Official Supplementary Draft Discussion

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Carlito will job to HHH on each guy's first match back on SD</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

Carlito is back home (not Puerto Rico)!

[Innovator]

That'd be a great final pick

[Innovator]

The Draft should take place like the NFL Draft, have it be a USA special

[Mr. Nerfect]

So, "Boy Named Sue" mentality?

Exactly.

SmackDown! is strengthening their mid-card pretty good. Now all they need is a mid-card title. To be honest, I'd mark out if Carlito kept his streak going, and won the US Title in his re-debut on SmackDown! from Matt Hardy after Night of Champions.

Also, is it just me, or do the picks seem to be getting bigger towards the end?

[Innovator]

Elijah and MVP to RAW, CMON

[Mr. Nerfect]

The only thing I dislike about the draft is how the brands get so messed up, that you have no clue what you are going to see on them the following week. The WWE should announce some scheduled matches for RAW, ECW and SmackDown! following Night of Champions.

Oh, and I also dislike how the draft becomes irrelevant when people float around wherever.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Elijah and MVP to RAW, CMON

MVP would be a good final pick.

[RP]

Carlito is gunna need to spic it up abit

[Mr. Nerfect]

I actually think MVP will be going to ECW now.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Shit, still got three moves left. I'm guessing: MVP to ECW, Elijah Burke to RAW and Val Venis to SmackDown! (I am sticking with that one, dammit, no matter how foolish it makes me look).

[James Steele]

Wow, I can't believe how much swapping WWE is doing in this thing. All 3 brands will be really fresh now.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Layla to Raw</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

By the way, I would so not put it past the WWE to give Brian Kendrick a gay gimmick, and have him win the Divas Championship at Night of Champions.

[Innovator]

Layla to RAW

[What Would Kevin Do?]

Layla.. Meh, who cares.

[Mr. Nerfect]

Is there really a point in moving Layla to RAW. She plays a great character, but it works within the context of ECW. She's never really been the top female star, nor can she really wrestle.

[RP]

Undertaker to ECW
MVP to Raw
JBL to ECW

[Innovator]

Craig Tello - Plus, I think we are all legitimately satisfied with the number of times Kelly Kelly faced Layla on ECW.

[Mr. Nerfect]

My guess: The WWE has no clue what it is doing with at least some of these picks. Not a great sign for Matt Striker and Brian Kendrick.

[RGWhat316]

Carlito should be happy with his move. Layla to RAW is meh.

[Mr. Nerfect]

The Undertaker doesn't need to be drafted. He can show up wherever whenever he wants, and it will be a fantastic surprise.

[James Steele]

Which one is Layla? Is that the british chick from the last diva search?

[Evil Vito]

My guess: The WWE has no clue what it is doing with at least some of these picks. Not a great sign for Matt Striker and Brian Kendrick.

<font color=goldenrod>Yep.

Frankly, unless TJ Wilson is brought up, I bet they forgot their plans of a 2nd Generation stable when they moved DH</font> :o

[Mr. Nerfect]

Layla might be getting naked in the near future.

[Rob]

Yeah her

[Mr. Nerfect]

Which one is Layla? Is that the british chick from the last diva search?

Yep. The one of half-Egyptian descent.

[Heyman]

From what I heard, ECW will be merging with either RAW or Smackdown in the Fall anyways.....and so I don't think the WWE will be building it up too much. Even if there was no merger, it wouldn't make sense. ECW is CLEARLY the 'C' show, and putting too much top-tier talent over there would hurt the main brands.

I'd like to see Shelton Benjamin make one of the "main" shows (preferrably RAW).

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I want to hack into WWE.com and insert Cena as ECW's next pick</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

<font color=goldenrod>Yep.

Frankly, unless TJ Wilson is brought up, I bet they forgot their plans of a 2nd Generation stable when they moved DH</font> :o

Will they acknowledge his relationship with Natalya, I wonder? It makes think the point of moving Finlay and Hornswoggle then. My guess is that we'll see the belts end up back on SmackDown!, despite their apparent ECW fate, via the talent exchange.

[RGWhat316]

Which one is Layla? Is that the british chick from the last diva search?

Yeah, she was the one from the Diver Search.

[James Steele]

Bring Kelly Kelly to SmackDown!

[RGWhat316]

LOL

Corey Clayton - Mike Adamle to Sci Fi Ghost Hunters?

