WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 01: Thunder Rosa and Bully Ray speak during SiriusXM's Busted Open live broadcast before Wrestlemania at Whisky a Go Go on April 01, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray stated that WWE’s annual Draft could be reconsidered as a means to promote NXT Superstars.
Ray also noted that WWE may consider reintroducing the Superstar Shakeup to enable roster switches among the main roster.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On how WWE should rethink the Draft: “I gave it some thought about the word ‘draft. When we think of ‘draft,’ [we think of] people from college coming up, new people, fresh people, young blood, and that really pertains to NXT. But when it comes to the main roster, it’s really not a draft. It’s more of a shakeup. [Maybe] WWE does a two-day draft event, but maybe call one night the Superstar Shakeup [and the other], the actual draft.”
On how WWE should use a bingo wheel for a roster shakeup: “You spin the wheel, out comes the name and that person is on RAW. Spin the wheel, out comes the name. That person is on SmackDown. Make it as unpredictable as you possibly can to the fanbase. And I think that covers it where we’re not just drafting the same person to the same brand [or] they’re just heading over to a different night.”
WWE concluded its annual Draft on RAW this past Monday. The rosters may be modified until May 6, when they will be officially locked in.