Kang Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Per WWE.. this year draft rules.. "WWE Draft rules and Superstar pools set for 2020 edition The WWE Draft will get underway this Friday, Oct. 9 on SmackDown and conclude Monday, Oct. 12 on Raw. WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon will once again preside over both nights of selections. As reported by FOX Sports, the rules and Superstar pools have now been finalized for the 2020 WWE Draft. * Over 60 Male Superstars, Female Superstars and Tag Teams have been placed into the 2020 WWE Draft. * More than 20 Superstars are eligible to be drafted on Friday night and more than 30 Superstars are eligible to be drafted on Monday night. * Due to the length of each show, for every two picks that SmackDown selects, Raw will get three picks. * Tag Teams will count as one pick unless FOX or USA Network, in conjunction with WWE Officials, wants to pick one Superstar from the team. * Any undrafted Superstars will immediately be declared free agents and able to sign with the brand of their choosing. WWE Superstars have been split into eligible pools for the Friday and Monday episodes of the WWE Draft. Here is the breakdown of who is available for selection each night: FRIDAY Asuka Sasha Banks Bianca Belair Dana Brooke Humberto Carrillo Elias Angel Garza Drew Gulak Heavy Machinery (Otis & Tucker) The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander and MVP) Mickie James Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) Drew McIntyre Murphy Rey & Dominik Mysterio Naomi The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) Roman Reigns Ricochet Seth Rollins Mandy Rose Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax Shorty G AJ Styles Jey Uso MONDAY Andrade Bayley Aleister Black Alexa Bliss Daniel Bryan Carmella King Corbin Apollo Crews Nikki Cross Dabba-Kato Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode Erik (of The Viking Raiders) Lacey Evans Charlotte Flair Jeff Hardy Billie Kay Lana Keith Lee The Miz & John Morrison Riddick Moss Natalya Titus O'Neil Randy Orton Kevin Owens R-Truth RETRIBUTION (Mustafa Ali, T-BAR, MACE, SLAPJACK, RECKONING & RETALIATION) Matt Riddle The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan) Peyton Royce Arturo Ruas Sheamus Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) Braun Strowman Tamina Akira Tozawa Zelina Vega Bray Wyatt Sami Zayn Don't miss this WWE Draft on Friday, Oct. 9 at 8/7 C on FOX and Monday, Oct. 12 at 8/7 C on USA Network to see where your favorite Superstars are headed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I want to see a USA or FOX war room celebrating drafting Retribution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_W_P Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 11 hours ago, D.Z said: Per WWE.. this year draft rules.. "WWE Draft rules and Superstar pools set for 2020 edition The WWE Draft will get underway this Friday, Oct. 9 on SmackDown and conclude Monday, Oct. 12 on Raw. WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon will once again preside over both nights of selections. As reported by FOX Sports, the rules and Superstar pools have now been finalized for the 2020 WWE Draft. * Over 60 Male Superstars, Female Superstars and Tag Teams have been placed into the 2020 WWE Draft. * More than 20 Superstars are eligible to be drafted on Friday night and more than 30 Superstars are eligible to be drafted on Monday night. * Due to the length of each show, for every two picks that SmackDown selects, Raw will get three picks. * Tag Teams will count as one pick unless FOX or USA Network, in conjunction with WWE Officials, wants to pick one Superstar from the team. * Any undrafted Superstars will immediately be declared free agents and able to sign with the brand of their choosing. WWE Superstars have been split into eligible pools for the Friday and Monday episodes of the WWE Draft. Here is the breakdown of who is available for selection each night: FRIDAY Asuka Sasha Banks Bianca Belair Dana Brooke Humberto Carrillo Elias Angel Garza Drew Gulak Heavy Machinery (Otis & Tucker) The Hurt Business (Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander and MVP) Mickie James Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado) Drew McIntyre Murphy Rey & Dominik Mysterio Naomi The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) Roman Reigns Ricochet Seth Rollins Mandy Rose Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax Shorty G AJ Styles Jey Uso MONDAY Andrade Bayley Aleister Black Alexa Bliss Daniel Bryan Carmella King Corbin Apollo Crews Nikki Cross Dabba-Kato Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode Erik (of The Viking Raiders) Lacey Evans Charlotte Flair Jeff Hardy Billie Kay Lana Keith Lee The Miz & John Morrison Riddick Moss Natalya Titus O'Neil Randy Orton Kevin Owens R-Truth RETRIBUTION (Mustafa Ali, T-BAR, MACE, SLAPJACK, RECKONING & RETALIATION) Matt Riddle The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott & Liv Morgan) Peyton Royce Arturo Ruas Sheamus Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) Braun Strowman Tamina Akira Tozawa Zelina Vega Bray Wyatt Sami Zayn Don't miss this WWE Draft on Friday, Oct. 9 at 8/7 C on FOX and Monday, Oct. 12 at 8/7 C on USA Network to see where your favorite Superstars are headed." Is this going to be the draft order again? Why is only 1 Viking Raider able to be drafted? Only 1 Uso? Arturo Ruas? Ziggler and Roode are getting split for sure but what odds on them splitting up the following - Heavy Machinery The Hurt Business The New Day Nakamura & Cesaro I could see Big E being split solo with Hurt Business trying to recruit him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 33 minutes ago, L_W_P said: Is this going to be the draft order again? Why is only 1 Viking Raider able to be drafted? Only 1 Uso? Arturo Ruas? Ziggler and Roode are getting split for sure but what odds on them splitting up the following - Heavy Machinery The Hurt Business The New Day Nakamura & Cesaro I could see