As noted before, WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque recently revealed that this year’s WWE Draft would be taking place in about “a month or so.”
Monday’s WWE RAW After Mania show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featured WWE officially announcing the dates for this year’s WWE Draft.
Similar to prior years, it was announced that this year’s WWE Draft will be held as a two-night special.
Night 1 was announced to be taking place on the April 26th episode of WWE SmackDown and Night 2 was announced to be taking place on the April 29th episode of WWE RAW.
The #WWEDraft is BACK! pic.twitter.com/0quRaUFBpC
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2024
BREAKING NEWS: As just revealed by @MichaelCole on #RawAfterMania, the #WWEDraft returns this month!
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2024
APRIL 26 – NIGHT 1 on #SmackDown
APRIL 29 – NIGHT 2 on #WWERaw
It was also announced that current NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov will be officially eligible to be drafted to either of WWE’s RAW and SmackDown brands.
#WWENXT Champion @UNBESIEGBAR_ZAR has officially declared for the 2024 #WWEDraft! pic.twitter.com/D7TXP23hcA
— WWE (@WWE) April 9, 2024

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