WWE Draft 2016 LIVE: All the picks here!

WWE Draft 2016 LIVE: 

All the picks here!

WWE draft live in progress!

WWE's first new Smackdown LIVE episode started with the 2016 WWE Draft.

Stephanie McMahon and Shane McMahon, the new commissioners (?) for Raw and Smackdown, respectively pick alongside their named General Managers.

Stephanie choose floating ignorance Mick Foley while bumbling ignorant Daniel Bryan was for Smackdown.

There are now rules for the Draft, funnily.

6 NXT picks are allowed. 

Raw gets three picks for every Smackdown's two as it is three hours long.

Raw has the first pick. Picks are alternate. One then the other and back and forth.

Tag Teams can be selected as one pick unless the pickers choose only one of them specifically.

Injured stars such as Tamina, Luke Harper and others are not selectable.

Ryback and Rosa Mendes are not selectable, which means they will likely get future endeavours. Thank god.

The Undertaker and Triple H are also unselectable.

Stephanie McMahon also announced on Raw post Smackdown that a new Cruiserweight division would be launched, exclusive to Raw. Triple H's love of yesteryear's midget men not materialising isn't any selling point, especially when most of them he has and intends to hire on fandom choices than professionalism are highly ignorant failures. No success for a proposed "New Era" can succeed this pitiful run through.

After the Draft is over, WWE will be back to square one, with no selling point or exceptional selling points. Again, both shows, now split with stars exclusive to one brand each and jumbled favourites of fans and critics, WWE just cost itself dearly. Nothing good will come of this poor production draft, which is a cheap play on 2002 to claw some interest back. After the dust has settled, it will be boring once again. 

A sheer flash in the pan come one hit wonder. 

WWE are fresh out of ideas and stubborn to the very core as to what will make it excel. Too proud to send one enquiry. You're loss. A loss it truly will be for many a short-sighted future, lacking any conviction.

Also, it should be noted Roman Reigns currently failed, admitted and apologised for using steroid enhancing drugs, which saw him win the WWE championship last month. His first is currently almost over with his first 30 day suspension.

30 extra picks in the Supplemental Draft will be made on the WWE Network. 

The Draft 2016

Raw

Seth Rollins

Charlotte (WWE Women's Champion)

Finn Balor

Roman Reigns 

Brock Lesnar

The New Day
Sami Zayn
Sasha Banks

Chris Jericho
Rusev w/ Lana
Kevin Owens
Enzo and Cass
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
Big Show
Nia Jax
Neville
Cesaro
Sheamus


Supplemental Draft

Golden Truth (Goldust & R-Truth)
Titus O'Neil
Paige
Darren Young w/ Bob Backlund
Sin Cara
Jack Swagger
The Dudley Boyz
Summer Rae
Mark Henry
Braun Strowman
Bo Dallas
The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico)
Alicia Fox
Dana Brooke
Curtis Axel

Smackdown

Dean Ambrose (WWE World Heavyweight Champion)

AJ Styles

John Cena

Randy Orton
Bray Wyatt
Becky Lynch
The Miz (Intercontinental Champion) w/ Maryse
Baron Corbin
American Alpha (Jason Jordan & Chad Gable)
Dolph Ziggler
Natalya
Alberto Del Rio

Supplemental Draft

The Uso's
Kane
Kalisto
Naomi
The Ascension
Zack Ryder
Apollo Crews
Alexa Bliss
Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango)
Eva Marie
The Vaudevillians (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)
Erick Rowan
Mojo Rawley
Carmella

Heath Slater was not picked at all! The programme closes as lights go out for the lone lockeroom rockstar.

Mistakes

Randy Orton should have been switched with Roman Reigns. A daft decision for such a strong force for WWE.

They choice to make the women's division seem meaningful with number 2 picks high up did nothing for them and was wasteful.

On paper you see just how weak and empty the WWE roster and draft selections really are. 

WWE cannot make anything exceptional or interesting with this. The roster full of ignorance is no selling point wither. All will be WWE's downfall.

