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[Evil Vito]

Originally Posted by Noid Oh, and I either see Christian being drafted to SmackDown!, or perhaps a greater shocker -- Edge being drafted to RAW. To be honest, I can see the latter happening. I don't know why they wouldn't just give him a short reign with the World Heavyweight Title, but I got the sneaking suspicion that the reason they didn't have him beat Chris Jericho at WrestleMania was partially so that Swagger didn't cash in against him, and they didn't have to prolong their interaction. Maybe I am completely wrong, but I can see Edge being one of the big moves this year.

I've thought about Edge moving. Another case of a guy who's been on his show for a long time moving, would be a good counter for Orton moving.

I think a good amount of the picks will be people essentially swapping places with their counterparts on the other show, something we've seen in years past. I think they'll do a title swap of some sort again this year...my guess would be McIntyre and Miz swapping shows. That counts for everyone...main event, upper midcard, midcard, jobbers...I could even see some divas getting flipped around. I can envision Kelly Kelly being drafted to SmackDown, King crying about it, but then Tiffany gets drafted to Raw to replace her or something.

Oh yeah, and I actually think a good amount of the people who just joined their respective shows will be moving. I feel like maybe they were "signed" to their respective shows with the plans of moving them a month or two later, just because they can act as built-in draft moves. Christian, Zack Ryder, Goldust, and Tiffany are all people I could see switching shows.

I might make a thread soon asking how people would book the draft this year. Not just the picks, but the formatting of the show. I'm really intrigued by how it'll work this year for some reason.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I've thought about Drew McIntyre and The Miz swapping. It seems like a safe bet, but on the other hand, there is part of me that just cannot see them moving The Miz right now. He's so fucking entertaining on RAW. It wouldn't surprise me, but I'm not going to be shocked if he doesn't move, either. He just fits RAW so well right now (although I am intrigued to actually see him wrestle on SmackDown!).

But let's say they do the mid-card title swap. Do you think that is a good sign that Maryse and Tiffany would be supplementary swaps? They are both banging the respective mid-card champs. I dunno, I could see the WWE doing that. Plus, they just took the Divas Title off Maryse -- perhaps so she could move and not take the title with her? Although I'm still not convinced that they won't do a Women's/Divas Title swap, with McCool following The Undertaker over, and Eve going to SmackDown! where the girls there can wrestle over her abortion of a title. I think they swapped the females' belts to establish the Divas Title on RAW, but then realised that they have no clue how to book the ladies, so they'll give it to Michael Hayes to make it worth caring about. I can see Melina moving to be on the same brand with John Morrison, as well.

A swap I still see coming is Kofi Kingston for R-Truth. I thought that Kofi would move last year, but they kept him there. Kofi and R-Truth are both very similar in that they are rising African-American stars, both can talk, both can wrestle; but the emphasis on their strengths seems to indicate they are on the wrong shows. R-Truth is the "enterainment" (RAW) and Kofi is the "sports" (SmackDown!).

You may be right about a lot of the ECW guys. Zack Ryder would be able to do so much more on SmackDown!, so him moving in the supplementary draft would not shock me. Goldust hasn't done much, either. It may depend on where Cody Rhodes ends up, and what sort of role they want for Goldust. If they want him to be a comedic character -- I can see him on RAW; but if they do want to push him -- SmackDown!.