WWE: Brand Extension Returns

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

The best guys are always going to be taken first lol

I think he means the draft would have already taken place, and they reveal the selections from last round to first round.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I think he means the draft would have already taken place, and they reveal the selections from last round to first round.

Oh. Either way, it's a live draft. They'll do some on TV with second-screen coverage on the Network and then I'm pretty sure the rest of the draft is being done on the network after the show or something like that.

 

[David71]

if bubba goes to sd or stays on raw as a singles can he use his bully ray gimmick?

 

[Kimi]

Yup. He's already had a couple of segments where's been more Bully than Bubba since he's been back.

 

[BostonBob]

WWE Draft rules have been released.


from today's pwinsider.com:

WWE announced details of the rules of this Tuesday's WWE Draft, which will split the roster into two separate rosters for Raw and the rebranded Smackdown Live!

Most interestingly, it was announced that six WWE NXT talents will be drafted and brought to the main roster this week.

WWE laid the following ground rules for the draft:

-Raw will have the first pick.

-Raw gets three picks for every two Smackdown receives as they are a three hour show vs. a two hour show.

-Tag Teams will count as one pick unless only a specific member is wanted by a brand.


WWE also announced the following talents were eligible for the draft -

AJ Styles
Alberto Del Rio
Apollo Crews
Baron Corbin
Big Show
Braun Strowman
Bray Wyatt
Brock Lesnar
Cesaro
Chris Jericho
Darren Young (w/ Bob Backlund)
Dean Ambrose – WWE Champion
Demon Kane
Dolph Ziggler
Erick Rowan
Jack Swagger
John Cena
Kalisto
Kevin Owens
Mark Henry
Neville
Randy Orton
Roman Reigns
Rusev (w/ Lana) – United States Champion
Sami Zayn
Seth Rollins
Sheamus
Sin Cara
The Miz (w/ Maryse) – Intercontinental Champion
Titus O’Neil
Zack Ryder

Breezango (Fandango and Tyler Breeze)
Enzo and Cass (Enzo Amore and Big Cass)
Gallows and Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth)
Shining Stars (Epico and Primo)
Social Outcasts (Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel and Heath Slater)
The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)
The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) – Tag Team Champions
The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso)
The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)

Alicia Fox
Becky Lynch
Charlotte – WWE Women’s Champion
Dana Brooke
Eva Marie
Naomi
Natalya
Paige
Sasha Banks
Summer Rae

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Eva Marie is on the main roster?

 

[BostonBob]

Eva Marie is on the main roster?

Eva Marie is on any roster ????

 

[Frankie Spankie]

I wonder who the 6 NXT people are going to be. Part of me wants to say they're not going to bring up Shinsuke this early. Obviously Finn Balor, but he really seems like the only really obvious one to me. I can see American Alpha since they lost the titles to Revival. Bayley seems like she has nothing left to do in NXT as well.

Even if counting American Alpha as two separate people, that still leaves two. Samoa Joe maybe? Seems a little early for him but I can definitely see it but then who takes the title? Maybe they'll just have one of the newer TNA guys to join NXT pretty much skip NXT and go right to the main roster like Bobby Roode or Eric Young?

 

[Kimi]

Eva Marie is on the main roster?

She's been doing the house shows for ages, working heel in tag matches. Just never on TV, thankfully.

 

[Emperoreddy]

I wonder who the 6 NXT people are going to be. Part of me wants to say they're not going to bring up Shinsuke this early. Obviously Finn Balor, but he really seems like the only really obvious one to me. I can see American Alpha since they lost the titles to Revival. Bayley seems like she has nothing left to do in NXT as well.

Even if counting American Alpha as two separate people, that still leaves two. Samoa Joe maybe? Seems a little early for him but I can definitely see it but then who takes the title? Maybe they'll just have one of the newer TNA guys to join NXT pretty much skip NXT and go right to the main roster like Bobby Roode or Eric Young?

Finn
AA
Jax
Bayley
Dillenger
Nakamura

They could bring up Aries instead of Nakamura. Dillenger could be replaced with someone else(Carmella) but I think most of those are obvious and very likely.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Continuing here, draft apparently continuing on Draft Center Live for the next hour.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Well this is off to a thud

 

[Dr Pepper]

They're talking about Reigns.

Naturally.

GET TO THE PICKS ALREADY! lol

 

[Dr Pepper]

Golden Truth to Raw.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Usos to Smackdown. Yikes.

 

[Fa Ci La]

thank god golden truth got sent to Raw. Breezango has to go to Smackdown and given a real shot

oh and obviously Usos should have gone to Raw

 

[Dr Pepper]

Titus to Raw

 

[Dr Pepper]

Oh good, Smackdown didn't forget to draft Kane. I was worried there.

Paige to Raw.

 

[KesselBuiltMyHotrod]

Why did they split up AJ and the Club

 

[y2kcanucks]

Why did they split up AJ and the Club

Cuz they stupid.

This whole brand split looks awful. I hate the main event scene on Raw, and I can't stand the undercard on Smackdown.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I think Finn's taking over as leader.

We still don't know what happened to the rest of the Wyatt family, they may get split as well.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Alexa Bliss drafted before Bayley?

 

[Emperoreddy]

Why did they split up AJ and the Club

To do Balor Club most likely. Though it makes AJ's heel turn look even more pointless.

 

[Reality Check]

I'll give them a year...maybe two before Vince proclaims "Let's SHAKE things up again" and put Cena back on the mothership.

 

[y2kcanucks]

Nothing about this draft makes me excited to watch either show going forward.