While the two brands began by holding their men's heroes – SmackDown taking Roman Reigns and Raw Big E – SmackDown took the primary large action of the evening, drafting Raw ladies' top dog Charlotte Flair.
Other large moves included Drew McIntyre moving to SmackDown and New Day's Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods again being moved away from Big E as the group went to Raw. The primary NXT gathering to be drafted was Hit Row, with the whole steady drafted to SmackDown. You can see the full pick-by-pick breakdown of the draft here.
True to form, there were some large shocks in the draft. Pizazz's transition to SmackDown is nothing to joke about and could be significantly greater relying upon how the second 50% of the draft works out on Raw. There was likewise some debate with New Day being pulled away from Big E for the second continuous draft, drawing a lot of discernible boos from a group that needs to see one of the organization's most well known demonstrations stay together. The draft would have been really fascinating if the pools of qualified ability for the night were made accessible in front of the show. Grade: B-
Brock Lesnar ruins Roman Reigns' evening
Rules went to the ring after the underlying draft picks, commending his status as the top generally speaking draft pick and his Extreme Rules prevail upon Finn Balor. After Reigns and Paul Heyman directed their concentration toward Crown Jewel and the test of Brock Lesnar, Lesnar advanced toward the ring, fighting with the all inclusive boss prior to obliterating The Usos and hitting both with F-5s as Reigns had to hold on and watch.
Later in the show, Lesnar intruded on an arranged behind the stage meet with Jeff Hardy - who had simply be drafted to SmackDown. Lesnar declared that he would do anything he desires since he is presently a free specialist, expressing a few times that his status was "because of Paul Heyman." Backstage, Reigns inquired as to whether he was, indeed, "old buddies" with Lesnar. Rules hollered at Heyman in light of the fact that the Usos had not been drafted on the principal night notwithstanding the arranged list split. Rules advised Heyman to go to Raw on Monday and ensure the draft played out effectively, then, at that point, advised The Usos to go with and "leave him for dead" if Heyman fizzled.
Lesnar is the uncommon ability who causes each second to feel a lot greater basically by being there. Having the opportunity to see him toss The Usos around was acceptable fun and Reigns proceeding to winding realizing that Lesnar stays in his future has given another development to his prevailing person. It will be intriguing to check whether WWE moves Heyman away from Reigns since he's been so essential to the demonstration however has been more critical to Lesnar all through his profession. Grade: B
What else occurred on WWE SmackDown?
Glad Corbin def. Kevin Owens by means of pinfall after End of Days. Corbin is presently formally joined by Riddick Moss, who is currently Madcap Moss.
Seth Rollins broke into Edge's home. Edge was in the ring to address Rollins' dangers from the earlier week when Rollins showed up on the Tron at Edge's home, giving himself access the house and eating Edge's food and investigating the house. Edge called his significant other and told her to not get back as she was out getting food with their youngsters.
Carmella assaulted Liv Morgan before their match. Carmella moved from the ring before the beginning of the match where associates put a veil over her face. After then, at that point, assaulting Morgan, Carmella celebrated and left with the match not having occurred.
The New Day and The Street Profits def. Chad Gable, Otis, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler through pinfall.
Sasha Banks def. Bianca Belair through pinfall with a roll-up after Becky Lynch pulled Belair's mesh. After the match, Charlotte Flair ran in to assault the two ladies prior to presenting in the ring with her Raw ladies' title. Becky Lynch, who was on editorial, presented outside the ring with her SmackDown ladies' title.
