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Chronicles of a New Era: Chapter 0

The landscape of Wrestling is an ever changing (sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse) organism. Quite a lot has changed since the Attitude Era nearly 20 years ago, but even within just one year, a lot can change. I mean, just one year back from now, Sheamus was Mr. Money in the Bank. Sami Zayn and Enzo & Cass were still in NXT. Daniel Bryan and Sting weren't retired yet. And if anyone had told the average WWE fan that within less then 12 months AJ Styles would compete for the WWE Championship title, he would've been declared crazy.

Who knows where we'll be one year from now? Will the high picks from the draft still be in the main event scene? Or will some of the low picks have climbed up there? And who will still be in NXT by then? In order to get a better understanding of all the changes that have yet to occur I felt the need to take a snapshot of the current WWE rosters as they are today, after the Draft and before Battleground, so I can go back in a year, just before the next draft, and compare the present and the then-current rosters.

Now, this article in itself will have hardly any relevance at all, at least for now, as the following is basically just a list of well known facts, but I'm hoping that a year from today it will help me and everyone else here at CSS to get better understanding of this "New Era".

Since I'm both rather new to wrestling as a whole as well as not quite as familiar with the NXT roster as I'd like to be I'm hoping for the help of the community to fill all the gaps and correct possible errors in the following list. If you feel like I have forgotten about an important fact that belongs in there, feel free to mention it in the comments. I will update the list several times in the upcoming days.

Now, as I promised, here's the snapshot of WWE's current rosters (based on Wikipedia so far):

Performer

Details

Roster

Stable/Tag Team

Side

Adrian Jaoude

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Aiden English

Smackdown

The Vaudevillains

Heel

AJ Styles

Smackdown

The Club(?)

Heel

Alberto Del Rio

Smackdown

Heel

Alexa Bliss

Smackdown

Heel

Alicia Fox

Raw

Aliyah

NXT

Andrade Almas

NXT

Face

Angelo Dawkins

NXT

Heel

Apollo Crews

Smackdown

Face

Asuka

NXT Women's Champion

NXT

Face

Austin Aries

NXT

Heel

Babatunde Aiyegbusi

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Baron Corbin

Smackdown

Heel

Bayley

NXT

Face

Becky Lynch

Smackdown

Face

Big Cass

Raw

Enzo&Cass

Face

Big E

WWE Tag Team Champion

Raw

The New Day

Face

Big Show

Raw

Face

Billie Kay

NXT

Heel

Bin Wang

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Blake

NXT

Heel

Bo Dallas

Raw

Bob Backlund

Manager of Darren Young, Hall of Famer

Raw

Face

Braun Strowman

Raw

The Wyatt Family(?)

Heel

Bray Wyatt

Smackdown

The Wyatt Family(?)

Heel

Brock Lesnar

Raw

Bubba Ray Dudley

Raw

The Dudley Boys

Heel

Buddy Murphy

NXT

Heel

Carmella

Smackdown

Face

Carolyn Dunning

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Cesaro

Raw

Face

Chad Gable

Smackdown

American Alpha

Face

Charlotte

WWE Women's Champion

Raw

Heel

Chris Jericho

Raw

Heel

Curtis Axel

Raw

Dana Brooke

Raw

Heel

Daniel Bryan

General Manager of SmackDown

Smackdown

Face

Danielle Kamela

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Darren Young

IC Title No. 1 Contender

Raw

Face

Dash Wilder

NXT Tag Team Champion

NXT

The Revival

Heel

Dean Ambrose

WWE Champion

Smackdown

Face

Dolph Ziggler

Smackdown

Face

D-Von Dudley

Raw

The Dudley Boys

Heel

Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)

Inactive; hasn't appeared in over 30 days

Face

Elias Samson

Inactive; fractured ankle

NXT

Heel

Enzo Amore

Raw

Enzo&Cass

Face

Epico

Raw

The Shining Stars

Heel

Erick Rowan

Smackdown

The Wyatt Family(?)

