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Revision as of 17:03, 11 April 2017
 | This article documents a current WWE Superstar Shake-up. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. |
The 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up is the ongoing eleventh draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. It is a two-day event, taking place on the April 10 and April 11 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively, on the USA Network in the United States.
Background
On the April 3 episode of Raw, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced that on the April 10 and April 11 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively, "it's time to shake things up around here", effectively announcing the 2017 draft, or what was labeled the "Superstar Shake-up". Instead of a traditional draft, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle and SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan have the "opportunity to make trades, deals and other moves that they feel fit".[1]
Selection
The following is the list of wrestlers and other personnel who changed brands on the April 10 episode of Raw. The first and last two entries happened before and after the show, respectively.[2]
| Pick # | Brand (to) | Employee (Real name) |
Role | Brand (from) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raw | Apollo Crews (Sesugh Uhaa) |
Male Superstar | SmackDown | Announced prior to Raw via WWE's social media.[3] |
| 2 | Raw | The Miz and Maryse (Michael and Maryse Mizanin) |
Male Superstar and Manager | SmackDown | |
| 3 | Raw | Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Good) |
Male Superstar | SmackDown | Intercontinental Champion |
| 4 | Raw | Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers) |
Male Superstar | SmackDown | |
| 5 | Raw | Bray Wyatt (Windham Rotunda) |
Male Superstar | SmackDown | |
| 6 | Raw | Kalisto (Emanuel Rodriguez) |
Male Superstar | SmackDown | |
| 7 | Raw | Heath Slater and Rhyno (Heath Miller and Terrance Gerin) |
Male Superstars | SmackDown | Moved to Raw as a tag team |
| 8 | Raw | Alexa Bliss (Alexis Kaufman) |
Female Superstar | SmackDown | |
| 9 | Raw | Mickie James (Mickie James-Aldis) |
Female Superstar | SmackDown | |
| 10 | SmackDown | Byron Saxton (Bryan Kelly) |
Male Announcer | Raw | Announced after Raw via WWE's social media. Traded for David Otunga.[4] |
| 11 | Raw | David Otunga | Male Announcer | SmackDown | Announced after Raw via WWE's social media. Traded for Byron Saxton.[4] |
References
- ^ WWE.com Staff (April 3, 2017). "Mr. McMahon announces WWE will "shake things up" next week on Raw and SmackDown LIVE". WWE.com. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ^ WWE.com Staff (April 10, 2017). "SmackDown LIVE Superstars come to Raw in wild Superstar Shake-up". WWE.com. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ^ "Apollo Crews arrives on Raw as part of the Superstar Shake-up: Exclusive, April 10, 2017". WWE's Official YouTube Channel. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ^ a b "Byron Saxton learns he is going to SmackDown LIVE: Raw Fallout, April 10, 2017". WWE's Official YouTube Channel. April 10, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2017.