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WWE Draft

April 11, 2023

The WWE Draft, alternatively called the WWE Superstar Shake-up from 2017 to 2019, is a process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE to refresh its rosters between the Raw and SmackDown brands (2002–2011; 2016–present). Wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand NXT (2016–present) are also eligible to be drafted to Raw and SmackDown. Two of WWE's former brands, ECW (2006–2009) and 205 Live (2019), have also taken part in the draft during the promotion's various brand split periods.

The WWE Draft logo as of October 2019

The draft was first used in 2002 when the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) introduced the brand split. It was initially called the WWF Draft Lottery but after the company's renaming from WWF to WWE two months after that original draft, it was later rebranded to the WWE Draft Lottery (2004–2005), the WWE Brand Extension Draft (2006), and lastly simply to the WWE Draft (2007–2011). In 2011, WWE ended the original brand split.[1]

With SmackDown moving to Tuesdays and to a live broadcast starting July 19, 2016, WWE reintroduced the brand split[2] with a draft held that same episode.[3] From 2017 until May 2019, the draft was rebranded as the "Superstar Shake-up"; instead of a traditional draft, wrestlers were traded or moved between the brands with decisions made behind the scenes.[4] With SmackDown's move to Friday nights on FOX beginning October 4, 2019, a second draft for the year was scheduled to occur, reverting to its original name (the "WWE Draft") and returning to a traditional draft format. A draft was not held in 2022, but on the April 7, 2023, episode of SmackDown, WWE executive Triple H announced that the draft would be returning—a date was not set but he said it would be "in a few weeks".

History

Initial brand split

In 2002, the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) introduced the brand extension, splitting its roster into two "brands", Raw and SmackDown, represented by the shows of the same name where their talent would exclusively perform. Only Undisputed Champion Triple H and Women's Champion Jazz were ineligible to be drafted, as the holders of those titles defended them on both brands; the other champions, however, could be drafted.

The first half of the 2002 draft was televised live on TNN for two hours, as part of the WWF's flagship program, Monday Night Raw.[5] The second half was conducted over the Internet on the WWF's website.[6] There were thirty draft picks, with sixty wrestlers drafted overall by co-owners of the WWF, onto their respective brands, Raw and SmackDown.[7] The remaining wrestlers were divided randomly in a draft lottery, with each brand receiving a grand total of thirty wrestlers.[8] During the draft, Raw drafted Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam and European Champion William Regal, while SmackDown drafted Tag Team Champions Billy and Chuck, Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri, and Hardcore Champion Maven, though the Tag Team Championship, renamed to World Tag Team Championship, and Hardcore Championship switched to Raw after the titles were won by Raw's The Un-Americans (Christian and Lance Storm) and Raven, respectively. Two months after the draft, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). In July and August, respectively, the European and Hardcore titles were unified into the Intercontinental title. In September, the Undisputed Championship became exclusive to SmackDown and renamed to WWE Championship after reigning champion Brock Lesnar signed an exclusive deal with the brand. In response, Raw established the World Heavyweight Championship as the counterpart to the WWE Championship. The Women's Championship also became exclusive to Raw with no SmackDown counterpart. SmackDown then established the WWE Tag Team Championship as the counterpart to the World Tag Team Championship, and in July 2003, they revived the United States Championship as the counterpart to the Intercontinental title.

The second draft took place in 2004 on Raw on Spike TV.[9] Post-draft trades were revealed on WWE's website until midnight on March 22, 2004.[10] There were twelve draft picks, with nineteen wrestlers overall switching between the promotion's two brands. During the draft lottery, the General manager of Raw, Eric Bischoff, and the General manager of SmackDown!, Paul Heyman, stood on opposite ends of the stage on the Raw set, where they drafted six wrestlers randomly via two machines. At the conclusion of the draft, the two GMs would then be allowed to trade anyone on the roster until Midnight EST, which was later extended until Tuesday night after Heyman resigned.[11] Every on-screen WWE employee was eligible to be drafted, including injured wrestlers, commentators, champions, and general managers.[10]

