WWE Announces Draft For Live SmackDown On Tuesday, July 19th

On Monday morning, WWE.com announced the official date of their upcoming draft.

The official WWE website announced Monday morning that the WWE Draft will take place on the first-ever live Tuesday night edition of SmackDown on the USA Network on July 19th. The draft will be conducted by the RAW and SmackDown General Managers.

“This is an exciting new era for WWE in which we will yet again reinvent ourselves by creating a second night of compelling live television,” said WWE Executive Producer Kevin Dunn.

“We’re already hearing the excitement among WWE fans for SmackDown’s new live format, and our audiences are eagerly anticipating the live Draft and what it means for their favorite Superstars,” said Chris McCumber, President, Entertainment Networks, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment.

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