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[XPac]

Smackdown has been left a bit puny

Updated with new additions

Men

Aiden English (seems to be transitioning to announcer)
Ali
Apollo Crews
New Day (minus Big E. for a bit)
Big Show (part timer at best)
Buddy Murphy
The Bar
Chad Gable
Daniel Bryan and Rowan
Elias
Colons
Finn Balor
Hardy Boyz
Kane (same as show)
Gallows and Anderson (on the way out)
KO
Killian Dain (wouldn't surprise me to see him leave or go to NXT UK)
Lars Sullivan
R-truth
Randy Orton
Roman Reign
Rusev
Samoa Joe
Shelton Benjamin
Shinsuke Nakamura
Sin Cara

a bit better on the Womens side though

Asuka
Bayley
Becky (I guess on both shows till she drops a belt?)
IIconics
Carmela
Charlotte
Ember Moon
Kairi Sane
Lana (mainly manager)
Liv Morgan
Mandy Rose
Mickie James
Paige (manager)
Sonya Deville

Yeah, they buffed up the women. I think the womens tag belt might primariy be on Smackdown even though it floats brands. They added a LOT of women to Smackdown.

Mens division definately got deflated. But maybe a smaller roster is a good thing. Bloated rosters in the WWE unfortuantely mean a lot of guys don't have a lot to do. Smaller leaner roster potentially means less people will get wasted. Potentially.

I assume Joes is going to RAW too though, since Smackdown got the IC belt.

[XPac]

Buddy Murphy was announced on the show.



The Riott Squad was a female job squad. New Day actually win matches.

Certainly the New Day was more sucessful. I just got a similar vibe from the Riot Squad as far as comradery goes. And they were fun.

[Mr Reader]

Yeah, they buffed up the women. I think the womens tag belt might primariy be on Smackdown even though it floats brands. They added a LOT of women to Smackdown.

Mens division definately got deflated. But maybe a smaller roster is a good thing. Bloated rosters in the WWE unfortuantely mean a lot of guys don't have a lot to do. Smaller leaner roster potentially means less people will get wasted. Potentially.

I assume Joes is going to RAW too though, since Smackdown got the IC belt.

Unless they are going to have one of them drop the belt, unless they are going to keep them both on Smackdown and give Raw a new secondary belt, stranger things have happened.

[EmeraldGladiator]

Never cared for the glorious ones, maybe Roode can go full TNA/NXT heel now.

[Mr Reader]

Speaking of deflated rosters

205 Live is now

Akira Tozawa
Ariya Davari
Drew Gulak
Jack Gallagher
Humberto Carilla
Mark Andrews
Mike Kanellis (maybe on his way out with his wife)
Oney Lorcan
Brian Kendrick
Tony Nese

Also Lucha House Party who wrestle on both this and Raw, Noam Dar is still listed by WWE too but most sources say he's headed to NXT UK exclusively

I'm surprised they just haven't made this a division on Raw or Smackdown, it's a tiny group

[Angelo2113]

Vince needs to be extremely careful how he books Reigns on Smackdown. The WWE Universe won't hesitate to turn on Reigns if he's still being booked as the "future of the WWE." The cheers have already died down significantly since his return.

Smackdown has done fine without him since the brand split, hopefully Vince learned that the WWE Universe doesn't need Roman pushed down our throats.

[Immortal Weapon]

Speaking of deflated rosters

205 Live is now

Akira Tozawa
Ariya Davari
Drew Gulak
Jack Gallagher
Humberto Carilla
Mark Andrews
Mike Kanellis (maybe on his way out with his wife)
Oney Lorcan
Brian Kendrick
Tony Nese

Also Lucha House Party who wrestle on both this and Raw, Noam Dar is still listed by WWE too but most sources say he's headed to NXT UK exclusively

I'm surprised they just haven't made this a division on Raw or Smackdown, it's a tiny group

Chad Gable would be better off on 205 instead of Smackdown.

Also Mark Andrews is a NXT UK guy.

[Mr Reader]

Raw is now..

