Kiana James Drafted From WWE NXT To WWE Raw In 2024 WWE Draft

Kiana James gets called up.

With the last televised pick of the first night of the 2024 WWE Draft, Kiana James was drafted from WWE NXT to WWE Monday Night Raw. 

She was only the second televised pick to go from NXT to a WWE main roster brand. The first was Carmelo Hayes who was drafted to WWE SmackDown. 

With this call-up, James joins women such as Alexa Bliss, Carmella, and Nia Jax as names who did not capture the NXT Women’s Championship before being called up to the main roster. 

–BREAKING: Fourth Round picks for this year’s #WWEDraft!@AJStylesOrg to #SmackDown
Alpha Academy to #WWERaw@AndradeElIdolo to #SmackDown@kianajames_wwe to #WWERaw

Call the shots and create your own draft in #WWE2K24 MyGM @WWEGames pic.twitter.com/NUNNyUVWpd

— WWE (@WWE) April 27, 2024

My favorite thing about Kiana James on WWE NXT is that she is very believable as a heel. It’s my favorite thing about her. There are a lot of women to chose from on NXT, so I truly didn’t know which women they would choose, Happy for Kiana to go to WWE Raw! #Smackdown pic.twitter.com/z8TdMrdNU1

— Denise ‘Hollywood’ Salcedo (@_denisesalcedo) April 27, 2024

Kiana James is a former WWE NXT Women’s Tag Team Champion alongside Fallon Henley. According to CageMatch, she’s had 103 matches under the WWE banner.

Keep up with the draft picks for this year’s WWE Draft here. 

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