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In 2019 it was elevated to the third main roster brand. [5] [6] [7] But in 2021, the brand's weekly television show was rebooted as "NXT 2.0", and was reinstated to its original status as the developmental division for the main roster (Raw and SmackDown), though it has since dropped the "2.0" name. [8]
The 2024 WWE Draft was the 18th WWE Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.The two-night event began with the April 26 episode of Friday Night SmackDown (in Cincinnati, Ohio) and concluded with the April 29 episode of Monday Night Raw (in Kansas City, Missouri), with SmackDown airing on Fox and Raw on the USA Network.
During night one of WrestleMania XL, Sami Zayn defeated Gunther to become the WWE Intercontinental Champion, thus ending the latter's 666-day reign as champion; Zayn became the first man to pin Gunther in a one-on-one match since the latter debuted on the main roster on April 8, 2022.
At Night 2 of the 2024 WWE Draft, Davenport was promoted to the SmackDown brand. [50] On the 28 June episode of SmackDown, Davenport made her main roster debut but she failed to qualify for the women's Money in the bank ladder match in a qualifier triple threat match that included Naomi and Indi Hartwell, where Naomi won. [51]
As 2024 comes to a close, WWE will hold its final main roster premium live event of the year with a classic: Survivor Series. The second-longest running pay-per-view in WWE behind WrestleMania ...
On 27 January 2024 at the 2024 Royal Rumble, Nox entered in her third women's Royal Rumble match at number 12, eliminating Natalya before being eliminated by Bayley. During the 2024 WWE Draft, Nox was drafted back to the SmackDown brand. [citation needed] On 1 November, Nox was released from WWE for a second time.
Morgan acknowledged she was forced to play catch-up amongst her peers in the early days of her in-ring career, which saw her make her WWE main roster debut in 2017. Liv Morgan WWE/Getty Images
Bate made his main roster debut on 5 January 2024 episode of SmackDown: New Year's Revolution as the mystery partner of Butch, taking on Pretty Deadly, whom they would defeat. [59] On 19 January episode of SmackDown, Bate teamed with Butch, who returned to his previous ring name Pete Dunne, and the two defeated Pretty Deadly in a rematch.