Owens & Zayn were the only good wrestlers RAW got & that was because of Steph. Kurt is an awful GM.

Once a prick, always a prick. Screw you Bo Dallas.

Strowman doing the dropkick has made my night.

Bye bye Miz

That was a nice touch.

AN A+ MICHAEL COLE? AN A+?!?!?!

GO FUCK YOURSELF , YOU ARE A TERRIBLE DRAFT EVALUATOR.

He already gets an F , and hasn't even lost anyone yet aside from Miz.

Classic Kevin Dunn missing Braun's dropkick. :lol:

Really happy with the draft picks, considering I miss Smackdown a lot.

Evidently Lesnar showed up after cameras cut.

Chad Gable is also going to RAW. Hopefully he does better on RAW than he did on SD. Also, looking forward to Shelton as a singles wrestler on SD.

Gable to RAW eh? I wonder if they'll reunite American Alpha when Jason comes back?

Didn't see a thing, but judging from this thread, it looks like Smackdown won.

15 picks is just too many. I understand that Raw needs more bodies, but all they've done is moved the SmackDown undercard up a night. It's difficult seeing any of these guys being featured in any meaningful way. Personally I wouldn't bother with a Superstar Shake-Up, I'd just have guys and girls swap like it's the Monday Night Wars. That way each transfer is special and there isn't as much of a strain on creative to come up with something to do with these guys.

Not only are we just going to see the same matches, just on a different show, but it makes Survivor Series a bigger farce than it already is. Who cares about either brand when really guys and girls just trade places every year? It makes what's already an absurd concept that much harder to get invested in.

I actually like a lot of the picks they made. Most of these acts needed to make the move and guys like Owens & Zayn are coming off one of the biggest angles in the company, so they're good gets. However the rest are all in dire need of attention and there's only so many life preservers you can throw out. It doesn't help that you've got a lot of heaters there in Mahal, Corbin & Rawley who can be good when used effectively, but having them all on one show can be death. It could be like Nitro '99 where you had shows filled with Vincent, Van Hammer, Rick Steiner, Ernest Miller, Bryan Nobbs matches that just killed whatever momentum a Mysterio, Benoit or even a Sandman brought to the show.

Hopefully tomorrow SmackDown doesn't draft over 15 acts. If they draft half that amount but include guys like Balor Club, Asuka, The Revival, Jeff Hardy etc. they'd have all the talent to put on a big show.

Finally I can't express just how bitterly disappointed I am we won't be getting our big four horsewoman storyline. If ever there was a time to get Becky, Sasha and Bayley over, now was it.

What if Sasha and Bayley both join SmackDown?

Apr 17, 2018 16:19:38 GMT CM Punk'd said:

What if Sasha and Bayley both join SmackDown?

Then I need to watch every week

Oh, and another thing. With Jinder and Drew Mac now on RAW, alongside Heath, we COULD see the reunion of the Three Man Band!

I'm confused. Only Raw made draft picks? Didn't Smackdown make any picks yet? I figured it would all happen at the same time.

Apr 17, 2018 17:38:50 GMT Emperor said:

I'm confused. Only Raw made draft picks? Didn't Smackdown make any picks yet? I figured it would all happen at the same time.

Probably gonna do it on Smackdown tonight.

Apr 17, 2018 17:38:50 GMT Emperor said:

I'm confused. Only Raw made draft picks? Didn't Smackdown make any picks yet? I figured it would all happen at the same time.

SD got Miz....so that's one pick.

Apr 17, 2018 17:38:50 GMT Emperor said:

I'm confused. Only Raw made draft picks? Didn't Smackdown make any picks yet? I figured it would all happen at the same time.

We were told to that trades had been made leading up to raw between the respective auhtority figures, and we would find out who joined each show on that show. So you need to tune into smackdown to find out. 

So WWE brings back Drew Mac only to stick him with a momentum killer like Dolph Ziggler who hasn't been relevant in over a year. Talk about a bad break. Drew should be a foundation heel of Smackdown in my opinion. You get Drew and Nakamura as your top two heels, get AJ and hopefully Balor or Rollins as your top two babyfaces. But instead Drew will waste away with Dolph.

I was shocked Jinder lost the title. This can only mean that either Jeff is going to SD or that WWE simply wanted Jinder to win the title back in front of a crowd that might give a fuck about him at the greatest royal rumble ever show. I sense it's going to be the latter.

Riot Squad...don't give a fuck and fuck them for ruining a good Sasha/Bayley encounter.

Nattie on Raw, fucking pass. Also Rousey looks weird power walking to the ring, that is a long ramp and it just looked so fucking weird. Plus her eye make up and hair style were rough. Rousey looks best when she keeps it simple. Hair down and not an insane amount of make up.

Bobby Rood on Raw is GLOR...well it's whatever. It's Roode, lets be honest he's living off that theme song.

I liked Sammi and Kevin getting the move to Raw. I liked all the stuff with Miz and liked Bo and Axe Man leaving Miz hanging.

Thus far though, Smackdown got probably the best all around character in the WWE right now in Miz with many picks to go. While Raw got Jinder who nobody could possibly be interested in, Dolph who the fans have gave up on and will drag Drew Mac down with him. Nattie who nobody really cares about and the extremely disposable riot squad and boring Bobby Roode. Smackdown pretty much trimmed the fat and got Miz while Raw really gained nothing except Sammi and Kevin and I guess Gable and took the crap from SD nobody gave a fuck about. I'm preying SD gets Sasha and Bayley, Joe, and Balor. Pretty much making SD the true flagship. But I think i'm hoping for a bit much there. I could see SD getting Balor but I think losing Joe, Bayley and Sasha would gut them a bit too much.

SD may get off easy this week but if they start winning the rating, Vince will cut them off at the knees...like He did last time.