WWE RAW 2024 WWE Draft Night 2 Notes: Results, Full List of Night 2 Draft Picks, Braun Strowman Makes Surprise Return, NXT’s Ilja Dragunov, Lyra Valkyria, & Blair Davenport Drafted to Main Roster

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Apr 29, 2024

WWE RAW 2024 WWE Draft Night 2 Results – April 29, 2024

April 29, 2024
Kansas City, MO – T-Mobile Center
Commentary – Michael Cole and Pat McAfee

Quick Match Results

  1. Gunther defeated Xavier Woods via Modified STF (submission)
  2. WWE Intercontinental Championship – Sami Zayn (c) defeated Bronson Reed via Disqualification
    • Near the end of the match, Chad Gable ran out and broke up Zayn’s pin attempt of Reed by grabbing him and hitting a deadlift German suplex resulting in the referee calling for the bell.
    • Following the match, Gable and Reed attacked Zayn and laid him out. Reed then grabbed Gable and hit a Death Valley Driver laying him out in return for costing him the chance at winning the Intercontinental title. Reed grabbed the Intercontinental title and posed with it right next to Zayn and Gable’s fallen bodies.
  3. Candice LeRae defeated Maxxine Dupri via Wicked Stepmother (pinfall)
    • Near the end of the match, Dupri locked in LeRae in an Ankle Lock leading to Indi Hartwell grabbed Ivy Nile at ringside and slammed her into the ring post. This caused Durpi to get distracted enough to loosen her hold and get sent right into the ropes by LeRae. LeRae then hit a curb stomp to Durpri for the pinfall victory.
    • Following the match, Hartwell celebrated with LeRae at ringside before leaving.
  4. Liv Morgan defeated Nia Jax via ObLIVion (pinfall)
    • During the match, Tiffany Stratton was seen in the front row watching the match in the ring.
    • Near the end of the match, Naomi came out from the crowd and attacked Stratton leading to the two brawling to the ringside and onto the apron. Naomi kicked Stratton off the apron leading to Jax shoving Naomi off the apron in return. This led to a distracted Jax being hit with a Codebreaker by Morgan who followed it with an ObLIVion for the pinfall victory.
  5. WWE World Tag Team Championship – Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth) (c) defeated Alpha Academy (Otis & Akira Tozawa) via Truth Crushing Finale (pinfall)
    • R-Truth pinned Tozawa after Awesome Truth hit their double team Truth Crushing Finale finisher to Tozawa to give their team the victory.
  6. Andrade, Ricochet, & Jey Uso defeated Judgement Day (JD McDonagh, Finn Balor, & Damian Priest) via Uso Splash (pinfall)
    • Uso pinned Balor after hitting an Uso Splash following some miscommunication issues by Judgement Day right near the end of the match leading to Uso picking up the victory for his team.

Full List of WWE Draft 2024 Night 2 Draft Picks

Monday’s WWE RAW show featured the second night of this year’s two-night WWE Draft special.

Former WWE co-CEO Stephanie McMahon made a surprise appearance and came out to the stage to announce the first round draft picks for tonight’s Night 2 WWE Draft show.

Round One draft picks:

  1. RAW – Imperium (Gunther & Ludwig Kaiser)
  2. SmackDown – Jade Cargill
  3. RAW – Damage CTRL (Kairi Sane, Asuka, IYO SKY, & Dakota Kai)
  4. SmackDown – Kevin Owens

Later in the show, Logan Paul and social media influencer and streamer IShowSpeed came out to the stage as the presenters for the draft picks for the second round of tonight’s WWE Draft show.

Round Two draft picks:

  • RAW – CM Punk
  • SmackDown – The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford), & B-Fab)
  • RAW – Braun Strowman
  • SmackDown – Tiffany Stratton

Later in the show, WWE Hall of Famers Ron Simmons and John Bradshaw Layfield made a surprise appearance and came out to the stage as the presenters for the draft picks for the third round of tonight’s WWE Draft show.

Round Three draft picks:

  1. RAW – LWO (Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, Zelina Vega, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, & Carlito)
  2. SmackDown – Legado Del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel, Berto, & Elektra Lopez)
  3. RAW – Drew McIntyre
  4. SmackDown – Shinsuke Nakamura

Later in the show, WWE Hall of Famers Alundra Blaze and Teddy Long made a surprise appearance and came out to the stage as the presenters for the draft picks for the fourth round of tonight’s WWE Draft show.

