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Recapping the 2016 WWE Draft

by Jeremy Karp

On Tuesday, the 2016 WWE Draft took place on Smackdown LIVE!. Superstars from both the Monday Night RAW and Smackdown shows were drafted by the show’s respective commissioners and general managers.

For Monday Night RAW, the commission and general manager are Stephanie McMahon and WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley. And as for Smackdown LIVE!, the commissioner and general manager are Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan.

The first 30 picks overall were shown on air, while the remaining picks took place on the WWE Netowork.

1 – Raw: Seth Rollins

2 – SmackDown: Dean Ambrose

3 – Raw: Charlotte

4 – SmackDown: AJ Styles

5 – Raw: Finn Balor

6 – Raw: Roman Reigns

7 – SmackDown: John Cena

8 – Raw: Brock Lesnar

9 – SmackDown: Randy Orton

10 – Raw: The New Day

11 – Raw: Sami Zayn

12 – SmackDown: Bray Wyatt

13 – Raw: Sasha Banks

14 – SmackDown: Becky Lynch

15 – Raw: Chris Jericho

16 – Raw: Rusev

17 – SmackDown: The Miz

18 – Raw: Kevin Owens

19 – SmackDown: Baron Corbin

20 – Raw: Enzo and Cass

21 – Raw: Gallows and Anderson

22 – SmackDown: American Alpha

23 – Raw: The Big Show

24 – SmackDown: Dolph Ziggler

25 – Raw: Nia Jax

26 – Raw: Neville

27 – SmackDown: Natalya

28 – Raw: Cesaro

29 – SmackDown: Alberto Del Rio

30 – Raw: Sheamus

31 – Raw: Golden Truth

32 – SmackDown: The Usos

33 – Raw: Titus O’Neil

34 – SmackDown: Kane

35 – Raw: Paige

36 – Raw: Darren Young

37 – SmackDown: Kalisto

38 – Raw: Sin Cara

39 – SmackDown: Naomi

40 – Raw: Jack Swagger

41 – SmackDown: The Ascension

42 – Raw: The Dudley Boyz

43 – SmackDown: Zack Ryder

44 – Raw: Summer Rae

45 – SmackDown: Apollo Crews

46 – Raw: Mark Henry

47 – SmackDown: Alexa Bliss

48 – Raw: Braun Strowman

49 – SmackDown: Breezango

50 – Raw: Bo Dallas

51 – SmackDown: Eva Marie

52 – Raw: The Shining Stars

53 – SmackDown: The Vaudevillains

54 – Raw: Alicia Fox

55 – SmackDown: Erick Rowan

56 – Raw: Dana Brooke

57 – SmackDown: Mojo Rawley

58 – Raw: Curtis Axel

59 – SmackDown: Carmella

In addition to the wrestling rosters, both announce teams got switched up. JBL is now announcing for Smackdown LIVE! alongside David Otunga, while Corey Graves will be announcing alongside Michael Cole and Byron Saxton on RAW.

Vince McMahon intends on a “new era” of wrestling to take the world by storm.

Let that new era begin.

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