The WWE transfer window appears to be heating up with Raw and SmackDown exchanging more talent over the past few days.
So far, Raw has lost Braun Strowman, the Wyatt Sicks, Damian Priest and The Miz, but has gained Bayley and A-Town Down Under.
As the window continues to be open, here are seven more changes that could be coming to the Raw roster soon.
7. Becky Lynch Returns
So this one wouldn’t really be a transfer window move specifically, but considering how long she’s been away, Becky Lynch would of course be a massive addition to the WWE Raw roster.
Lynch reportedly re-signed with WWE ahead of the Raw Netflix premiere, but despite many fans expecting her to return there, she still hasn’t made a comeback.
When she does return, Lynch already has ready-made storylines with a few members of the Raw roster heading into WrestleMania season, including Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan and Lyra Valkyria.
Considering she was part of the Netflix promotion, Lynch is most likely to land on Raw rather than SmackDown whenever she does return, and it seems like it’s just a matter of time – especially with the Royal Rumble coming up.
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6. Ethan Page Call-Up
There haven’t been any official main roster call-ups from NXT during the transfer window yet, but Ethan Page has to be one of the top candidates.
Page won the NXT Championship just a couple of weeks after signing with WWE last year, but as is usually the case with talents who are former NXT Champions, it feels like there’s not much left for him to do in NXT now.
He’s a ready-made television star and would fit in perfectly under the bright lights of Netflix.
Page has already had interesting encounters with the likes of CM Punk and The Rock, so WWE evidently sees him as a star in the making, and it could be a case of sooner rather than later.
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5. Ilja Dragunov Returns
Like Becky Lynch, Ilja Dragunov returning wouldn’t exactly be a transfer window move, but considering how good he is, he would be such a boost to the WWE Raw roster.
Dragunov has been out with an injury for a few months now, but recent reports have indicated that he’s been training for a return – way ahead of schedule.
Before he suffered the injury, Dragunov had seemingly been setting up some kind of storyline with Judgment Day, a group that does feel like it needs something new and fresh sometime soon.
Plus, there’s the ever-tantalizing prospect of a big match with GUNTHER, which would be back on the cards when Ilja is back around.
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4. WWE Raw Loses Drew McIntyre
WWE SmackDown seems to be a little but unbalanced in terms of main event babyfaces and heels at the moment.
On the babyface side, there’s Cody Rhodes, Damian Priest, LA Knight, Jimmy Uso, and Randy Orton when he returns, while on the heel side, there’s Kevin Owens… and… Carmelo Hayes?
Drew McIntyre has already made a couple of appearances on SmackDown recently, but there’s yet to be an announcement that he’s actually been officially ‘transferred’.
He’d likely have similar issues with Cody Rhodes that Kevin Owens does, and you could even play into the fact that Rhodes and McIntyre used to be WWE Tag Team Champions together back in 2010.
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3. Cora Jade & Roxanne Perez Call-Up
When it comes to likely NXT call-ups, Roxanne Perez is probably at the top of the list – not just for the women, but overall.
After recently losing the NXT Women’s Championship, Perez has reformed her tag team with Cora Jade, who also probably wouldn’t be far down that list herself.
It may be that the best option to get both women over as best and as soon as possible is to call them up together and have them be a big part of the women’s tag team division – potentially becoming champions very quickly – before breaking out individually.
Perez looks more likely than Jade at the moment, but that should prevent any fears of Perez getting lost in the midcard shuffle before she even has a chance to get going.
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2. Solo Sikoa Joins WWE Raw
Something odd is going on with The Bloodline ever since Solo Sikoa lost his Tribal Chief status to Roman Reigns on the WWE Raw Netflix premiere.
Sikoa has only been on TV once since then, and when he did appear, he didn’t actually say anything before walking away.
Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga seem to be carrying on regardless, with Fatu becoming a bigger star in the process, and them not actually being introduced as representing The Bloodline at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
It may be that WWE is going all-in on Fatu becoming a main event star, and if that’s the case, perhaps the best option to pave the way is for Sikoa to be transferred to Raw – that way he can start anew, and Fatu can become the guy leading the Tongans on SmackDown.
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1. Roman Reigns Becomes A WWE Raw Regular
We all know by now that Roman Reigns appearances aren’t something that happen very often, so when they do, they’re a big deal.
WWE Raw on Netflix simply is a bigger deal than SmackDown right now, which means that’s likely where most of his appearances are going to happen.
Perhaps there won’t be an “official” transfer because Reigns is basically just going to show up wherever and whenever is convenient for whatever WWE’s plans are, but it does seem like if he’s going to be assigned as a member of one brand, Raw makes more sense right now.
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