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 |
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Aiden English |
Smackdown |
The Vaudevillains |
Heel |
|
AJ Styles |
Smackdown |
The Club(?) |
Heel |
|
Alberto Del Rio |
Smackdown |
Heel |
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Alexa Bliss |
Smackdown |
Heel | ||
Alicia Fox |
Raw |
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Aliyah |
NXT |
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Andrade Almas |
NXT |
Face | ||
Angelo Dawkins |
NXT |
Heel | ||
Apollo Crews |
Smackdown |
Face |
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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 |
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Big Cass |
Raw |
Enzo&Cass |
Face |
|
Big E |
WWE Tag Team Champion |
Raw |
The New Day |
Face |
Big Show |
Raw |
Face |
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Billie Kay |
NXT |
Heel | ||
Bin Wang |
Has signed contract, yet to debut |
|||
Blake |
NXT |
Heel | ||
Bo Dallas |
Raw |
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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 |
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Chad Gable |
Smackdown |
American Alpha |
Face |
|
Charlotte |
WWE Women's Champion |
Raw |
Heel |
|
Chris Jericho |
Raw |
Heel |
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Curtis Axel |
Raw |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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Peyton Royce |
NXT |
Heel | ||
Primo |
Raw |
The Shining Stars |
Heel | |
Randy Orton |
Smackdown |
|||
Rhyno |
NXT |
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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 |