How the 2020 WWE Draft works: Format, draft pools, start time

The 2020 WWE Draft will begin on Friday night. Here’s everything you need to know.

WWE will shake up the rosters for each of its two weekly main-roster shows with a two-night WWE Draft, which begins on Friday’s episode of SmackDown (8:00 p.m. ET, FOX).

According to WWE, more than 60 stars are eligible to be drafted to either brand, with the full roster being split into two draft pools that will be selected from on Friday and next Monday’s episode of Raw. This means that if you’re an AJ Styles fan, you’ll find out his fate on Friday night, but Braun Strowman fans will have to wait until Monday to find out which show he’ll be drafted to. The full draft pools are listed below.

Per WWE.com, there are a few ground rules:

  • Due to the difference in each show’s length, Raw will receive three draft choices for every two picks SmackDown receives.
  • Tag teams will count as one selection, but teams could be broken apart if a given show only wants one of the stars.

Here are the two draft pools for each night of the WWE Draft.

Friday (SmackDown):

  • Asuka
  • Sasha Banks
  • Bianca Belair
  • Dana Brooke
  • Humberto Carrillo
  • Angel Garza
  • Drew Gulak
  • Heavy Machinery (Otis & Tucker)
  • The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander and MVP)
  • Mickie James
  • Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado)
  • Drew McIntyre
  • The Miz & John Morrison
  • Murphy
  • Rey & Dominik Mysterio
  • Naomi
  • The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
  • Roman Reigns
  • Ricochet
  • Seth Rollins
  • Mandy Rose
  • Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax
  • Shorty G
  • AJ Styles
  • Jey Uso

Monday (Raw):

  • Andrade
  • Bayley
  • Aleister Black
  • Alexa Bliss
  • Daniel Bryan
  • Carmella
  • King Corbin
  • Apollo Crews
  • Nikki Cross
  • Dabba-Kato
  • Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
  • Elias
  • Erik (of The Viking Raiders)
  • Lacey Evans
  • Charlotte Flair
  • Jeff Hardy
  • Billie Kay
  • Lana
  • Keith Lee
  • Riddick Moss
  • Natalya
  • Titus O’Neil
  • Randy Orton
  • Kevin Owens
  • R-Truth
  • RETRIBUTION (Mustafa Ali, T-BAR, MACE, SLAPJACK, RECKONING & RETALIATION)
  • Matt Riddle
  • The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan)
  • Peyton Royce
  • Arturo Ruas
  • Sheamus
  • Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro
  • The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford)
  • Braun Strowman
  • Tamina
  • Akira Tozawa
  • Zelina Vega
  • Bray Wyatt
  • Sami Zayn

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