The 2005 draft took place on WWE's two television programs, Raw, which aired on Spike TV, and SmackDown!, which aired on UPN.[12] Post-draft trades were announced on WWE's website.[13][14] The draft picks were made each Monday on Raw and each Thursday on SmackDown! from June 6 to June 30.[12] Each pick was drafted at random.[12] Like the previous year, all on-screen WWE personnel were eligible to be drafted.[12] There were ten draft picks and an eleven-person trade conducted between the promotion's two brands; twenty-two wrestlers were drafted and traded overall. During the draft, WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to Raw and kept his championship. General Manager Theodore Long considered creating a new SmackDown world championship but the idea was abandoned when World Heavyweight Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown, bringing the title with him.[13]

Addition of ECW

There was no Raw and SmackDown draft in 2006, however, ECW became a third brand. ECW representative Paul Heyman received two total draft picks from the existing SmackDown and Raw rosters for the newly created ECW brand, which shortly after revived the ECW World Heavyweight Championship as the brand's only title.[15][16]

The first half of the 2007 draft was televised live on Raw on USA Network,[17][18][19] while the second half, the supplemental draft, was conducted on June 17, 2007, on WWE's website for four hours as draft picks were revealed at twenty-minute intervals.[20] There were twenty-three draft picks, with twenty-seven wrestlers drafted overall, between the promotion's three brands: Raw, SmackDown, and ECW.[17][21] For the televised half of the draft, each brand's draft pick was determined by nine matches, one being a battle royal for two draft picks, where wrestlers from their respective brands wrestled to earn a draft pick.[22][23] The supplemental draft, however, was conducted randomly, with each brand receiving random draft selections. Raw and SmackDown! received five random draft picks, while ECW received three random draft picks.[20] The televised draft picks were randomly selected by a computer that was shown on the Raw titantron.[24][25] Every WWE wrestler from Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW was eligible to be drafted.[26] ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley was stripped of the title after being drafted to Raw. The Cruiserweight Championship was also retired later that year.

During the 2008 draft, broadcast live on Raw, United States Champion Matt Hardy was drafted to ECW, while WWE Champion Triple H was drafted to SmackDown, and ECW Champion Kane was drafted to Raw. The World Heavyweight Championship moved to Raw after Raw's CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Edge to win the title on an episode of Raw, the ECW Championship moved back to ECW after ECW's Mark Henry won the title at Night of Champions, and the United States Championship moved back to SmackDown after SmackDown's Shelton Benjamin defeated Hardy to win the title.[27] Every on-screen WWE employee was eligible to be drafted.[28] Similar to the 2007 draft, wrestlers from each brand competed in matches to win a random draft pick for their brand. Draft picks were kayfabe selected at random via a computer that was shown on the titantron.[29] Like the previous year, a supplemental draft took place on June 25, in which draft selections were randomly conducted.[30] Also in 2008, SmackDown established the WWE Divas Championship as the counterpart to the Women's Championship on Raw.

The 2009 draft took place over two days: the first day was televised live on the April 13 episode of Raw from Atlanta, Georgia, while the supplemental draft was held on April 13 on WWE's website. Wrestlers, general managers, and commentators were all eligible to be drafted from the company's roster. For the televised half, matches determined which brand received a random draft selection. During the supplemental draft, brand and employee selections were made at random. Overall, 36 draft selections were made. Twelve selections were made on television, six by Raw, five by SmackDown, and one by ECW. All of the draftees were wrestlers: 28 males (10 drafted on television) and 8 females (2 drafted on television). Just prior to the 2009 draft at WrestleMania XXV, The Colóns (Carlito and Primo) unified the World Tag Team and WWE Tag Team Championships as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, though the titles remained independently active. Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Colóns, Divas Champion Maryse, United States Champion MVP, and WWE Champion Triple H were drafted to Raw, while Women's Champion Melina and Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio were drafted to SmackDown. The World Heavyweight Championship moved to SmackDown after SmackDown's Edge defeated John Cena for the title at Backlash.

Disbanding of ECW and the brand split

The 2010 draft took place over two days: the first day was televised live on April 26 on Raw at Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia, and the second part, the supplemental draft, was held on April 27 on WWE's website.[31][32] As the ECW brand had been disbanded two months earlier, deactivating the ECW Championship along with it, the draft was once again only between Raw and SmackDown. Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Dynasty (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith) were drafted to Raw. Later that year, the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in favor of continuing the WWE Tag Team Championship, which dropped "Unified" from its name, and the Women's and Divas Championships were unified, retiring the Women's title and continuing the Divas title, which briefly became known as the Unified WWE Divas Championship. The WWE Tag Team Championship and Divas Championship both became unbranded, allowing the holders to defend the titles on both shows.

