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Raw and SmackDown have featured separate rosters ever since late July 2016, when WWE implemented a brand split with a superstar draft.
Prior to last night’s episode of Raw, I decided to look at the full list of superstars who were initially drafted to Raw and SmackDown in July 2016, and see which wrestlers have yet to change brands.
The list of Raw and SmackDown superstars who fit that description coming in to this year’s Superstar Shakeup are listed below. This includes 20 Raw draft picks and 19 SmackDown draft picks from July 2016 who have yet to change colors:
Raw
- Seth Rollins
- Finn Balor
- Roman Reigns
- Brock Lesnar
- Sasha Banks
- Big Cass
- Luke Gallows
- Karl Anderson
- Big Show
- Nia Jax
- Cesaro
- Sheamus
- Goldust
- R-Truth
- Titus O’Neil
- Braun Strowman
- Bo Dallas
- Alicia Fox
- Dana Brooke
- Curtis Axel
SmackDown Live
- AJ Styles
- Randy Orton
- Becky Lynch
- Baron Corbin
- Chad Gable
- Dolph Ziggler
- Natalya
- Jimmy Uso
- Jey Uso
- Naomi
- Konnor
- Viktor
- Zack Ryder
- Fandango
- Tyler Breeze
- Aiden English
- Erick Rowan
- Mojo Rawley
- Carmella
Night one of this year’s Superstar Shakeup put a big dent on the SmackDown side of this list. 10 of the 19 SmackDown stars in the above list were shifted over to Raw last night. That means there are only nine remaining SmackDown draft picks from July 2016 who have yet to leave the blue brand. These nine superstars are:
- AJ Styles
- Randy Orton
- Becky Lynch
- Jimmy Uso
- Jey Uso
- Naomi
- Aiden English
- Erick Rowan
- Carmella
Luke Harper is another superstar who has not been a member of Raw during this time, but he was technically not drafted to either brand in July 2016, so I did not include him on the list.
The SmackDown side of the list was cut in half on night one of the Superstar Shakeup. Do you think the Raw side of the ledger will face a similar fate? Which of those Raw draft picks from July 2016 do you expect to remain on the red brand when this year’s Superstar Shakeup is complete?