Round Four draft picks:

  1. RAW – Judgement Day (JD McDonagh, Dominik Mysterio, & Finn Balor)
  2. SmackDown – Naomi
  3. RAW – Ilja Dragunov (NXT)
  4. SmackDown – Chelsea Green & Piper Niven

Later in the show, WWE Hall of Famers The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley, made a surprise appearance and came out to the stage as the presenters for the draft picks for the fifth round of tonight’s WWE Draft show.

Round Five draft picks:

  1. RAW – New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  2. SmackDown – Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince & Kit Wilson)
  3. RAW – Lyra Valkyria (NXT)
  4. SmackDown – Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell

Later in the show, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis and RAW General Manager Adam Pearce came out to the stage as the presenters for the draft picks for the sixth and final round of tonight’s WWE Draft show.

Round Six draft picks:

  1. The Final Testamanet (Karrion Kross, Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar), Scarlett, & Paul Ellering)
  2. DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano)
  3. Bronson Reed
  4. Blair Davenport (NXT)

Braun Strowman Makes Surprise Return from Injury at Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured Bruan Strowman making his surprise return from injury to WWE.

During the show, Strowman was announced to be drafted to the RAW brand, staying on the same brand he was drafted to at last year’s WWE Draft.

Following Round Two of tonight’s WWE Draft, Logan Paul made his way to the ring and stated how he came to Kansas City to make some draft picks and maybe even celebrate with Patrick Mahomes only for Jey Uso to run his mouth about him. Paul claimed that Damian Priest will beat Uso at Backlash and Uso made a mistake leaving The Bloodline. After some insults directed at Uso and bragging about himself as United States Champion, Uso’s music played interrupting Paul. Uso asked the crowd if they think he can beat Priest and become WWE World Heavyweight Champion and asked them again if they think he should beat up Paul. While Paul responded, Judgement Day’s JD McDonagh and Finn Balor came out and made their way to the ring. Paul talked about how Uso is alone again and couldn’t fend for himself than and can not fend for himself now. This led to Uso attacking McDonagh and Balor while Paul left the ring and went up to Mahomes who was seated in the front row. Mahomes gave his Super Bowl rings to Paul for him to use as a weapon. Judgement Day managed to get the upper hand over Uso and held him up waiting for Paul to strike him with the rings in a makeshift brass knuckles. Paul attempted to punch Uso only for Uso to duck leading to McDonagh getting punched in the head instead. Uso then went to attack Balor leading to Paul responding by punching Uso and laying him out.

Before anything else could happen, Strowman’s music played and came out to the ring to save Uso. Strowman cleared the ring of Balor and Paul and chased Paul out to the crowd before turning back and confronting Mahomes over what he did helping Paul earlier. This led to several of Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs teammates standing out in support of Mahomes and Strowman and Mahomes exchanging words before Uso pulled Strowman away.

This was Strowman’s first appearance in WWE since May of 2023 due to a neck injury and neck fusion surgery.

Ilja Dragunov and Lyra Valkyria Drafted to RAW Brand & Blair Davenport Drafted to SmackDown Brand at Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured NXT talents Ilja Dragunov, Lyra Valkyria, and Blair Davenport being officially called up to WWE’s main roster.

During Round Four of Monday’s 2024 WWE Draft Night Night 2 show, former NXT Champion Dragunov was selected with the final pick by RAW for their brand.

Following his draft pick announcement, Dragunov celebrated with the rest of the NXT locker room at WWE’s Performance Center and hugged NXT head booker Shawn Michaels who gave some words of encouragement to him.

Dragunov being drafted to the same brand as Imperium opens up the possibility of Dragunov and Gunther reviving their famous and hard hitting feud during their time together in WWE’s now defunct NXT UK brand.

During Round Five, former NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria was selected with the final draft pick by RAW for their brand.

Following her draft pick announcement, Valkyria was also seen celebrating with the rest of the NXT locker room and was given a congratulatory hug and words of encouragement by NXT head booker Shawn Michaels.

During Round Six, Davenport was selected with the final pick of tonight’s WWE Draft show by SmackDown for their brand.

Following her draft pick announcement Davenport was also seen celebrating with the rest of the NXT locker room and was also given a congratulatory hug and words of encouragement by NXT head booker Shawn Michaels.

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