Monday Night Raw kicks off with Triple H greeting to the fans present in the arena.
He then explains the rules of the draft and announces that the World Heavyweight Championship will remain in the red. He later mentions that Brock Lesnar renegotiated his position at the company to remain a free agent, meaning he won’t be picked by any brand tonight.
After that, he revealed the first “picks” of the draft.
RAW selects Seth Rollins and Rhea Ripley
SmackDown selects Austin Theory and Charlotte Flair.
After the first pick in the WWE Draft, Triple H presents Paul Heyman. ‘Wise Man’ confirms he, Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa will continue on SmackDown, but that the fate of The Usos remains unclear after they failed to regain the Undisputed Tag Team Championships. Later, Heyman discusses the World Heavyweight Championship and the possibility of Roman Reigns winning it and taking them to the WrestleMania main event, but communicates that cannot happen since “The Tribal Chief” will not be appearing on RAW. Paul Heyman continues his speech by mocking the next fighter to win the World Heavyweight Championship and pointing out that he will always be under Roman Reigns. After that, Seth Rollins comes into the arena to mention that everyone should be happy because he’s on RAW and Reigns is still hiding on SmackDown. ‘Wise Man’ states this bothers the tribal chief after he makes a phone call, whereupon ‘The Visionary’ threatens to hit him. At that moment, Solo Sikoa appears. Eventually a fight is arranged between Rollins and Sikoa for the night’s main event.
Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Bayley) defeat Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez in a non-title fight.
Booker T and Sharmell Sullivan arrive to announce the next WWE draft picks
RAW selects Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio),
SmackDown selects The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) and LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Zelina Vega, Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde).
Ricochet and Braun Strowman defeat Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis).
As Shawn Michaels and Adam Pearce prepared to announce upcoming WWE draft picks, Brock Lesnar stormed into the ring. “The Beast” took the mic and began making fun of the people of Texas, affirming that he was the one true cowboy. Several members of the security team then tried to calm Lesnar, but Cody Rhodes came up from behind and punched him. Eventually, the security team managed to separate both Superstars before their showdown at Backlash. After the incident with Brock Lesnar and Rhodes,
Shawn Michaels set out to announce the next WWE draft picks
RAW Picks Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez and New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
SmackDown chooses Asuka and The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch and Ridge Holland).
Matt Riddle defeats Jimmy Uso.
We see Eric Bischoff and Rob Van Dam stepping in to announce the following WWE draft picks
RAW selects Trish Stratus, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler
SmackDown chooses LA Knight and Karrion Kross.
The Miz presents a new episode of Miz TV. The show’s host reminds us of RAW’s draft picks, then introduces someone who will join the red brand for the first time in his career, Shinsuke Nakamura. Miz welcomes the Japanese to RAW and asks him about his chances at the World Heavyweight Championship. Nakamura responds in Japanese, so Miz takes the opportunity to brag that he will be the winner of this title. After that, The Miz suggests Shinsuke Nakamura to form a team, even naming the team “Mizsuke Nakumyra”, while the Japanese suggests the name “Small Balls” in Japanese. Despite the threat of teaming up, Nakamura ends up making fun of The Miz’s intimate parts again and tying a Kinshasa to him.
Omos defeats Anthony Alanis.
Molly Holly and Road Dogg arrive to announce the next WWE draft picks
RAW selects Ricochet, Braun Strowman and Bronson Reed
SmackDown chooses Shotzi and Pretty Deadly.
Members of The Judgment Day performed at WWE RAW. Damian Priest took the mic and recalled that Rhea Ripley was the first draft pick that night. The SmackDown Women’s Champion also spoke, stating that the faction has always controlled the red flag and that she will defeat Zelina Vega at Backlash.
Damian Priest then spoke again and stated that he will defeat Bad Bunny in Puerto Rico because while he may be successful in the music world, winning a fight and beating some with a kendo stick does not mean he is also successful will be . Dominik Mysterio also spoke up despite the nuclear boos from the public and assured that in Backlash he would embarrass his father for the last time. Rey Mysterio later came to explain that all members of The Judgment Day emerge as losers of the Premium Live Event and are defeated by LWO.
The Judgment Day (Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley) defeated LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar and Zelina Vega).
Teddy Long and JBL present the following choices
RAW chooses Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis), Katana Chance and Kayden Carter
SmackDown selects Rick Boogs and Cameron Grimes.
In The Star, Seth Rollins solo defeats Sikoa for disqualification due to The Usos’ intervention. After the match, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and Matt Riddle arrived to attack The Bloodline.