During the 2011 draft, United States Champion Sheamus was drafted to SmackDown, however, he lost to the title to Raw's Kofi Kingston the following month, moving the title back to Raw. The draft aired live on Raw, for two hours in Raleigh, North Carolina from the RBC Center. As a standard for previous drafts, most on-air personnel were eligible to be drafted.[33] A continuation of the draft took place on WWE's official website at 12:00pm Eastern Time on the following afternoon.[34] SmackDown received 16 additional members to its roster while Raw received 13. For the first time in draft history, two of the draft picks consisted of the same wrestler (John Cena) being selected to SmackDown with the first pick and back to Raw with the last televised pick. This was the last draft of the first brand split as the WWE ended the brand split in August 2011, with all on-screen personnel appearing on both shows. Also, earlier in April that year, WWE ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism.

In early 2012, WWE established a developmental brand called NXT with its own set of championships. The following year in December, the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship were unified, retiring the World Heavyweight Championship and continuing the WWE Championship, which became known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship until mid-2016, when it was renamed back to WWE Championship. The Divas Championship was also retired in early 2016 and replaced by a new WWE Women's Championship.

Second brand split

With the return of the brand split in 2016, the draft was reintroduced and occurred on July 19 on SmackDown Live – the live premiere of SmackDown, which was previously taped (also the debut of SmackDown on the USA Network). With the exception of NXT champions, wrestlers from the NXT brand were eligible to be drafted, as well as on-screen WWE employees. Tag teams counted as one pick unless a brand specifically only wanted a single member of the team. For every two draft picks by SmackDown, Raw received three (due to Raw being a three-hour show while SmackDown was only two hours). SmackDown drafted WWE Champion Dean Ambrose and Intercontinental Champion The Miz (along with his wife Maryse), while Raw drafted WWE Women's Champion Charlotte, United States Champion Rusev (along with his wife Lana), and WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods), among others. New titles were introduced. Raw established the WWE Universal Championship to be the counterpart to the WWE Championship. The WWE Women's Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship were renamed to Raw Women's Championship and Raw Tag Team Championship, respectively, while SmackDown introduced the SmackDown Women's Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship as counterparts. A new WWE Cruiserweight Championship was later introduced for the revived cruiserweight division on Raw.

In the following years, the draft was revamped as the Superstar Shake-up, in which changes between the brands were made behind the scenes, with moving wrestlers simply appearing on a brand's show or announced via WWE's website or social medias. The 2017 Superstar Shake-up occurred on the April 10 and 11 episodes of Raw and SmackDown, respectively. Raw drafted Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose and SmackDown drafted United States Champion Kevin Owens; Owens then lost the title to Raw's Chris Jericho, but instead of the title switching brands, Jericho moved to SmackDown. On-screen WWE employees were eligible to be drafted. Although wrestlers from NXT debuted on Raw and SmackDown during the 2017 Shake-up, these were not considered part of the Shake-up.[4][35][36][37]

The 2018 Superstar Shake-up occurred on the April 16 and 17 episodes of Raw and SmackDown, respectively. The United States Championship switched brands twice. On the April 16 episode of Raw, reigning champion Jinder Mahal moved to the Raw brand and lost the title to Jeff Hardy that same night, who then took the title back to SmackDown as he moved to that brand the following night on SmackDown. NXT wrestlers were also eligible to be drafted. Shortly after the 2018 Shake-up, 205 Live became its own separate brand from Raw and the Cruiserweight Championship became exclusive to 205 Live. NXT UK also became a brand later that year with its own set of championships. The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was later established and shared between the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands.

