NXT removed from the WWE Draft

It looks like there are no plans for NXT to be part of the WWE Draft after all.

As noted earlier, a tweet sent out from the official WWE Twitter account that NXT would indeed be part of the draft but the tweet has been deleted. Apparently, this was just an error by their social media team and NXT will not be involved.

The WWE Draft kicks off this Friday night on SmackDown on FOX and continues into Monday Night Raw on October 12th. WWE has loaded up SmackDown because they are hoping for a bigger rating than usual. Click here to see the matches announced for SmackDown.

Here is the updated tweet from WWE that only lists Raw and SmackDown for the Draft:

The No. 1 Draft pick should be… 🧐⬇️#WWERaw:#SmackDown:

— WWE (@WWE) October 4, 2020