Seth Rollins And Sheamus Switch Brands During 2021 WWE Draft
James Austin Former WWE Champions Seth Rollins and Sheamus will swap brands as a result of the 2021 WWE Draft!
The two huge moves were announced by Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville during the second round of selections on this week's edition of Monday Night Raw on USA Network. The selections were made on behalf of the Raw and SmackDown management teams in association with representatives from USA Network (the home of Raw) and Fox (the home of SmackDown).
Shortly after being selected by Raw, Rollins commemorated the imminent return of Monday Night Rollins in a backstage interview, but he didn't take too kindly to being reminded that Edge had also been drafted to the red brand. The Rated-R Superstar was selected by Raw on last week's edition of SmackDown ... shortly before Rollins added fuel to their rivalry by entering Edge's empty home and making himself comfortable.
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In case you missed it, the first half of the 2021 draft went down on last week's edition of SmackDown. Deville and Pearce confirmed that the draft decisions would not take effect until October 22 -- the night after WWE's Crown Jewel pay-per-view.
Rollins will follow his real-life wife Becky Lynch to Raw as the SmackDown Women's Champion was also selected by the red brand during the draft. As we previously reported, Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair also switched brands. Belair will head to Raw while Flair heads to SmackDown, despite being the Raw Women's Champion.
The 2021 draft has thrown some interesting curveballs. While some of the company's biggest names like Roman Reigns and AJ Styles are staying on their respective brands, big names like Finn Balor and Kevin Owens will be representing new brands after October 22. On top of all the trades between WWE's two main brands, several members of the NXT roster including Austin Theory, Xia Li, and all four members of Hit Row have been called up.