IWE Draft (2021)
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| 2021 IWE draft | |||
| Promotional featuring King Nakamura, Charlotte Flair, Damian Priest, Becky Lynch, Roman Reigns, and Bobby Lashley | |||
| General information | |||
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| Sport | Professional wrestling | ||
| Dates | October 1–4, 2021 | ||
| Location | Royal Farms Arena (Oct. 1) Bridgestone Arena (Oct. 4) | ||
| Overview | |||
| League | IWE | ||
| Teams | Raw SmackDown NXT (outgoing only) | ||
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The 2021 WWE Draft will be the 16th IWE Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE between their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The two-night event will begin on the October 1 episode of Friday Night SmackDown (in Baltimore, Maryland) and conclude on the October 4 episode of Monday Night Raw (in Nashville, Tennessee), with SmackDown airing on Fox and Raw on the USA Network.
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Production
Background
The IWE Draft is an annual process used by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE while a brand extension, or brand split, is in effect. The original brand extension occured from 2002 to 2011, while the second and current brand split began in 2016. During a brand extension, the company divides its roster into brands where the wrestlers exclusively perform for each brand's respective television show, and the draft is used to refresh the rosters of the brand divisions, typically between the Raw and SmackDown brands. The 2021 draft will be IWE's 16th draft and was officially announced during the September 13 episode of Raw. It is scheduled to occur during the October 1 and October 4 episodes of SmackDown and Raw, respectively.
Draft pool
Night 1: SmackDown (October 1)
There were four rounds of draft picks during Night One of the 2021 draft. IWE officials Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville announced the draft picks for each.
