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Originally Posted by Slik Seems like it will be shortly after WM (maybe a couple of weeks after) I could see the following switching: To SDLive: Finn Anderson/Gallows The Revival Seth Dean Miz Samoa Joe Asuka Sasha Bayley To RAW: Baron Corbin Jinder Mahal Randy Orton Rusev Boody Roode Dolph Ziggler Kevin Owens Sami Zayn The Uso's Naomi Carmella Charlotte AJ Styles Nakamura Who do you think switches brands in the next draft?

Do you think all of these moves happen? Or is it a list of people you think could be involved in moves?

If it’s the former it’s too many people. The upper midcard of both shows moves wholesale (all participants of both the US and IC title matches at Mania move) which gives you the same matches just on different shows.

I’d limit it to 5-6 moves max.

Tag Teams

I wholeheartedly agree that The Revival should switch. They should have gone to SDL when they returned from the second injury as a soft reboot after their terrible luck on Raw. I’d have The Usos go the other way, call it a promotion if you like for their stellar work on the blue brand. They drop the belts to the Bludgeon Brothers and move over.

Women

If Asuka wins the belt at WM she’ll naturally move over to SmackDown, so I’d move Charlotte the other way to keep them separated with no “contractually obligated” rematch. You can have the cross paths at the now dual branded PPVs but no match between the two. Charlotte could win next years Rumble to set up a rematch against the still undefeated Asuka.

Alternatively you could have Carmella pull a Seth and gatecrash the party. After a war between Charlotte and Asuka, Carmella enters during a double down, knocks Asuka out of the ring with the case and cashes in. Asuka wins the match but not the title, remaining undefeated. You can have her kick Carmella’s head off to let her stand tall. You’ve then set up issues between Asuka/Carmella, Charlotte/Carmella, and keep Asuka/Charlotte on the table. You can still swap Asuka and Charlotte at this point.

If you’re not counting Asuka as a draft pick (if she wins the belt), I’d move Bayley or Sasha across.

The Men

I can see AJ going across, with Finn or Seth moving to replace him. I quite like the idea of a Finn/Seth super team working in the tag division but it’s not a must. I’m leaning towards Seth moving to get him away from Roman and put him in a position where he is “The Man” again. Keeping Finn and moving AJ keeps something on the table should they want to do anything “Club” related.

SDL seems quite light on the main event front so I’d maybe move Samoa Joe or potentially even Braun. If they’re dead set on Roman, you don’t want Braun playing second fiddle, plus they’ve had a lengthy programme already.

I’d move someone from the US Title match, either Rusev to ride the momentum of “Rusev Day” or probably Orton, as he hasn’t been on Raw since the initial draft, and would provide a challenger to Roman.

Lastly there’s a few options regarding Zayn & Owens. If they lose at Mania, they both end up on Raw. However I’d be tempted to have them win when either

1) Shane goes for some stupid high-risk move, misses and “Kami” are able to get the win. This could reignite the issue between Shane & Bryan.

2) Owens and Zayn win when Shane turns on Bryan.

Owens/Zayn win their jobs back but Bryan still gets the last laugh when he trades one of them to Raw. In the latter scenario Shane becomes the manager for Zayn/Owens, but Bryan - who is still the GM - rains on their parade by trading 1 of the two over to Raw. Bryan vs Owens or Bryan vs Zayn would be a great initial feud for Bryan.

Draft Cesaro to SmackDown and get right behind a push to the top of the card on the less important show to see how he does. It’s pretty much now or never for him before he risks becoming another Ziggler. If it works, great. If not, bring up Kassius Ohno to reunite the Kings of Wrestling in the tag division.

Also tempted to move (and repackage) Fandango because he is the future of the business. A more realistic option is Corbin or Rawley as they seem quite high on both.

Then you have your NXT call ups.

Raw to SDL
Asuka (via winning title)
Sasha Banks
The Revival
Seth Rollins
Braun Strowman
Cesaro

NXT to Raw
The Iconic Duo
The Authors of Pain

SDL to Raw
Charlotte
The Usos
Randy Orton
Kevin Owens or Sami Zayn
Johnny Curtis

NXT to SmackDown
Johnny Gargano
Drew McIntyre