Seth Rollins Selected First Overall By WWE Raw; Brock Lesnar Goes Second To SmackDown
Raw gets the top pick again.
Thanks to Becky Lynch, WWE Raw once again earned the top pick in the 2019 WWE Draft. Lynch, representing Raw, defeated Charlotte Flair, representing SmackDown, with a crucifix pin. Lynch was originally scheduled to face Sasha Banks, but Banks was forced out of the contest late on Monday, still injured from her Hell in a Cell bout against Lynch.
And the #1 WWEDraft pick goes — as @BeckyLynchWWE picks up the win over @MsCharlotteWWE to kick off #RAW! pic.twitter.com/ojDrqDCT2B
— WWE (@WWE) October 15, 2019
With the top overall pick on Monday, WWE Raw selected current WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins.
After Rollins, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar was selected to SmackDown. Raw would select Charlotte Flair with the third pick and Andrade & Zelina Vega with the fifth pick. Meanwhile, SmackDown selected The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E & Xavier Woods) with the fourth pick.
BREAKING: The first round of #WWEDraft picks for #RAW and #Smackdown are in! Superstars including @WWERollins, @MsCharlotteWWE & @BrockLesnar just discovered their fate! pic.twitter.com/KxlU82Y3Du
— WWE (@WWE) October 15, 2019
Raw also earned the top pick on SmackDown, selecting Becky Lynch first overall.
Keep up with everything happening on WWE Raw with Fightful’s ongoing coverage. You can also keep up with every draft pick made tonight with Fightful’s draft center.