The 2019 Superstar Shake-up began on the April 15 and 16 episodes of Raw and SmackDown, respectively, with more draft moves confirmed over the next few weeks. SmackDown drafted Intercontinental Champion Finn Bálor while Raw drafted United States Champion Samoa Joe. NXT wrestlers were also eligible to be drafted and for the first time, wrestlers from the 205 Live brand were eligible. Reigning NXT Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders (Ivar and Erik) were drafted to Raw, but the titles remained part of NXT; they subsequently relinquished the titles. Although not officially part of the 2019 Shake-up, Alexander Wolfe moved from SmackDown to NXT UK after his stable, Sanity, disbanded when stable leader Eric Young moved from SmackDown to Raw, while Tyler Breeze moved from Raw to NXT. A "Wild Card Rule" was introduced shortly after the Shake-up, allowing up to four wrestlers to appear on the opposing brand's show by invitation for one night only with unsanctioned appearances penalized with a fine or termination. However, the rule's stipulations were not enforced, making brand division between wrestlers unclear.[38] Also introduced was a new championship, the WWE 24/7 Championship; shared across all of WWE's brands and open to anyone. The WWE Cruiserweight Championship also became shared with NXT and renamed to NXT Cruiserweight Championship.

With SmackDown's move to Friday nights on Fox in October 2019 – and the show once again renamed to Friday Night SmackDown – a second draft for 2019 was scheduled to definitively split the main roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands. Returning to its original name (the WWE Draft) and a traditional draft format, the 2019 draft occurred on the October 11 and 14 episodes of SmackDown and Raw, respectively. Personalities from Fox and USA Network appeared and were presented as having an influence over WWE's drafting decisions (the first time that the brand's television networks had an influence).[39][40] Several celebrities from both networks also appeared. Over 70 wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, 205 Live, and NXT rosters, as well as tag teams, were eligible to be drafted to Raw or SmackDown, including all champions (although the 24/7 Champion and Women's Tag Team Champions were eligible to be drafted, they still defend their respective titles across the brands). Just like the 2016 draft, tag teams counted as one pick unless a brand specifically only wanted a single member of the team, and for every two draft picks made by SmackDown, Raw received three (as Raw is three hours and SmackDown is two). Most draft picks were announced on the live broadcasts of SmackDown and Raw, while supplemental picks were announced afterwards via WWE's website. Wrestlers who were not drafted to either brand became free agents and could sign with the brand of their choosing.[41][42] Raw made 38 picks, while SmackDown made 30.[43][44][45] The Wild Card Rule also ended with this draft.[46] While no championships switched brands during the draft, the Universal Championship was moved to SmackDown later that same month after "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, a SmackDown wrestler, defeated Seth Rollins for the title at Crown Jewel. The WWE Championship was then moved to Raw as reigning champion Brock Lesnar quit SmackDown to go to Raw to continue a feud with Rey Mysterio. Just prior to the draft, NXT became WWE's third major brand, though did not directly participate in the draft. The NXT Cruiserweight Championship also became shared with NXT UK. In May 2020, WWE initiated the Brand-to-Brand Invitation, allowing wrestlers to appear and wrestle on an opposing brand four times a year, or once every quarter. Although somewhat similar to the abolished Wild Card Rule, the rules of the Brand-to-Brand Invitation were followed more strictly.[47]

The 2020 draft occurred on the October 9 and 12 episodes of SmackDown and Raw, respectively, between the Raw and SmackDown brands. The rules were the same as the previous draft.[48] During a media call for NXT TakeOver XXX on August 19, Triple H had said that this draft would also involve the NXT brand,[49] but the official announcement that occurred during the Clash of Champions pay-per-view on September 27 stated that this draft would only be between Raw and SmackDown.[48] NXT later established their own women's tag team championship, the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, thus the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship became only available to Raw and SmackDown.

The 2021 draft was held during the October 1 and 4 episodes of SmackDown and Raw, respectively, between the Raw and SmackDown brands.[50] The rules were mostly the same as the previous two drafts, with the exception that both brands received two picks each round instead of Raw making three and SmackDown only making two. Additionally, wrestlers from NXT were eligible to be drafted to either Raw or SmackDown. Unlike previous drafts, the results did not immediately go into effect and instead became effective beginning with the October 22 episode of SmackDown, the day after the Crown Jewel pay-per-view.[51][52]

A draft was not held in 2022 and brand division became increasingly unclear, but on the April 7, 2023, episode of SmackDown, WWE executive Triple H announced that the 2023 draft would be held "in a few weeks". He also said that every WWE wrestler would be eligible to be drafted.[53]

