Official: The draft takes place on the first live Smackdown

[Stopspot]

The destiny of all WWE Superstars will be determined when SmackDown goes live for the first time ever Tuesday, July 19, at 8/7 C on USA Network. A WWE Draft will be conducted by respective General Managers to select which Superstars will compete exclusively on Monday Night Raw or SmackDown.

For the first time in history on back-to-back nights, these two distinctive brands (Monday Night Raw and Tuesday’s SmackDown) will compete with each other for television ratings, live events and pay-per-views.

“This is an exciting new era for WWE in which we will yet again reinvent ourselves by creating a second night of compelling live television,” said WWE Executive Producer Kevin Dunn.

“We’re already hearing the excitement among WWE fans for SmackDown’s new live format, and our audiences are eagerly anticipating the live Draft and what it means for their favorite Superstars,” said Chris McCumber, President, Entertainment Networks, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.

Where will your favorite Superstars end up? Find out Tuesday, July 19, when SmackDown goes LIVE!

/wwe.com

There it is. Five days before Battleground. Interesting in regards to the Battleground card.

 

[Swift]

Ambrose to Smackdown.

 

[DK JAMES]

I'll be at the second live Smackdown so this is gonna be big for me. lookin forward to it.

 

[Roadster]

I'm hyped. I'm excited to finally see a watchable episode of SmackDown. This is gonna be great.

 

[Crayo]

SmackDown has been live before, no?

This is wicked nonetheless.

 

[Roadster]

SmackDown has been live before, no?

This is wicked nonetheless.

They had Super SmackDown. Those were like 4 times a year, but it hasn't been done since I think 2014.

 

[Stopspot]

SmackDown has been live before, no?

This is wicked nonetheless.

Like Tsar said, they've had a couple of live specials. Now it is going live full time

 

[Prince Bálor]

Interesting. Looking forward to it.

 

[Aids Johnson]

oh for fucks sakes, it's Raw monday, Smackdown tuesday, and then the rest of the shit throughout the week? Let me know when it happens and how it was, this is one of the main reasons I cannot watch wrestling. "Oh sorry friends who bartend and work restaurants (always sun/mon/tue off) I have wrestling to watch twice a month sunday, and weekly mon/tue. Who the fuck wants 3 days in a row? Honestly.

 

[Stopspot]

oh for fucks sakes, it's Raw monday, Smackdown tuesday, and then the rest of the shit throughout the week? Let me know when it happens and how it was, this is one of the main reasons I cannot watch wrestling. "Oh sorry friends who bartend and work restaurants (always sun/mon/tue off) I have wrestling to watch twice a month sunday, and weekly mon/tue. Who the fuck wants 3 days in a row? Honestly.

probably the wrestlers so they can have wednesday-friday off

 

[mariakanellis]

RAW is best show of WWE, Smackdown and NXT are average tv show but i Love Monday Night RAW

 

[britishheel]

Many awesomes, No rampage..