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SmackDown vs Raw | A WWE 2K Universe Dynasty

The future of the WWE has now changed course, with the Endeavor Group purchasing a 51% share of the company. Gone are the likes of the McMahon family and Vince's loyal followers and promoted have been some great hall of famers from the last generation such as Paul "Triple H" Levesque and Michael "Shawn Michaels" Hickenbottom, as well as former assistants looking to show off their craft on the big stage.

The new era of the company has begun and the WWE are looking to broaden their fan base once again and bring prominence to not only Monday and Friday nights, but Tuesday and Thursday's also.

Creative have announced some major changes to the WWE post WrestleMania 39, which include a brand new "hard" brand split, separating the two major brands entirely facing them off against one another. The NXT roster will also get a roster overhaul once again focusing on supplying the next gen of talent for the main roster and finally, a womens-exclusive show is now coming to Thursday nights, named Evolution.

The final and biggest new idea generated was that of a one-month hiatus post WrestleMania, which has been explained as similar to the gap between two seasons of a television show. This gives superstars a well deserved break as well as helping the company reset post their biggest show of the year.

We are currently in this "offseason" period, where pay-per-views, rosters and that alike will all be announced for the upcoming year ahead.

These new ideas will transform the landscape of the WWE as we know it and be a major piece of sending this era of World Wrestling Entertainment back to superiority.

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2023 WWE Draft

The draft is officially upon us, we are halfway through this offseason period, now in mid-May and before the shows kick back underway we have to determine their rosters. Before any picks were made the following men and women were announced as the general managers of each show:

Raw - Adam Pearce: After acting as GM for both Raw and SmackDown, Pearce was given the choice of which brand he wished to manage, selecting Monday nights as he believes the most well known members of WWE are always part of the flagship show.

SmackDown - Nick Aldis: Following Pearce's choice of Raw, Aldis was named as SmackDown's new GM. A former TNA World Champion, Aldis has a mean streak and his career has shown he will be a perfect member of authority for the blue brand.

NXT - William Regal: Familiar to this role, Regal returns to NXT where he is known as one of the most talent nurturing workers in the industry. With the work of Shawn Michaels and the remainder of the NXT creative team, Regal will be looking to build multiple future world champions through the black and gold brand.

Evolution - Mickie James: Following the announcement of a brand new weekly show taking place on Thursday nights, many had their queries of what it would be and who would be part of it. It was announced by Paul Levesque that Thursday's would now belong to Evolution, a women's only brand that will be stacked with known and up and coming talent, and who better to manage them than five-time women's champion Mickie James. It is no surprise James is returning to WWE with husband Nick Aldis now in charge of SmackDown.

All main roster superstars are up for grabs as well as each brand having the opportunity to draft three superstars from NXT. SmackDown has the first pick due to having current Undisputed Champion Roman Reigns, with each brand taking turns with 20 picks each. The top 10 draftees will all have insight, let's see who ends up where!

Main Roster Draft

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1. The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman) - Aldis' first pick in WWE is a no brainer, he gets dominant world champion Roman Reigns and future star Solo here at pick one.
2. Cody Rhodes - Rhodes couldn't finish his story at WrestleMania but has cemented himself as one of the biggest stars in current WWE, easy pick for the new face of Raw.
3. The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) - Aldis elects to keep the Bloodline together, picking one of the best tag teams in WWE history.
4. Brock Lesnar - The Beast is a feared figure in the WWE and although he is only a part-timer, it is an obvious selection for Raw to pickup one of the most dominant of the modern era.
5. John Cena - Nick Aldis said he had a part-time pick of his own up his sleeve but no one expected this one! Cena returns to where it all begun as he said he's still got plenty left in the tank.
6. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn - Great pick by Raw, Owens and Zayn are current tag team champions but both main event forces as singles competitors.
7. Imperium (Gunther, Ludwig Kaiser and Giovani Vinci) - SmackDown adds even more class to their roster with main-event caliber Intercontinental Champion Gunther and his stablemates Kaiser and Vince.
8. Seth Rollins - This one is the biggest steal so far, Rollins at pick 8 is outrageous. Although currently out of the world title picture, that's all about to change for one of the best current wrestlers in the world.
9. Edge - A bit of a surprise here as Edge isn't getting any younger and after getting kicked from The Judgement Day and defeating Finn Balor at WrestleMania, it'll be interesting to see what's next for the Rated R Superstar.
10. Austin Theory - To round out the top ten Raw select United States Champion Theory, hot off the back of a win against John Cena. This is a good pick for Pearce as A-Town has plenty of untapped potential and brings the US title with him.
11. Randy Orton
12. Judgement Day (Finn Balor, Damien Priest and Dominik Mysterio)
13. Bobby Lashley
14. Drew McIntyre
15. Bron Breakker (from NXT)
16. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
17. Latino World Order (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde)
18. AJ Styles
19. The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Ridge Holland and Butch)
20. Logan Paul
21. Braun Strowman and Ricochet
22. Matt Riddle
23. Grayson Waller (from NXT)
24. The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E)
25. LA Knight
26. Shinsuke Nakamura
27. Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis)
28. DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)
29. The Miz
30. Karrion Kross
31. Omos w/ MVP
32. Bronson Reed
33. The Dirty Dawgs (Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler)
34. The Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar)
35. Tyler Bate (from NXT)
36. JD McDonagh (from NXT)
37. Dexter Lumis
38. Cameron Grimes (from NXT)
39. Los Lotharios (Angel and Humberto)
40. R-Truth

