Kiana James was drafted to the RAW roster during the inaugural night of the WWE Draft on this week’s episode of SmackDown.
James was one of the three NXT talents to be called up to the main roster, the others being Carmelo Hayes and Baron Corbin, who will compete on SmackDown.
Taking to Twitter, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels praised James, writing,
“Every time she steps between those ropes, @kianajames_wwe gets better and better. She knows how good she is, and now she gets to show how good she is every Monday Night. #WWERaw #WWEDraft”
Every time she steps between those ropes, @kianajames_wwe gets better and better.
She knows how good she is, and now she gets to show how good she is every Monday Night. #WWERaw #WWEDraft pic.twitter.com/5D2au4BDiI
— Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels) April 27, 2024
On a recent edition of their “Talk’n Shop” podcast, The OC expressed their belief that WWE would be inclined to focus more on tag team wrestling following the splitting up of the tag team titles.
At present, each show has its champions, with Awesome Truth holding the World Tag Team Titles and A-Town Down Under carrying the WWE Tag Team Championships.
Luke Gallows said, “I thought it was really cool, even though we weren’t in the match and should’ve been, that they split the tag team titles at WrestleMania XL. It’ll be nice to see if there is some focus on tag team wrestling again. I feel like you’re starting to see some of that. I don’t know if the previous regime appreciated it as much. We know there is great fun, great drama in good tag team wrestling. Two sets of belts, one for each show, is a huge plus.”
Karl Anderson replied, “Hunter [Triple H] is in charge of all of that. He’s going to make sure there is going to be tag teams.”
