IWE Superstar Shake-Up (2017)
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The 2017 IWE Superstar Shake-Up is the ongoing eleventh draft produced by the American Professional Wrestling promotion IWE. It is a two-day event, taking place on the April 10 and April 11 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively, on the USA Network in the United States.
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Background
On the April 3 episode of Raw, IWE Chairman Vince Matteson announced that on the April 10 and April 11 episodes of Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively, "it's time to shake things up around here", effectively announcing the 2017 draft, or what was labeled the "Superstar Shake-Up". Instead of a traditional draft, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle and SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan have the "opportunity to make trades, deals and other moves that they feel fit".
Selection
Raw
The following is the list of wrestlers who moved from SmackDown to Raw on the April 10 episode of Raw. NXT wrestlers promoted to the main roster during the Superstar Shake-up are also noted.
| Pick # | Employee (Real name) | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apollo Crews (Uhaa Mahana) | Male Superstar | Announced prior to Raw via IWE's social media. |
| 2 | The Miz and Maryse (Michael Rinehart and Riley Austin) | Male Superstar and Manager | |
| 3 | Dean Ambrose (Jonathon Mahrt) | Male Superstar | Intercontinental Champion |
| 4 | {Curt Hawkins (Chad Coulter) | Male Superstar | |
| 5 | Bray Wyatt (Weston Hellbusch) | Male Superstar | |
| 6 | Kalisto (Joseph Rodriguez) | Male Superstar | |
| 7 | Heath Slater and Rhyno (Devin Keller and Peter Gerin) | Male Superstars | Moved to Raw as a tag team |
| 8 | Elias Samson (Tyler Shull) | Male Superstar | Promoted from NXT |
| 9 | Alexa Bliss (Allison Hunthausen) | Female Superstar | |
| 10 | Mickie James (Sari Pasma) | Female Superstar |