[Mr. Nerfect]

I think they'll pop out two biggish moves. MVP and Chavo Guerrero, are my guesses. Or dare I go a little off the deep-end and suggest Chris Jericho?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Layla is probably padding.

[James Steele]

I demand that King Leonidus go to the LAND OF EXTREME.

[Mr. Nerfect]

It would be pretty awesome if John Cena was the last pick.

[RGWhat316]

Ive posted 5-6 times on their blog, and only 1 actually got posted.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I demand that King Leonidus go to the LAND OF EXTREME.

King Leonidas: THIS IS SPARTA!

Colin Delaney: ...Oh shit.

[RGWhat316]

I guess only 1 more pick, right at 3 pm.

[Sepholio]

Wow, is smackdown becoming the A-show now or something? RAW is getting raped today lol

[Heyman]

Shelton Benjamin to SmackDown! is a good move.

Definitely. I would've prefered to have seen him on RAW (since I watch RAW), but I'm happy that he's on one of the "main shows."

Since I only have time to watch one show per week, I'm seriously considering "drafting myself to Smackdown" as a wrestling fan.

Smackdown just got a HELLUVA lot more interesting within the past week IMO.

For me - Kane, Batista, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, and (I can't even remember the other guy) just don't "do it" for me.

[Heyman]

Wow, is smackdown becoming the A-show now or something? RAW is getting raped today lol

I was thinking the same thing.

With the WWE Management's heavy bias towards Triple H, I wouldn't completely rule it out.

If D'Lo Brown debuts on Smackdown, I myself am defecting to Smackdown as a fan (I can only watch 1 show per week).

The only thing that MIGHT hold me back, is the fact that Santino Marella is my favourite WWE character (one of my favourites in WWE(F) history).

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Kofi to Raw</font>

[RGWhat316]

Kofi to RAW. ECW gets screwed again.

[Linkbowler]

JAMAICA ME CRAZY

[Mr. Nerfect]

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

JAMAICAN COLE CRAZY!

I see a JBL/Kofi feud coming.

[Heyman]

Is this draft taking place on TV, or just on WWE.com?

[Innovator]

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA What the fuck is left of ECW?

[Mr. Nerfect]

Heyman, can't you just YouTube Santino's stuff?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>They have yet to announce if thats it or what......I can see them doing 2 more picks because that would make it an even 30 for the entire draft.

-edit-

Nevermind, it's over</font>

[RGWhat316]

Besides Evan Bourne and Finlay, not too much on ECW now.

[RGWhat316]

On the blog, they said 17th and final pick.

[Heyman]

Heyman, can't you just YouTube Santino's stuff?

I guess I could.

The only problem with that however, is I'll already know beforehand what I'm You-tubbing? (i.e. If Santino does something hilarious on RAW, I'll already know about it...and would just be looking it up).

The "shock factor" of seeing Santino doing something hilarious live, would be gone.

I hope Santino goes to Smackdown. :::fingers crossed:::: If so, bye bye RAW for me. :wave:

[Mr. Nerfect]

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA What the fuck is left of ECW?

Hey, I am still happy that they've got John Morrison, The Miz and Elijah Burke.

[RGWhat316]

Almost forgot about Elijah. Maybe he'll actually be on tv now.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Final tally:

Raw: Lost 11, gained 11
SD: Lost 10, gained 12
ECW: Lost 7, gained 5</font>

[Mr. Nerfect]

So that's it? Some of it is a bit surprising, but it sort of makes sense. Kofi Kingston and Matt Striker getting moved remove some ECW talent that helped consist ECW, yes, but can now go towards the flailing mid-cards of other brands.

[The CyNick]

Batista and Rey needed to be moved. They have fought everyone on SD.

So far, this has been the best draft they have ever done IMO. They really evened up the rosters (not counting ECW) and they switched the top guys to create fresh match ups.

You can only see combinations of Edge, Undertaker and Batista so many times. Same goes for HHH, HBK, Orton and Cena on RAW. Added one or two new faces makes everything seem fresh.

The other thing is that with the joint PPVs these days, the only guys that really matter money wise are the top guys on each show. So it was clear they needed to shake up the top matches on each show. I think they did that this week.

[Mr. Nerfect]

<font color=goldenrod>Final tally:

Raw: Lost 11, gained 11
SD: Lost 10, gained 12
ECW: Lost 7, gained 5</font>

ECW losing two might actually be a good thing. It could mean that Elijah Burke gets on television and that Colt Cabana gets called up.