Heel

Eva Marie

Smackdown

Heel

Fandango

Smackdown

Breezango

Heel

Finn Bálor

Raw

Face

Goldust

Raw

The Golden Truth

Face

Gran Metalik

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Gzim Selmani

NXT

Authors of Pain Heel

Heath Miller III (Heath Slater)

Hideo Itami

NXT

Face

Jack Swagger

Raw

Face

Jason Jordan

Smackdown

American Alpha

Face

Jerome Turner

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Jey Uso

Smackdown

The Usos

Face

Jimmy Uso

Smackdown

The Usos

Face

John Cena

Smackdown

Face

Johnny Gargano

NXT

Face

Jonathan Huber (Luke Harper)

Inactive; torn ACL

Injured List

The Wyatt Family(?)

Heel

Kalisto

Smackdown

Face

Kane

Smackdown

Face

Karl Anderson

Raw

The Club(?)

Heel

Kevin Owens

Raw

Heel

Kofi Kingston

WWE Tag Team Champion

Raw

The New Day

Face

Konnor

Smackdown

The Ascension

Heel

Kota Ibushi

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Lana

Manager of Rusev

Raw

Heel

Liv Morgan

NXT

Face

Luke Gallows

Raw

The Club(?)

Heel

Macey Estrella

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Mandy Rose

NXT

Mark Calaway (The Undertaker)

Inactive; hasn't appeared in over 30 days

Heel

Mark Henry

Raw

Maryse

Manager of The Miz

Smackdown

Heel

Mick Foley

General Manager of Raw, Hall of Famer

Raw

Face

Milena Roucka (Rosa Mendes)

Inactive; maternity leave

Mojo Rawley

Smackdown

Face

Naomi

Inactive; hasn't appeared in over 30 days

Smackdown

Natalya

Smackdown

Heel

Neville

Raw

Face

Nia Jax

Raw

Heel

Nick Miller

NXT

TM61 Face

Nikola Bogojevic

Has signed contract, yet to debut

No Way Jose

NXT

Face

Oney Lorcan

NXT

Paige

Raw

Face

Paul Ellering

Manager of The Authors of Pain, Hall of Famer

NXT

Heel

Paul Heyman

Manager of Brock Lesnar

Raw

Peyton Royce

NXT

Heel

Primo

Raw

The Shining Stars

Heel

Randy Orton

Smackdown

Rhyno

NXT

Roman Reigns

Inactive; suspended for 30 days

Raw

Face

R-Truth

Raw

The Golden Truth

Face

Rusev

WWE United States Champion

Raw

Heel

Ryan Reeves (Ryback)

Inactive; contract dispute

Sami Zayn

Raw

Face

Samoa Joe

NXT Champion

NXT

Heel

Sarona Snuka-Polamalu (Tamina)

Inactive; torn ligaments

Injured List

Sasha Banks

Raw

Face

Sawyer Fulton

NXT

Scott Dawson

NXT Tag Team Champion

NXT

The Revival

Heel

Seth Rollins

WWE Champion No.1 Contender

Raw

Heel

Shane McMahon

Minority owner

Smackdown

Face

Shane Thorne

NXT

TM61 Face

Sheamus

Raw

Heel

Shinsuke Nakamura

NXT

Face

Simon Gotch

Smackdown

The Vaudevillains

Heel

Sin Cara

Raw

Face

Stephanie McMahon

Minority owner

Raw

Heel

Summer Rae

Raw

Heel

Sunny Dhinsa

NXT

Authors of Pain Heel

Tenille Dashwood (Emma)

Inactive; back injury

Injured List

Heel

Terrance Jean-Jacques

Has signed contract, yet to debut

The Miz

WWE Intercontinental Champion

Smackdown

Heel

Theodore Wilson (Tyson Kidd)

Inactive; spinal cord injury

Injured List

Titus O'Neil

Raw

Face

Tommaso Ciampa

NXT


Face

Tommy End

Has signed contract, yet to debut

Tye Dillinger

NXT

Tyler Breeze

Smackdown

Breezango

Heel

Viktor

Smackdown

The Ascencion

Heel

William Regal

General Manager of NXT

NXT

Face

Xavier Woods

WWE Tag Team Champion

Raw

The New Day

Face

Zack Ryder

US Title No.1 Contender

Smackdown

Face

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