With the main roster section of the draft concluded, NXT were given 25 picks of any non-drafted main roster male talent or people within NXT, before Evolution had 15 picks of any WWE contracted female:

NXT Roster Selections

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• Apollo Crews
• Axiom
• Baron Corbin
• Carmelo Hayes
• Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin
• Dijak
• Dragon Lee
• Gable Steveson
• Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey and Wolfgang)
• Hit Row (Ashante “Thee Adonis) and Top Dolla
• Ilja Dragunov
• Joe Gacy
• Lexis King
• Lio Rush
• Mustafa Ali
• Odyssey Jones
• Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson)
• Rick Boogs
• Riddick Moss
• The Creed Brothers (Julius Creed and Brutis Creed)
• The Family (Tony D’Angelo and Channing Lorenzo)
• Trick Williams
• Von Wagner
• Wes Lee
• Xyon Quinn

Evolution Roster Selections

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• Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn
• Asuka
• Becky Lynch and Lita
• Bianca Belair
• Charlotte Flair
• Chelsea Green and Piper Niven
• Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky)
• Indi Hartwell
• Katana Chance and Kayden Carter
• Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez
• Lyra Valkyria
• Rhea Rhipley
• Roxanne Perez
• Tiffany Stratton
• Trish Stratus

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Weekly Show and PLE Schedule

With the rosters set there isn't much more to announce before the next season of WWE is ready to get underway, but first we have the announcement of what all four weekly shows will look like this year as well as the planned schedule for all Premium Live Events to WrestleMania 40 in April 2024.

Weekly Shows

Monday - Raw: Raw will stay in its' usual position on Monday nights, with the show now being reduced to two hours, with five matches expected every week. Each Raw will be covered in depth with all promos, interviews, segments and matches showcased.

Tuesday - NXT: NXT will now have an hour and a half slot on Tuesday nights, with four matches expected. Show results will be in a recap format that will be explained in Evolution's section.

Thursday - Evolution: The brand new all women's show will debut on Thursday nights, each episode running an hour and a half with four matches expected. Similar to NXT, the results and events of each show will be recapped in short form at the end of the week.

Friday - SmackDown: Finally, SmackDown will stay in their well known Friday night position, sticking with two hours with also five matches expected. Just like Raw, each week SmackDown's events will be covered in depth.

Main Roster Premium Live Events

May - Offseason
June - Backlash
July - Payback
August - SummerSlam
September - TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs
October - Hell In A Cell
November - Survivor Series
December - Night of Champions
January - Royal Rumble
February - Elimination Chamber
March - Fastlane
April - WrestleMania

Note: Red (Raw PLE), Blue (SmackDown PLE), Green (Joint Brand PLE + Evolution)

NXT Premium Live Events

June - Battleground
August - The Great American Bash
October - No Mercy
December - Deadline
February - Vengeance Day
April - Stand & Deliver

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Rosters

Raw:

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AJ Styles
Angelo Dawkins
Austin Theory
Big E
Brock Lesnar
Bronson Reed
Cameron Grimes
Cody Rhodes
Damian Priest
Dominik Mysterio
Drew McIntyre
Erik
Finn Balor
Ivar
JD McDonagh
Johnny Gargano
Karrion Kross
Kevin Owens
Kofi Kingston
Logan Paul
Matt Riddle
Montez Ford
R-Truth
Sami Zayn
Seth Rollins
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tommaso Ciampa
Xavier Woods

