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per fightful
>NXT is, indeed, gearing up to take up main-roster talent in the draft, with appearances by Ivar and The Final Testament being teases for it. This is part of WWE's effort to make NXT as a full-fledged third brand
>Carmelo Hayes and Ilja Dragunov are considered "locks" to get drafted to Raw or Smackdown. Others are less certain; Roxanne Perez, Baron Corbin and the D'Angelo Family as a whole have also been considered for a call-up.
>The timing of this year's Draft is a concerted effort to capitalize on "draft fever" induced by the NFL
>WWE is willing to accept input from their future media partners (Netflix and the CW) in regards to where talent is assigned, however once source noted that "the Netflix deal is closer to next year's draft than this year's draft, so that won't be something we need to worry about for a while."