Drafts

No. Year Date(s) Brands
1 2002 March 25 Raw, SmackDown
2 2004 March 22 Raw, SmackDown
3 2005 June 6–30 Raw, SmackDown
4 2006 May 29 ECW, Raw (outgoing only), SmackDown (outgoing only)
5 2007 June 11 Raw, SmackDown, ECW
6 2008 June 23 Raw, SmackDown, ECW
7 2009 April 13 Raw, SmackDown, ECW
8 2010 April 26 Raw, SmackDown
9 2011 April 25 Raw, SmackDown
10 2016 July 19 Raw, SmackDown, NXT (outgoing only)
11 2017 April 10–11 Raw, SmackDown
12 2018 April 16–17 Raw, SmackDown, NXT (outgoing only)
13 2019 April 15 – May 8 Raw, SmackDown, 205 Live, NXT (outgoing only)
14 2019 October 11–14 Raw, SmackDown, NXT (outgoing only), 205 Live (outgoing only)
15 2020 October 9–12 Raw, SmackDown, NXT (outgoing only)
16 2021 October 1–4 Raw, SmackDown, NXT (outgoing only)
17 2023 Spring Raw, SmackDown, NXT (outgoing only)

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  • History of the WWE draft lottery

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The WWE Draft alternatively called the WWE Superstar Shake up from 2017 to 2019 is a process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE to refresh its rosters between the Raw and SmackDown brands 2002 2011 2016 present Wrestlers from the promotion s developmental brand NXT 2016 present are also eligible to be drafted to Raw and SmackDown Two of WWE s former brands ECW 2006 2009 and 205 Live 2019 have also taken part in the draft during the promotion s various brand split periods The WWE Draft logo as of October 2019 The draft was first used in 2002 when the then World Wrestling Federation WWF introduced the brand split It was initially called the WWF Draft Lottery but after the company s renaming from WWF to WWE two months after that original draft it was later rebranded to the WWE Draft Lottery 2004 2005 the WWE Brand Extension Draft 2006 and lastly simply to the WWE Draft 2007 2011 In 2011 WWE ended the original brand split 1 With SmackDown moving to Tuesdays and to a live broadcast starting July 19 2016 WWE reintroduced the brand split 2 with a draft held that same episode 3 From 2017 until May 2019 the draft was rebranded as the Superstar Shake up instead of a traditional draft wrestlers were traded or moved between the brands with decisions made behind the scenes 4 With SmackDown s move to Friday nights on FOX beginning October 4 2019 a second draft for the year was scheduled to occur reverting to its original name the WWE Draft and returning to a traditional draft format A draft was not held in 2022 but on the April 7 2023 episode of SmackDown WWE executive Triple H announced that the draft would be returning a date was not set but he said it would be in a few weeks Contents 1 History 1 1 Initial brand split 1 2 Addition of ECW 1 3 Disbanding of ECW and the brand split 1 4 Second brand split 2 Drafts 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditInitial brand split Edit In 2002 the then World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE introduced the brand extension splitting its roster into two brands Raw and SmackDown represented by the shows of the same name where their talent would exclusively perform Only Undisputed Champion Triple H and Women s Champion Jazz were ineligible to be drafted as the holders of those titles defended them on both brands the other champions however could be drafted The first half of the 2002 draft was televised live on TNN for two hours as part of the WWF s flagship program Monday Night Raw 5 The second half was conducted over the Internet on the WWF s website 6 There were thirty draft picks with sixty wrestlers drafted overall by co owners of the WWF onto their respective brands Raw and SmackDown 7 The remaining wrestlers were divided randomly in a draft lottery with each brand receiving a grand total of thirty wrestlers 8 During the draft Raw drafted Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam and European Champion William Regal while SmackDown drafted Tag Team Champions Billy and Chuck Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri and Hardcore Champion Maven though the Tag Team Championship renamed to World Tag Team Championship and Hardcore Championship switched to Raw after the titles were won by Raw s The Un Americans Christian and Lance Storm and Raven respectively Two months after the draft the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment WWE In July and August respectively the European and Hardcore titles were unified into the Intercontinental title In September the Undisputed Championship became exclusive to SmackDown and renamed to WWE Championship after reigning champion Brock Lesnar signed an exclusive deal with the brand In response Raw established the World Heavyweight Championship as the counterpart to the WWE Championship The Women s Championship also became exclusive to Raw with no SmackDown counterpart SmackDown then established the WWE Tag Team Championship as the counterpart to the World Tag Team Championship and in July 2003 they revived the United States Championship as the counterpart to the Intercontinental title The second draft took place in 2004 on Raw on Spike TV 9 Post draft trades were revealed on WWE s website until midnight on March 22 2004 10 There were twelve draft picks with nineteen wrestlers overall switching between the promotion s two brands During the