SmackDown:

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Angel
Bobby Lashley
Braun Strowman
Bron Breakker
Butch
Chad Gable
Cruz Del Toro
Dexter Lumis
Dolph Ziggler
Edge
Giovani Vinci
Grayson Waller
Gunther
Humberto
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Joaquin Wilde
John Cena
LA Knight
Ludwig Kaiser
MVP
Omos
Otis
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio
Ricochet
Ridge Holland
Robert Roode
Roman Reigns
Santos Escobar
Sheamus
Solo Sikoa
The Miz
Tyler Bate

NXT:

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Apollo Crews
Ashante "Thee" Adonis
Axiom
Baron Corbin
Brutus Creed
Carmelo Hayes
Cedric Alexander
Channing Lorenzo
Dijak
Dragon Lee
Elton Prince
Gable Steveson
Ilja Dragunov
Joe Coffey
Joe Gacy
Julius Creed
Kit Wilson
Lexis King
Lio Rush
Mark Coffey
Mustafa Ali
Odyssey Jones
Rick Boogs
Riddick Moss
Shelton Benjamin
Tony D'Angelo
Top Dolla
Trick Williams
Von Wagner
Wes Lee
Wolfgang
Xyon Quinn

Evolution:

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Alba Fyre
Asuka
Bayley
Becky Lynch
Bianca Belair
Charlotte Flair
Chelsea Green
Dakota Kai
Indi Hartwell
Isla Dawn
Iyo Sky
Katana Chance
Kayden Carter
Lita
Liv Morgan
Lyra Valkyria
Piper Niven
Raquel Rodriguez
Rhea Ripley
Roxanne Perez
Tiffany Stratton
Trish Stratus

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Championship History

Raw:

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World Heavyweight Championship:
Vacant

United States Championship:
Austin Theory - 2x Champion (Survivor Series: WarGames, November 2022)

World Tag Team Championship:
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn - 1x Champions (WrestleMania 39, April 2023

SmackDown:

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Undisputed WWE Universal Championship:
Roman Reigns - 4x Champion (Universal Championship: Payback, June 2020 / WWE Championship: WrestleMania 38, April 2022)
Note: The WWE and Universal Championships – while maintaining their separate lineages–are jointly held and defended as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

Intercontinental Championship:
Gunther - 1x Champion (SmackDown Week 2, June 2022)

WWE Tag Team Championship:
Vacant

NXT:

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NXT Championship:
Carmelo Hayes - 1x Champion (Stand & Deliver, April 2023)

NXT North American Championship:
Wes Lee - 1x Champion (Halloween Havoc, October 2022)

NXT Tag Team Championship:
Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) - 1x Champions (Vengeance Day, February 2023)

Evolution:

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WWE Women's World Championship:
Bianca Belair - 1x Champion (Evolution Week 1, June 2023)

NXT Women's Championship:
Indi Hartwell - 1x Champion (Stand & Deliver, April 2023)

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship:
Becky Lynch and Lita - 1x Champions (Raw Week 4, February 2023)

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Raw, June Week 1

The first Raw of the New Era opens with GM Adam Pearce coming down to ring before expressing his desire to turn Raw into the only must see show in wrestling. He announces some exciting events and changes that will take place, including six men in the World Heavyweight Championship tournament as well as unveiling the new World Tag Team Championships inviting Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn to the ring.

Both men show gratitude receiving the belts before KO grabs a mic and complains that both himself and Sami should have a chance to compete in the WHC tournament, to which Pearce says both men will have their opportunity to join the final eight bracket which is shown on the titantron.

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Cody Rhodes vs (Winner of Kevin Owens v Kofi Kingston v Karrion Kross v Damian Priest)
Finn Balor vs Drew McIntyre
Seth Rollins vs AJ Styles
Brock Lesnar vs (Winner of Sami Zayn v Shinsuke Nakamura v Bronson Reed v Matt Riddle)

As Pearce leaves the ring he tells Owens he should get ready, because he's up first!

