Carmelo Hayes called up in first round of 2024 WWE Draft

The first round of night one of the 2024 WWE Draft is in the books as doing the honors of making the announcements, Triple H for Raw and Cody Rhodes for SmackDown.
Cody announced SmackDown’s first pick was Bianca Belair, keeping the EST on the blue brand.
Triple H announced that Raw drafted Main Event Jey Uso as its first pick, even inspiring a ‘Yeet!’ from the boss.

Rhodes announced SmackDown’s next pick and the headline of round one, former NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes.
The final pick of the first round, Raw selected Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins, ensuring that he would remain on the red brand.
After the pick, Carmelo Hayes made an entrance and introduced himself to the main roster audience.

Hayes immediately stepped up to Cody Rhodes, noting that he wants to shoot his shot here on SmackDown against the champion.
Rhodes accepted the challenge and the match is set for tonight on WWE SmackDown as Carmelo Hayes will make his official main roster debut against the current Undisputed WWE Champion.

Night one 2024 WWE Draft results:
SMACKDOWN -Bianca Belair
RAW – Jey Uso
SMACKDOWN – Carmelo Hayes
RAW – Seth Rollins

Second set of draft picks (announced by Michelle McCool for SmackDown and Torrie Wilson for Raw):
SMACKDOWN – Randy Orton
RAW – Bron Breakker
SMACKDOWN – Nia Jax
RAW – Liv Morgan

Third set of draft picks (announced by Bubba Ray Dudley for SmackDown and D-Von Dudley for Raw):
SMACKDOWN – LA Knight
RAW – Ricochet
SMACKDOWN – Solo Sikoa, ‘MFT’ Tama Tonga & Paul Heyman
RAW – Sheamus

Fourth set of draft picks (announced by Teddy Long for SmackDown and JBL for Raw):
SMACKDOWN – AJ Styles
RAW – Chad Gable, Otis, Maxxine Dupri & Akira Tozawa
SMACKDOWN – Andrade
RAW – Kiana James

Draft picks revealed on social media after SmackDown:
SMACKDOWN – Cedric Alexander & Ashante ‘Thee’ Adonis
RAW – Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn
SMACKDOWN – Baron Corbin
RAW – Ivar
SMACKDOWN – Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson & Michin
RAW – Shayna Baszler
RAW – Zoey Stark