draft lottery the General manager of Raw Eric Bischoff and the General manager of SmackDown Paul Heyman stood on opposite ends of the stage on the Raw set where they drafted six wrestlers randomly via two machines At the conclusion of the draft the two GMs would then be allowed to trade anyone on the roster until Midnight EST which was later extended until Tuesday night after Heyman resigned 11 Every on screen WWE employee was eligible to be drafted including injured wrestlers commentators champions and general managers 10 The 2005 draft took place on WWE s two television programs Raw which aired on Spike TV and SmackDown which aired on UPN 12 Post draft trades were announced on WWE s website 13 14 The draft picks were made each Monday on Raw and each Thursday on SmackDown from June 6 to June 30 12 Each pick was drafted at random 12 Like the previous year all on screen WWE personnel were eligible to be drafted 12 There were ten draft picks and an eleven person trade conducted between the promotion s two brands twenty two wrestlers were drafted and traded overall During the draft WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to Raw and kept his championship General Manager Theodore Long considered creating a new SmackDown world championship but the idea was abandoned when World Heavyweight Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown bringing the title with him 13 Addition of ECW Edit There was no Raw and SmackDown draft in 2006 however ECW became a third brand ECW representative Paul Heyman received two total draft picks from the existing SmackDown and Raw rosters for the newly created ECW brand which shortly after revived the ECW World Heavyweight Championship as the brand s only title 15 16 The first half of the 2007 draft was televised live on Raw on USA Network 17 18 19 while the second half the supplemental draft was conducted on June 17 2007 on WWE s website for four hours as draft picks were revealed at twenty minute intervals 20 There were twenty three draft picks with twenty seven wrestlers drafted overall between the promotion s three brands Raw SmackDown and ECW 17 21 For the televised half of the draft each brand s draft pick was determined by nine matches one being a battle royal for two draft picks where wrestlers from their respective brands wrestled to earn a draft pick 22 23 The supplemental draft however was conducted randomly with each brand receiving random draft selections Raw and SmackDown received five random draft picks while ECW received three random draft picks 20 The televised draft picks were randomly selected by a computer that was shown on the Raw titantron 24 25 Every WWE wrestler from Raw SmackDown and ECW was eligible to be drafted 26 ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley was stripped of the title after being drafted to Raw The Cruiserweight Championship was also retired later that year During the 2008 draft broadcast live on Raw United States Champion Matt Hardy was drafted to ECW while WWE Champion Triple H was drafted to SmackDown and ECW Champion Kane was drafted to Raw The World Heavyweight Championship moved to Raw after Raw s CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Edge to win the title on an episode of Raw the ECW Championship moved back to ECW after ECW s Mark Henry won the title at Night of Champions and the United States Championship moved back to SmackDown after SmackDown s Shelton Benjamin defeated Hardy to win the title 27 Every on screen WWE employee was eligible to be drafted 28 Similar to the 2007 draft wrestlers from each brand competed in matches to win a random draft pick for their brand Draft picks were kayfabe selected at random via a computer that was shown on the titantron 29 Like the previous year a supplemental draft took place on June 25 in which draft selections were randomly conducted 30 Also in 2008 SmackDown established the WWE Divas Championship as the counterpart to the Women s Championship on Raw The 2009 draft took place over two days the first day was televised live on the April 13 episode of Raw from Atlanta Georgia while the supplemental draft was held on April 13 on WWE s website Wrestlers general managers and commentators were all eligible to be drafted from the company s roster For the televised half matches determined which brand received a random draft selection During the supplemental draft brand and employee selections were made at random Overall 36 draft selections were made Twelve selections were made on television six by Raw five by SmackDown and one by ECW All of the draftees were wrestlers 28 males 10 drafted on television and 8 females 2 drafted on television Just prior to the 2009 draft at WrestleMania XXV The Colons Carlito and Primo unified the World Tag Team and WWE Tag Team Championships as the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship though the titles remained independently active Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Colons Divas Champion Maryse United States Champion MVP and WWE Champion Triple H were drafted to Raw while Women s Champion Melina and Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio were drafted to SmackDown The World Heavyweight Championship moved to SmackDown after SmackDown s Edge defeated John Cena for the title at Backlash Disbanding of ECW and