Match 1 (WHC Tournament): Kevin Owens vs Kofi Kingston vs Karrion Kross vs Damian Priest

All four men brawl from the start of the match, Priest begins to target Owens outside the ring with weapons as Kofi and Kross go blow for blow in the ring. Kofi finishes it with a Trouble In Paradise on Kross

Kofi Kingston wins via pinfall

Match 2 (WHC Tournament): Seth Rollins vs AJ Styles

Both men went back and forth the entire match, taking it outside and using both the stairs and the barricade to their advantage. Back in the ring following a close double countout, Styles locked in a calf crusher before Rollins got to the ropes to break it up. Rollins then closely avoids a Phenomenal Forearm before taking advantage once again and finishing off Styles with a Curb Stomp.

Seth Rollins wins via pinfall

Before their upcoming tag team match we are backstage with The Street Profits who are honoured to be on Raw and are ready to take on a new division of teams, telling Owens and Zayn they want their titles.

Match 3: The Street Profits vs The Viking Raiders

The Street Profits used their speed advantage early, repeatedly quick tagging and beating up on Erik. Erik would begin to fight back hurting Dawkins before tagging in Ivar and hitting a Fallout on Ford. Ford would kick out at two but would stand up and receive a Spin Kick of Doom which would finish it, not the start on Raw The Street Profits were looking for.

The Viking Raiders win via pinfall

Match 4 (WHC Tournament): Finn Balor vs Drew McIntyre

Drew made the most of his power advantage early throwing Balor around and not letting him settle into the match and rocking him with a Glasgow Kiss. After spending too much time playing with his prey, Balor launched a comeback on Drew first with his Shotgun Dropkick before reversing a Claymore out of nowhere and hitting the Coup De Grace.

Finn Balor wins via pinfall

Match 5 (WHC Tournament): Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs Bronson Reed vs Matt Riddle

This match was a deserved main event, action packed and full of mayhem. Sami went after Bronson early as Nakamura and Riddle took each other on. Riddle locked the Bro-Mission on Nakamura first before he was hit with a Tsunami from Reed who in return received a Helluva Kick. Riddle locked in another Bro-Mission on Reed before Nakamura would hit a Kinshasa on Zayn for the win.

Shinsuke Nakamura wins via pinfall

As Nakamura is celebrating his win we hear a familiar guitar tab screech across the building as Brock Lesnar storms down to the ring. He begins to maul Nakamura before putting him on his shoulders and unleashing an F5. The show ends with the camera panning from the image of Lesnar over Nakamura.

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SmackDown, June Week 1

We begin SmackDown with Roman Reigns heading down to the ring, with The Bloodline in tow. Reigns tell the crowd to acknowledge him before addressing Adam Pearce's claim to Raw being the number one show, stating "you can't be number one without The Tribal Chief."

Nick Aldis makes his way down to the ring holding a belt that is covered, before presenting the brand new Undisputed Universal Championship to Roman. He says he is looking forward to lighting up Friday night's and looks to The Usos, saying there is now a tag title up for grabs on the blue brand, which they will compete for right now.

Match 1 (WWE TTC Tournament): The Usos vs Los Lotharios

This match went a lot longer than anticipated as both Angel and Humberto brought it right to The Usos. Jey did most of the early work on both Lotharios before Angel started to fight back and had the Wing Clipper locked in, Jimmy broke it up before both teams tagged in their partners. Humberto had the knees up for an Uso Splash but he was Samoan Dropped and then couldn't dodge another splash, before Jey tagged in and hit another splash for good measure.

The Usos win via pinfall

Match 2: Dexter Lumis vs Grayson Waller

Both men are pretty new on the scene here, Lumis is trying to work his way up as Waller makes his main roster debut. Waller hit a Throwback Unprettier before Lumis turned the tables dodging the Rolling Thunder Stunner and locked in the Silence, Waller gained the upper hand once again and went up top and hit a huge diving leg drop to win.

Grayson Waller wins via pinfall

After the match Lumis looked to congratulate the new main roster member on his win before kicking Waller down low, leaving the ring with an evil smirk on his face.

Match 3: John Cena vs Sheamus

Cena returns to SmackDown as a full roster member for the first time in years and is met face to face with Sheamus prior to the match before the two shook hands to begin.

Sheamus took advantage of Cena’s ring rust early on before Cena started to hit his straps getting confident looking to line up the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Sheamus would kick him in the head and lift him up and hit a High Cross but Cena would get the ropes after a two count. Sheamus looked to finish it with an Irish Curse but Cena slipped out and hit an AA out of nowhere and that was it.