[Sepholio]

This blows, I was hoping HHH went back to RAW >_<

Now Cena headlines the only show I watch. This is GARBAGE. RAW got molested here, plain and simple.

[Mr. Nerfect]

RAW still has the best program in the WWE.

[The CyNick]

Yeah RAW is still more stacked, but shockingly as HHH goes to SD, the playing field is as even as its been in quite some time.

[darkpower]

This blows, I was hoping HHH went back to RAW >_<

Now Cena headlines the only show I watch. This is GARBAGE. RAW got molested here, plain and simple.

So...it makes you have a reason to watch SD? What a concept...for the WWE to acknowledge that there ARE other shows in this brand extension other than RAW.

Well...at least they acknowledged that ONE other show existed.

[SammyG]

WTF NO MARIA ON RAW

[Rob]

Did Carlito get drafted?

[KingofOldSchool]

Did Carlito get drafted?

Yes, he joins his BFF Triple H on Smackdown.

[GD]

Wow they are gonna have a nice stay together.

[NeanderCarl]

<font color=goldenrod>Yep.

Frankly, unless TJ Wilson is brought up, I bet they forgot their plans of a 2nd Generation stable when they moved DH</font> :o

Nah, he's just playing the role of Jerry Lynn during the Alliance InVasion.

[Heyman]

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA What the fuck is left of ECW?

I read on a recent news report that ECW was going to merge with one of the major brands anyways (sometime in the fall).

Heck - if ECW disbands, perhaps they can have yet another draft to see which brands get what ECW talent.

[James Steele]

I know ECW is going to start touring with RAW soon, but I thought ECW was doing decent for SciFi and that the network was happy with the show.

[Heyman]

I know ECW is going to start touring with RAW soon, but I thought ECW was doing decent for SciFi and that the network was happy with the show.

Perhaps, but I think at this point, the WWE simply does not have the depth to support 3 different brands. ECW's presence only makes RAW and Smackdown look weaker (as opposed to making ECW a "legit" 3rd show).

Personally - I think it would be pretty cool if there was a mid-card "ECW stable" on one of the brands (in light of the show being cancelled).

[James Steele]

Perhaps, but I think at this point, the WWE simply does not have the depth to support 3 different brands. ECW's presence only makes RAW and Smackdown look weaker (as opposed to making ECW a "legit" 3rd show).

Personally - I think it would be pretty cool if there was a mid-card "ECW stable" on one of the brands (in light of the show being cancelled).

I think they could merge the RAW and SmackDown! rosters, and use ECW as a buffer between FCW and WWE.

[Mooияakeя™]

I'll defo be watching all products closely now. Just for the shakeup and cos SD! actually looks watchable now.

[NeanderCarl]

People talk about lack of depth in the rosters, but to be honest, if they did merge all three brands and just have a combined roster for Raw and SmackDown (and drop ECW) they'd have one of the best top-to-bottom rosters of all time, save the lack of a SUPER DUPER Hogan/Austin/Rock type guy.

They could drop all the shit they keep around just to make up the numbers (Henry, Snitsky, Palumbo) and the guys who may be talented but going nowhere (Shannon, Yang, Noble) and probably have two awesome shows (from a talent perspective anyway... they'd still have the same flawed creative, but that's another topic).

[ClockShot]

I just got home and checking this out right now. Damn, ECW still didn't do much.

Finlay, 'Swog, Crazy, and Mizark are all going over while 5 are going out. Well, 3 are going over. I have no fucking clue why or what Hornswaggle is gonna do over there besides stick with Finlay. I guess Henry is gonna get the belt.

Raw picks up Layla while Maria goes to Smackdown. Good trade off there.

Carlito, Shelton, Harry Smith, Murdoch, Big Daddy V, and Kendrick to Smackdown. The first four mentioned can all get a fresh start. Vis and Kendrick seem to be the oddballs here.

Kofi, Deuce, Chuck Palumbo, Matt Striker, Jamie Noble all go to raw. I can see Palumbo get a good feud going right away. Maybe throw Kofi in the IC title scene in one way or another. Deuce, Striker, and Noble I'll reserve judgement.

All in all, I think Smackdown wins this time around.

[Blitz]

lol Craig Tello.