10 predictions for the WWE Superstar Shakeup next week

The first couple weeks after WrestleMania is looked at as a new season so to speak for the WWE. It's a reset period where new stories emerge, and this year the Superstar Shakeup returns.

Several men and women from the WWE roster are moved from Monday Night Raw to SmackDown Live and vice versa within this Superstar Shakeup. It is a way to freshen up the rosters of both shows when there is a brand split.

The Superstar Shakeup last occurred at the exact same time last year. A total of 21 singles and tag team competitors switched brands during the shake-up.

Some of the more notable names to move to Monday Night Raw from SmackDown Live last year included The Miz and Maryse, Bray Wyatt, Alexa Bliss, and Dean Ambrose. Some of the major names moving to SmackDown Live from Monday Night Raw included Kevin Owens, Charlotte Flair, Rusev, and The New Day.

This article will take a look at 10 WWE Superstars who I think will be on the move. I will take a look at five singles and tag team competitors from each brand who will be on WWE television a different night during the week.

Continue on to see some Straight Fire possibly heading into Monday nights.

#10 - Becky Lynch to Monday Night Raw

Originally I wanted to put Carmella in this spot as one of the top females moving over to Monday Night Raw, but then she cashed in her Money In The Bank contract and won the SmackDown Women's Championship this week.

With that said, I will have the first woman drafted by SmackDown Live two years ago moving on to Monday Night Raw in Becky Lynch. She was the first SmackDown Women's Champion but hasn't held the championship since, so I feel like a move to Raw could help rejuvenate her career.

#9 - Bobby Roode to Monday Night Raw

Bobby Roode had nearly a two-month run with the WWE United States Championship on SmackDown Live to kickoff 2018. With the WWE Championship potentially being tied up until SummerSlam between Shinsuke Nakamura and AJ Styles, it makes complete sense to move Roode to Monday Night Raw and turn him heel.

Everyone loves the GLORIOUS entrance music, and Bobby's done fine as a babyface, but you only have to go back as far as NXT to see that Roode is a much better heel. Monday Night Raw really lacks top heels at the moment; which is where the Glorious One would be a great fit.

#8 - Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin to Monday Night Raw

Shelton Benmj — Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable could thrive as a tag team or in singles competition

Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin have been a tag team since last August where they were instantly players for the WWE SmackDown Live Tag Team Championship but fell short on a couple of occasions. This tag team has just been spinning their wheels for the past couple of months but were rewarded with a couple of matches against Shinsuke Nakamura just before WrestleMania.

A move to Monday Night Raw makes sense for Gable and Benjamin as they are in need of a fresh start. The tag division is wide open (though it could close fast with the addition of the Authors of Pain), but both men could flourish on Monday Night Raw in the mid-card as singles wrestlers as well.

#7 - Rusev & Aiden English to Monday Night Raw

Rusev Day is one of the hottest things going in the WWE today

There are few WWE Superstars who are getting a big reaction from the WWE Universe like Rusev and Aiden English are with the advent of Rusev Day (and a Happy Rusev Day to you by the way). Many expected Rusev to break through at WrestleMania 34 and become the WWE United States Champion, but in the end, Jinder Mahal walked out with the title.

Rusev is one of those WWE Superstars that should have been a world champion by now with his skills inside the ring and on the microphone. That's where a move to Monday Night Raw could finally catapult Rusev into the main event once Brock Lesnar relinquishes the WWE Universal Championship.

#6 - The New Day to Monday Night Raw

Monday Night Raw could use a balanced breakfast of pancakes and more pancakes

It may seem odd to have a WWE Superstar or tag team to move brands in last year's Superstar Shakeup only to have them move back the following year, but with The New Day it makes complete sense. They have been a cohesive unit for nearly four years now and still are as popular as ever.

There are fresh feuds The New Day can embark in such as The Miztourage (especially if Miz takes time off after the birth of his daughter) and the newly called up Authors of Pain. It's rare for a group to be together this long and still be very popular, but the New Day has done it and coming back to Raw is the right move.

#5 - Finn Balor to SmackDown Live

Could Balo — Could the blue brand become a part of Balor Club?

The main event scene on SmackDown Live is amazing right now. AJ Styles is the WWE Champion and it appears that Shinsuke Nakamura and Daniel Bryan could be in the mix all the way to SummerSlam.

I'm adding Finn Balor into this mix to create a dream group that is chasing the WWE Championship. I may not have him in the WWE Championship picture right away, as you could easily have him feud with Jinder Mahal for the WWE United States Championship immediately, but towards the end of 2018, you could have him mix it up with whoever is WWE Champion.

#4 - Elias to SmackDown Live

Performing once weekly on Tuesday nights, Elias

The first 12 months for Elias on the main roster has been amazing. He's transformed himself from an afterthought on NXT to a weekly attraction on Monday Night Raw. He's not only become more proficient on the guitar the past 12 months, he's improved tremendously in the ring.

He's clearly a star of the future in the WWE, and I honestly think he'll be a world champion someday. Before that star gets too stale, I want to move him over to SmackDown Live and become a main player for the WWE United States Championship sometime this year, and potentially a threat to win the Royal Rumble in 2019.

#3 - Anderson & Gallows to SmackDown Live

I have Finn Balor and AJ Styles on SmackDown Live together. This might be more of a personal preference than a prediction, but I think it's a great idea to bring the entire club together on SmackDown Live.

Ever since joining forces with Balor, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows have been on fire as a tag team after spending much of 2017 spinning their wheels. They are a team that legitimately could stand up to The Bludgeon Brothers and dethrone them as WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions in 2018.

#2 - Big Cass to SmackDown Live

There have been rumblings that Big Cass has been backstage at Monday Night Raw tapings the past couple of weeks as is close to returning to the ring after tearing his ACL last August.

Since he didn't surface on the Raw after Mania, I have a good feeling that Cass will get a reboot of sorts on SmackDown Live. Since Enzo is no longer with the company, he can get a fresh start on the blue brand, potentially as a babyface.

Even though Cass is no longer dating Carmella, I'm sure they can be professional and work on the same brand.

#1 - Sonya Deville to SmackDown Live

The time to shine on her own may happen sooner than expected for Sonya Deville...

With the unfortunate injury a couple of months ago and subsequent retirement of Paige this week on Monday Night Raw, I think it is inevitable that Absolution splits up in the Superstar Shakeup. Splitting up Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose will benefit both of them greatly because of the talent they possess.

Deville is very talented and could be a heel to feud with Charlotte or a babyface to feud with Natalya and the newly debuting IIconics of Peyton Royce and Billie Kay. If you talk with anyone that saw Deville take on Asuka at NXT Live events, you'll know that the future is bright with this woman.