John Cena wins via pinfall

We catch Edge backstage being interviewed, as he talks about his dream to climb the mountain on SmackDown once again and compete for the WWE Championship, saying he still has one more run left in him and it starts against Bobby Lashley.

Match 4: Bobby Lashley vs Edge

Lashley dominated all match throwing Edge all over the ring as everytime Edge looked to mount a comeback he would be squashed again. Against all odds Edge would reverse out of one of Lashley’s power moves, before surprising him with a Spear and that was all he needed.

Edge wins via pinfall

After the match a giddey Edge went to shake the All Mighty’s hand but he didn’t want a bar of it, pushing him away and leaving the ring.

Match 5 (WWE TTC Tournament): Imperium vs The Dirty Dawgs

The match was action packed from both sides and all four men had a crack at trying to get the victory with multiple finishers but this was full from kickouts to saves.

The ending sequence of the match seen a Superkick from Ziggler to Vinci before Kaiser would get the hot tag, Ziggler would kick out of a Landungsbrucken, Roode would then breakup the pin after a Air Raid Crash Neckbreaker before Kaiser would finish it off with a Reverse STO DDT.

Imperium win via pinfall

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Around the WWE: June Week 1

NXT Results:

• Carmelo Hayes opens NXT discussing his NXT Championship win and his excitement of his next defence at Battleground
• Tony D’Angelo defeats Top Dolla
• Julius Creed defeats Kit Wilson
• Ilja Dragunov defeats Apollo Crews
• Wes Lee is interviewed backstage about his next opponent, to which Lee states he will be watching the main event very closely
• Joe Gacy defeats Dijak and Joe Coffey

Evolution Results:

• Becky Lynch and Lita (c) defeat Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn to retain the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
• Asuka defeats Charlotte Flair
• Indi Hartwell is backstage with her NXT Women's Championship, she talks about how exciting it is to begin this all-women's era as a champion, as it is announced the winner of the next match with be in a #1 contenders match in two weeks.
• Trish Stratus defeats Bayley
• Bianca Belair (Raw Women's) defeats Rhea Ripley (SmackDown Women's) to become the inaugural WWE Women's World Champion

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Raw, June Week 2

Raw opens with The Judgement Day on their way to the ring, Finn Balor has a mic and talks about how he is going all the way in the World Heavyweight Championship tournament and no injury is taking this one from him, he says he will continue to knock off big names and take home the title. Priest takes the mic from Balor and complains that a fatal four way wasn't fair for his chances to take home gold, but The Judgement Day deserve a chance at the tag team titles tonight.

Adam Pearce comes out and grants Priest's wish, telling the group that they will get their chance at the titles, but first they'll have to win their match that's kicking off the show.

Match 1: The Judgement Day (Finn Balor and Damian Priest) vs DIY

Priest and Balor made light work of DIY, with Ciampa never getting a chance to tag in Gargano. Balor finished it off with a Coup De Grace to get the win.

The Judgement Day win via pinfall

Match 2: Drew McIntyre vs Kevin Owens

McIntyre was once again strong out of the gates. Owens got in some offense but this match was completely dominated by the Scot. He finishes it off with a Glasgow Kiss and Claymore for the victory.

Drew McIntyre wins via pinfall

After his win Drew wasn’t finished as he would stomp out Owens until security had to seperate them. McIntyre would make his way up the ramp with KO laid out on the mat.

Match 3: Bronson Reed vs JD McDonagh

This was basically a squash match, Bronson threw JD around from the beginning and finished it with a Spinebuster.

Bronson Reed wins via pinfall

After the match Bronson would continue the beatdown before standing over his battered opponent.

Match 4 (WHC Tournament): Shinsuke Nakamura vs Brock Lesnar

Shinsuke started off strong, most likely running off the anger from the attack last week before Brock started to assert his dominance. Shin found the ropes after a first F5 and kicked out after a second, which shocked Lesnar enough for Nakamura to hit a Landslide and Kinshasa to pull off a huge upset.

Shinsuke Nakamura wins via pinfall

Match 5 (WHC Tournament): Cody Rhodes vs Kofi Kingston

Cody makes his post-draft Raw debut and this match of two loveable babyfaces is his first since his loss at WrestleMania. Kofi started hot but once Cody found his feet he didn’t mess around finishing it off with a Vertebreaker and a Cross Rhodes to get the win

Cody Rhodes wins via pinfall