the brand split Edit The 2010 draft took place over two days the first day was televised live on April 26 on Raw at Richmond Coliseum in Richmond Virginia and the second part the supplemental draft was held on April 27 on WWE s website 31 32 As the ECW brand had been disbanded two months earlier deactivating the ECW Championship along with it the draft was once again only between Raw and SmackDown Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Dynasty Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith were drafted to Raw Later that year the World Tag Team Championship was formally decommissioned in favor of continuing the WWE Tag Team Championship which dropped Unified from its name and the Women s and Divas Championships were unified retiring the Women s title and continuing the Divas title which briefly became known as the Unified WWE Divas Championship The WWE Tag Team Championship and Divas Championship both became unbranded allowing the holders to defend the titles on both shows During the 2011 draft United States Champion Sheamus was drafted to SmackDown however he lost to the title to Raw s Kofi Kingston the following month moving the title back to Raw The draft aired live on Raw for two hours in Raleigh North Carolina from the RBC Center As a standard for previous drafts most on air personnel were eligible to be drafted 33 A continuation of the draft took place on WWE s official website at 12 00pm Eastern Time on the following afternoon 34 SmackDown received 16 additional members to its roster while Raw received 13 For the first time in draft history two of the draft picks consisted of the same wrestler John Cena being selected to SmackDown with the first pick and back to Raw with the last televised pick This was the last draft of the first brand split as the WWE ended the brand split in August 2011 with all on screen personnel appearing on both shows Also earlier in April that year WWE ceased using its full name with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism In early 2012 WWE established a developmental brand called NXT with its own set of championships The following year in December the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship were unified retiring the World Heavyweight Championship and continuing the WWE Championship which became known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship until mid 2016 when it was renamed back to WWE Championship The Divas Championship was also retired in early 2016 and replaced by a new WWE Women s Championship Second brand split Edit With the return of the brand split in 2016 the draft was reintroduced and occurred on July 19 on SmackDown Live the live premiere of SmackDown which was previously taped also the debut of SmackDown on the USA Network With the exception of NXT champions wrestlers from the NXT brand were eligible to be drafted as well as on screen WWE employees Tag teams counted as one pick unless a brand specifically only wanted a single member of the team For every two draft picks by SmackDown Raw received three due to Raw being a three hour show while SmackDown was only two hours SmackDown drafted WWE Champion Dean Ambrose and Intercontinental Champion The Miz along with his wife Maryse while Raw drafted WWE Women s Champion Charlotte United States Champion Rusev along with his wife Lana and WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day Big E Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods among others New titles were introduced Raw established the WWE Universal Championship to be the counterpart to the WWE Championship The WWE Women s Championship and WWE Tag Team Championship were renamed to Raw Women s Championship and Raw Tag Team Championship respectively while SmackDown introduced the SmackDown Women s Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship as counterparts A new WWE Cruiserweight Championship was later introduced for the revived cruiserweight division on Raw In the following years the draft was revamped as the Superstar Shake up in which changes between the brands were made behind the scenes with moving wrestlers simply appearing on a brand s show or announced via WWE s website or social medias The 2017 Superstar Shake up occurred on the April 10 and 11 episodes of Raw and SmackDown respectively Raw drafted Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose and SmackDown drafted United States Champion Kevin Owens Owens then lost the title to Raw s Chris Jericho but instead of the title switching brands Jericho moved to SmackDown On screen WWE employees were eligible to be drafted Although wrestlers from NXT debuted on Raw and SmackDown during the 2017 Shake up these were not considered part of the Shake up 4 35 36 37 The 2018 Superstar Shake up occurred on the April 16 and 17 episodes of Raw and SmackDown respectively The United States Championship switched brands twice On the April 16 episode of Raw reigning champion Jinder Mahal moved to the Raw brand and lost the title to Jeff Hardy that same night who then took the title back to SmackDown as he moved to that brand the following night on SmackDown NXT wrestlers were also eligible to be drafted Shortly after the 2018 Shake up 205 Live became its own separate brand from Raw and the Cruiserweight Championship became exclusive to 205 Live NXT