Men

AJ Styles
AOP (though out with injuries)
Black and Ric
Andrade
Baron Corbin
Dallas and and Axel
Lashley and Rush
Bobby Roode
Braun
Bray Wyatt (though he could end up on Smackdown)
Cedric Alexander
Hawkins and Ryder
Revival
Dolph Ziggler (still listed but who knows)
Drew Mcintyre
EC3
Eric Young
The ugh... Viking Experience
Breezango (though the dango part of that is still out)
Goldust (rumored to be on his way out or retiring)
Lucha House Party
Heath Slater
Jason Jordan (might be retiring)
Usos
Jinder Mahal
Ascension
Mojo Rawley
No Way Jose
Rey Mysterio
Rhyno (might be leaving)
Sami Zayn
the Singhs (though more managers than wrestlers)
Seth Rollins
Miz
Titus O'neil

Women are..

Alexa Bliss
Alicia Fox (though she's rumored to be in the doghouse)
Becky
Dana Brooke
Lacy Evans
Naomi
Nattie
Nia and Tamina
last two members of the Riott Squad
Sasha (maybe on the way out)
Zelina

Raw has a ton more part timers and non-wrestlers so I'm leaving them off

[Mr Reader]

Maybe they could do a Team Canada heel group with Sami, Eric Young and Bobby Roode.

[Mr Reader]

Interestingly enough Heavy Machinery hasn't been officially listed with any roster yet, wonder where they are headed, maybe back to NXT?

[Mr Reader]

Nikki Cross is the only other one without an official roster spot, I'd say Nikki to Raw where the womens division is leaner and Heavy Machinery to Smackdown where the same is true for the tag divison, unless all 3 are headed back to NXT or I could see Nikki to NXT UK maybe.

[XPac]

Speaking of deflated rosters

205 Live is now

Akira Tozawa
Ariya Davari
Drew Gulak
Jack Gallagher
Humberto Carilla
Mark Andrews
Mike Kanellis (maybe on his way out with his wife)
Oney Lorcan
Brian Kendrick
Tony Nese

Also Lucha House Party who wrestle on both this and Raw, Noam Dar is still listed by WWE too but most sources say he's headed to NXT UK exclusively

I'm surprised they just haven't made this a division on Raw or Smackdown, it's a tiny group

With 205 being only a 1 hour show and only having a single title, it technically doesn't need a large roster.

That said, a part of me does wonder if maybe they aren't simply going to fold the cruiser weight division into RAW.

Course, they could easily call up some NXT stars into 205 live. A LOT of top nxt talent can technically fall under the cruiser weight category. And if they ever hold another cruiser weight classic they will have all the talent they need. It depends on whether or not they want the brand to grow or not.

[Mr Reader]

NXT needs some new talent too, I'm sure a LOT of AEW guys would have been on Trip's wishlist, that said I think a few journeyman veteran guys would be good for the roster, though some may be considered too "old" at this point

out of guys they might be able to sign I'd pick for the Men

Eli Drake
Willie Mack
James Storm (had a shot already, I still think he'd be a good midcarder or tag guy)
Crazzy Steve
El Hijo del Fantasma
Drago
Texano jr.
Jax Dane and Crimson
Ross and Marshal Von Erich

As for Women

Rosemary
Sienna
Kiera Hogan
Tessa Blanchard
ivelisse
Christina Von Eerie
Cheerleader Melissa/Alissa Flash/whatever she is calling herself now

I don't think any of these with a few exceptions (Drake,Fantasma Blanchard, Rosemary, Hogan) would be big stars/main event level but they'd be good signings to fill out the roster.

[steve2275]

I expect Lashley, Drew McIntyre and Braun to make the jump to Smackdown.

nope didnt happen

Chad Gable would be better off on 205 instead of Smackdown..

ive been saying that for months

match 1 821 finn balor vs mustafa ali 831
match 2 842 carmella vs charlotte flair
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934 new day(woods kofi and big o) vs rusev nakamura and cesaro (the league of nations) 946

[Punisher007]

Roman, Bayley, and Finn on SDL, no surprise there. It's be expected with the Fox thing coming up.

Hopefully Ember and Mickie can get something cool to do with a brand split.

Called the Kairi and Asuka thing, it's such a "Vince move." Also pity if means that Asuka is probably being demoted from the title picture and that Kairi is losing to Shayna yet again. But at least hopefully they win the tag belts relatively soon because there's no freaking way that they should lose to The IIconics.

Always nice seeing Vince and Elias getting beat up. Granted I wish that it'd have been Kofi with Vince, but oh well.