Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Minneapolis, Minnesota featured the official announcement of WWE opening a transfer window period for their RAW, SmackDown, and NXT brands.
This announcement was first made by Chad Gable after him and the rest of American Made made a surprise appearance on the show.
.@WWEGable is here and he’s insulting Minnesota… 🙄#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/4aWpIa6r5U
— WWE (@WWE) December 7, 2024
Following Gable’s promo segment with Cody Rhodes, SD commentator Michael Cole stated that Superstars from RAW, SmackDown, and NXT can move between brands and GMs Adam Pearce, Nick Aldis, and Ava are currently collaborating to shift Superstars around ahead of Raw’s debut on Netflix this January.
Later in the show, SmackDown GM Aldis was seen chatting with RAW brand’s Dominik Mysterio and Gunther in separate backstage segments.

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