Matt788 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I assume Tamina is injured/fired or something as she is not on the list. Anyone know whats up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Tamina tore some ligaments during WWE's stop in Spain and had surgery in late April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Sugar Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I was looking at that list and it got me thinking that since it's debatable if there's enough tag teams for two tag divisions, does Mojo Rawley get drafted as one of the NXT six so the Hype Bros are called up? Or does the WWE continue to mess with Zack Ryder and just leave him totally undrafted, sending him to NXT permanently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I mean he's in a feud for the US Title right now, si it's not like he's hurting as of this second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie M. Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 They should make it where Regal gets to protect a certain number of people from NXT or else it'll look pretty dumb if like Mojo Rawley gets drafted but Samoa Joe doesn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 I love this guy 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Maybe Shane and Regal sign some sort of talent sharing agreement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Ten women's wrestlers available and only maybe one call up has me thinking the women will end up being exclusive to one brand which is what I did not want to happen. Some will be lost in the shuffle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Well, it's either they're exclusive to one brand, or you've got two divisions with only five or six people in each. There's not really much you can do with that small of a talent pool, every face can feud with every heel in the first four months and then it's stale rehashes all the way after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 More news from the WOR - I guess stop reading if you don't want potential spoilers (but if that is the case you probably shouldn't be reading this thread) Quote First a brief editorial from Dave about basically how the WWE has already - yet again - told us that Smackdown is the far inferior show with RAW getting the #1 pick and by doing the 3:2 ratio, RAW will get 7 of the first 11 picks. So you are already told us that RAW is the stronger brand. Also - the tag team rule is silly as if you were picking, take the whole team THEN break them up (if you only wanted one guy) as you get the whole group for the price of one pick. So unless a GM is an idiot - they should do it that way. (Most of that was Alvarez being irritated at the logic.) Smackdown was supposed to get Styles, Orton and Cena but that was before Cena moved to part-time. Cena only has one more domestic tour date for the foreseeable future (still doing the foreign tours) Dave believes that 2 NXT women are getting called up. One will be Nia Jax, the other will be Bayley or Alexa Bliss. Editorial again - if you are going to have Samoa Joe and Nakamura drafted, they need to be in the Top 10 or you are already burying them to the auidence (basically because the auidence would look at them and go "how good could they be? They were drafted behind Albert Del Rio". And if you don't pick them - you make Steph/Shane/GMs look stupid. If they do 2 champions - the Smackdown women's champ will be the champ of a roster of 5 people (with 2 of them at least being people they never ever use) Dave says he is fairly confident that there will be people picked who are not on the list. Not huge names but known to the regular auidence. (He mention Jimmy Wang Yang as one of those names that fit that category but not necessary as one of those folks who would be drafted) Dave assumes that all the Wyatts will end up together (despite being listed separately) since the progam they just started with New Day is supposed to last multiple shows. Of course - if they are split, whoever is separated from Bray is a lost cause Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanide Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Quote Dave believes that 2 NXT women are getting called up. One will be Nia Jax, the other will be Bayley or Alexa Bliss. I get that they don't want to completely gut NXT's already dwindling women's division (and Bayley is arguably the face of NXT)... but Nia and Alexa potentially making the main roster before Bayley and Asuka is some shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 If Nia gets called up, more than likely she gets called back down again soon thereafter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 13 hours ago, El Dragon said: Wyatts are gonna be seperated. Wyatt and Rowan probably going one way, Strowman the other. Remember during the original brand split, how it was cool because talented guys who wouldn't normally get pushed to the top, like Rey & Eddie, got to shine on Smackdown? Well this is like the bizarro world of that, when Vince pet projects are pushed because "fuck it, it's just Smackdown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Assuming Meltzer is correct - these will be the women called up before Bayley Charlotte Sasha Banks Becky Lynch Emma (v.2.0) Dana Brooke Nia Jax Alexa Bliss (Paige and Emma v.1.0 were established before Bayley had that first TV match (in fact against Paige)). They are pretty much at the point they shouldn't even bring her up - just pay her well enough that NXT doesn't crater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Thanks for tge WOR recap, RIPPA. This be a mess and Smackdown predictably treated as the lesser show. Hoping this will be the wrestling show, best example during Paul Heyman as booker from 2002-2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 It would be fairly amazing if SmackDown, with their first pick, took Samoa Joe or Nakamura. I don't trust WWE to do the right thing any more and will make the easiest prediction ever that they will severely fuck up what should be a good opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 No one has said a word about this but I just realized that with Brock's recent problems AND Heyman not being on the list of draftable folks, I am wondering if Paul is gonna end up one of the GMs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Just now, Craig H said: It would be fairly amazing if SmackDown, with their first pick, took Samoa Joe or Nakamura. I don't trust WWE to do the right thing any more and will make the easiest prediction ever that they will severely fuck up what should be a good opportunity. Well you would think in theory that at least the Heavyweight Champ would be picked first. And you can even get around that since Steph hates Ambrose. But if Ambrose isn't picked first by Shane than that is another "HEY! LOOK! DON'T INVEST IN THESE TITLES!!!!" camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Since Raw gets the first pick, I would assume they'll choose Ambrose, SmackDown gets the 2nd overall pick. Hell, I would even accept Finn Balor as SmackDown's first pick if the company doesn't want to move the NXT champion up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Just now, Craig H said: Since Raw gets the first pick, I would assume they'll choose Ambrose, SmackDown gets the 2nd overall pick. Well again - they are working that whole "Steph hates Ambrose as champ thing" so I also totally see them not learning from their mistakes and her draft Rollins #1 and then handing him a title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Jesus, I didn't even think of that. That's what I get for being naive and underestimating just how awful the main roster is written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 It also wouldn't shock me if the NXT picks were done as "supplemental" picks or whatever bullshit they want to call it, and they do those on an un-advertised WWE Network breaking news thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 They actually have a Draft show right after Smackdown on the Network so I'd imagine that's where all the supplemental picks will get pushed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteCarl Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 They will be doing a live "2nd screen experience" Draft thing on the Network at the same time as Smackdown is airing, so expect a few things to happen there for them to shill on SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 28 minutes ago, RIPPA said: No one has said a word about this but I just realized that with Brock's recent problems AND Heyman not being on the list of draftable folks, I am wondering if Paul is gonna end up one of the GMs It would almost make sense for Shane to pick him as GM given that he talked about completing changing the look and feel of the show, and Heyman is credited with doing that with ECW and was in charge of the Smackdown Six era of Smackdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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