The pointless return of the Cruiserweight division.

Err Sami Zayn? Who just got pummelled by Kane in short time.

Stephanie didn't want Wyatt as they were too scary for her. Aww bless. Can't handle the heat?

Raw tried to raise the female stance again by picking Sasha Banks. Zzzzzz.

Most of the picks are highly predictable but WWE is trying to mix up the running order to keep some interest. Ha!

Foley then fumbled his paper to seem interesting as Stephanie caved in. Blergh!

If Smackdown LIVE was clever, its first pick of the best Women's Wrestler in the world should have been Asuka from NXT! She should be on Raw though. What a mess this draft all is.

Best have some trades happening by next week.

Ignorant bowling ball with legs Kevin Owens should have been drafted to NXT.

Why hasn't Cesaro been picked yet? Simple. So we can stare at his sweet Swiss man boobs instead of a tee shirt!

Boo's for Big Show's pick. Can you blame them?

Absurd running order and choices with Owens/ Zayn followed by Show and Ziggler. Laughable. 

It should have skipped most of the matches and only a few with a main draft show.

The Vaudevillains going to Smackdown but obvious a) WWE don't value them and b) Simon Gotch was involved in a backstage fight with Sin Cara earlier today, which sees them split to different shows. Pathetic.

Heath Slater, obviously.


If WWE are to excel they need to have Cesaro and Orton on Raw and trade them for Kevin Owens and The Club tag team. Wrong shows, unworkable and can't get over. Raw needs the former talents to balance the brand properly, but WWE have no idea, fans believe, by their choices on the draft. It certainly doesn't look like a selling point of success, either. Once again it looked like Smackdown was dealt the short straw and topping it all, doesn't lay a stable future for either brand with exclusively separated stars who should be elsewhere to job to other losers who can't make it. 

WWE really needs to get itself in the game. The draft was their big moment to prove they can change for the best and categorically failed.

With a massive team of creatives, writers and stooges, WWE should have been able to make this work. WWE has no strengthen to make its future legacy work. It's just another day. Vince McMahon was said to have been developing this draft for the past couple of years. Wow.

Mock Draft

How would Max Waltham have done it? (And still retained credibility?)

Seeing as NXT lost 6 and included, it should have two picks, chosen (randomly) from Raw and Smackdown each. Plus one supplemental draft and diva.

Raw

Max Waltham (obviously)
Seth Rollins
Randy Orton

Cesaro
Bray Wyatt
Brock Lesnar

Charlotte (WWE Women's Champion)
Rusev (United States Champion) w/ Lana
The New Day (WWE Tag Team Champions)

The Vaudevillians
Asuka
Naomi

Sami Zayn

Chris Jericho

Neville

Curtis Axel
Nia Jax
Carmella


The Undertaker (eventually)
Triple H (Unfortunately)


Supplemental Draft

Golden Truth (Goldust & R-Truth)
Titus O'Neil
Darren Young w/ Bob Backlund

Big Show
Paige
Summer Rae

Kevin Owens
Alicia Fox
Fandango

Braun Strowman
Bo Dallas
Dana Brooke

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
Mark Henry

Smackdown

Dean Ambrose (WWE World Heavyweight Champion)
AJ Styles

John Cena
Roman Reigns

Sasha Banks
The Miz (Intercontinental Champion) w/ Maryse

American Alpha (Jason Jordan & Chad Gable)
Becky Lynch

Baron Corbin
Natalya

The Uso's
Enzo and Cass



Supplemental Draft

Kane
Kalisto
The Dudley Boyz

Alberto Del Rio
The Ascension
Zack Ryder

Apollo Crews
The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico)
Alexa Bliss

Tyler Breeze
Eva Marie
Sheamus

Erick Rowan
Mojo Rawley
Sin Cara

Dolph Ziggler

Heath Slater


NXT

Kevin Owens
Karl Anderson
Kalisto
Paige


Trades
Chris Jericho (Raw to S/D) for The Uso's (S/D to Raw)


WWE Heavyweight, Women's and Tag titles on both brands.

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