UK also became a brand later that year with its own set of championships The WWE Women s Tag Team Championship was later established and shared between the Raw SmackDown and NXT brands The 2019 Superstar Shake up began on the April 15 and 16 episodes of Raw and SmackDown respectively with more draft moves confirmed over the next few weeks SmackDown drafted Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor while Raw drafted United States Champion Samoa Joe NXT wrestlers were also eligible to be drafted and for the first time wrestlers from the 205 Live brand were eligible Reigning NXT Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders Ivar and Erik were drafted to Raw but the titles remained part of NXT they subsequently relinquished the titles Although not officially part of the 2019 Shake up Alexander Wolfe moved from SmackDown to NXT UK after his stable Sanity disbanded when stable leader Eric Young moved from SmackDown to Raw while Tyler Breeze moved from Raw to NXT A Wild Card Rule was introduced shortly after the Shake up allowing up to four wrestlers to appear on the opposing brand s show by invitation for one night only with unsanctioned appearances penalized with a fine or termination However the rule s stipulations were not enforced making brand division between wrestlers unclear 38 Also introduced was a new championship the WWE 24 7 Championship shared across all of WWE s brands and open to anyone The WWE Cruiserweight Championship also became shared with NXT and renamed to NXT Cruiserweight Championship With SmackDown s move to Friday nights on Fox in October 2019 and the show once again renamed to Friday Night SmackDown a second draft for 2019 was scheduled to definitively split the main roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands Returning to its original name the WWE Draft and a traditional draft format the 2019 draft occurred on the October 11 and 14 episodes of SmackDown and Raw respectively Personalities from Fox and USA Network appeared and were presented as having an influence over WWE s drafting decisions the first time that the brand s television networks had an influence 39 40 Several celebrities from both networks also appeared Over 70 wrestlers from the Raw SmackDown 205 Live and NXT rosters as well as tag teams were eligible to be drafted to Raw or SmackDown including all champions although the 24 7 Champion and Women s Tag Team Champions were eligible to be drafted they still defend their respective titles across the brands Just like the 2016 draft tag teams counted as one pick unless a brand specifically only wanted a single member of the team and for every two draft picks made by SmackDown Raw received three as Raw is three hours and SmackDown is two Most draft picks were announced on the live broadcasts of SmackDown and Raw while supplemental picks were announced afterwards via WWE s website Wrestlers who were not drafted to either brand became free agents and could sign with the brand of their choosing 41 42 Raw made 38 picks while SmackDown made 30 43 44 45 The Wild Card Rule also ended with this draft 46 While no championships switched brands during the draft the Universal Championship was moved to SmackDown later that same month after The Fiend Bray Wyatt a SmackDown wrestler defeated Seth Rollins for the title at Crown Jewel The WWE Championship was then moved to Raw as reigning champion Brock Lesnar quit SmackDown to go to Raw to continue a feud with Rey Mysterio Just prior to the draft NXT became WWE s third major brand though did not directly participate in the draft The NXT Cruiserweight Championship also became shared with NXT UK In May 2020 WWE initiated the Brand to Brand Invitation allowing wrestlers to appear and wrestle on an opposing brand four times a year or once every quarter Although somewhat similar to the abolished Wild Card Rule the rules of the Brand to Brand Invitation were followed more strictly 47 The 2020 draft occurred on the October 9 and 12 episodes of SmackDown and Raw respectively between the Raw and SmackDown brands The rules were the same as the previous draft 48 During a media call for NXT TakeOver XXX on August 19 Triple H had said that this draft would also involve the NXT brand 49 but the official announcement that occurred during the Clash of Champions pay per view on September 27 stated that this draft would only be between Raw and SmackDown 48 NXT later established their own women s tag team championship the NXT Women s Tag Team Championship thus the WWE Women s Tag Team Championship became only available to Raw and SmackDown The 2021 draft was held during the October 1 and 4 episodes of SmackDown and Raw respectively between the Raw and SmackDown brands 50 The rules were mostly the same as the previous two drafts with the exception that both brands received two picks each round instead of Raw making three and SmackDown only making two Additionally wrestlers from NXT were eligible to be drafted to either Raw or SmackDown Unlike previous drafts the results did not immediately go into effect and instead became effective beginning with the October 22 episode of SmackDown the day after the Crown Jewel pay per view 51 52 A draft was not held in 2022 and brand division became increasingly unclear 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