WWE held the first night of this year’s Draft last week on SmackDown with night two continuing on tonight’s episode of RAW.
This year’s Draft has seen the inclusion of NXT talent as several wrestlers who had been used in the developmental system are now on the main roster. This includes NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn and NXT Women’s Champion Indi Hartwell.
While speaking with David LaGreca and Mark Henry of Busted Open Radio, Fyre, Dawn spoke about being drafted, noting they had no idea it was coming.
Fyre: “I’ve been saying it for days. I still don’t feel like it’s quite settled in yet. We had no idea. No idea that we were going to be drafted.”
Dawn: “As you could tell by our eyeballs going (shocked).”
Fyre noted that they’d worked hard for a long time to get to this moment, which means the world is appreciated. Dawn pointed out that winning the titles at Stand & Deliver a month ago was their second televised match where they teamed together.
In previous years, WWE would tell the top guys ahead of time that they were switching brands while most of the talent found out at the same time as the fans who were watching.
PWInsider reports “that some talents, including some big names, who had no idea they would be moved until it was announced this past Friday.”
The report added that one of the NXT stars did know they would be called up while others didn’t know. The roster changes are put into place after this Saturday’s Backlash.
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Some Names Were Not Told In Advance About Changing Brands In WWE Draft