Big E being split solo with Hurt Business trying to recruit him. If Hurt Business is considered a single unit, nobody with even a fraction of strategic planning in them wouldn't pick them right off the bat! Like, we definitely want Lashley. Yeah, let's pick him and we get MVP, Shelton and Cedric as an added bonus. Seems like a no-brainer to me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 I don't think certain injured people can be drafted. The Usos and Viking Raiders could split up and so can the rest of the tag teams. They could send free agents to NXT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Having one thread for this just makes more sense than two separate things. I'll move the posts from the general thread here. My guess is Braun goes to Raw and Owens goes to Fridays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 I just hope Billie and Peyton get drafted at all this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 New Day down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I'm sure everyone is going to be very upset that a group that has been together for 7 years has been broken up, but this only means good things for Big E. Gotta wonder if they even told them about this, though. And why it happened, beyond them pushing Big E as a singles guy. I'm glad they've been separated, and I kind of get it, but it wasn't necessary. Oh and The Fiend is still fucking stupid and this Alexa Bliss stuff is like they hired some 16 year old boy who wrote Joker & Harley Quinn fanfic to plot out the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Seth to SD. AJ to RAW Naomi to Raw. Bianca to SD. Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio to SD. Kofi and Xavier to Raw. Big E stays on Smackdown. Miz and John Morrison to Raw. Some people just got redrafted to the same brand https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_WWE_Draft Edited October 10, 2020 by D.Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 The Tribal Chief and WWE Universal Champion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I'll agree that WWE needed to pull that band-aid off and separate the New Day. Better to do it this way than a forced turn. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Surprised none of them have tweeted about it yet (as of 2215). Edited October 10, 2020 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I think it's only OK on separating New Day if it has a purpose. Like you're serious about giving Big E a big singles run. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Wait the smack tags are on raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, D.Z said: Wait the smack tags are on raw. Did they ever address how that would work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 They said if a brand's champion got drafted to the other show, the title moves there too. If anything, I think they might be unifying the titles. There's barely 4 team real teams in the whole promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Maybe they will switch colors and names. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFistsJustFlips Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 13 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: Did they ever address how that would work? They do this every year lol. New Day will drop them on Raw to a team that gets drafted to Smackdown immediately afterwards. (Or directly before the match). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, D.Z said: Maybe they will switch colors and names. 14 minutes ago, NoFistsJustFlips said: They do this every year lol. New Day will drop them on Raw to a team that gets drafted to Smackdown immediately afterwards. (Or directly before the match). This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 53 minutes ago, The Natural said: The Tribal Chief and WWE Universal Champion. The fuck is that statue over his right shoulder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Sheamus/E was a solid brawl. New Day vs. Cesaro/Nakamura was nice. New Day breaking up saddens me, but as long as E gets a good singles run out of it I can be ok with it. Bayley/Sasha was nice while it lasted, but I see no reason why they bothered to do this and not just go straight to the HITC match. The history was already enough to skip a regular match. With Kofi/Woods taking the tag titles to Smackdown I assume we Street Profits moved to Smackdown as well. Bianca moved to Smackdown, and they have been trying to keep couples somewhat together. Naomi to Raw is ok. Makes me think the Usos eventually get moved over as well. Hopefully we get Naomi vs. Asuka at some point or even the two bringing their short lived team back. Seth to Smackdown could have been interesting with Roman currently leading the brand, but bringing the Mysterios over and doing this just as Seth broke up with Murphy kills much of my interest. On the other hand it would kind of be nice to get Roman murdering Dominick at some point or Murphy vs. Roman assuming Murphy makes the move on Monday. AJ to Raw makes sense with him likely not wanting to be around Heyman still. I saw that Lars Sullivan is back as I was ff through. Hopefully he has learned to stop being an asshole in life & online. Owens/Fiend happening on Smackdown felt weird with Owens not having moved brand wise. The match itself was kind of typical of what we get from Fiend matches. There are parts I like, but ultimately the movie monster stuff feels like too much when you have a roster this good at actual wrestling at this point. On the other hand I feel like the gimmick would have died already if Bray was just doing typical Bray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, JonnyLaw said: The fuck is that statue over his right shoulder? Fusilli Heyman. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Ricochet being drafted in the third round is easily the most unrealistic angle the company has done. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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