Dozens of wrestlers.
Multiple champions.
Only two shows to choose from.
On Tuesday, the WWE Draft will take place, in which everyone is eligible to be drafted to either “WWE Monday Night RAW” or “WWE Smackdown“. And yes, that includes Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker.
Now, this isn’t the first time that the rosters were split. After WWE (then-WWF) acquired WCW in 2001, there was a talent surplus and they had to split up the rosters. And every year, there was a draft until 2011 when both brands agreed to have a “talent exchange”.
Fast forward to 2016: the draft is back.
It was announced on Monday Night RAW on July 18th that the RAW general manager is Mick Foley, and the Smackdown general manager is none other than Daniel Bryan.
And now, my colleague Tom Camden and I will give you our mock drafts and you can see if they match up with yours (or just your opinions), so feel free to give feedback and discuss the picks made.
So let’s begin:
Now, for time’s sake, only the first ten wrestlers for each brand will be given an analysis.
WWE Monday Night Raw’s picks:
My picks:
- Seth Rollins
- Roman Reigns
- Brock Lesnar
- Charlotte – WWE Women’s Champion
- Kevin Owens
- Bray Wyatt
- Sasha Banks
- The New Day – WWE World Tag Team Champions
- Austin Aries
- Rusev (with Lana) – US Champion
Tom’s RAW picks:
- Rollins
- Reigns
- Lesnar
- Charlotte
- Wyatt
- The New Day
- Owens
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Nia Jak
- Aries
My SMACKDOWN! picks:
- Dean Ambrose – WWE Champion
- John Cena
- Finn Balor
- A.J Styles
- Chris Jericho
- Enzo and Cass
- The Miz (with Maryse) – IC Champion
- Randy Orton
- Becky Lynch
- American Alpha
Tom’s SMACKDOWN! picks:
- Ambrose
- Cena
- Styles
- Orton
- Banks
- Balor
- Bayley
- American Alpha
- Enzo and Cass
- Sami Zayn
Safe to say we have similar thoughts on who will go where. Naturally, there are dozens of wrestlers afterwards that will go to either RAW or Smackdown!
It should be an exciting night, so tune in to Smackdown LIVE! on the USA Network on Tuesday at 7:00 CST.
