Ok, I really don't care if this sounds like a stupid question or not, so was Cole just knighted in kayfabe, or was he actually knighted on-air?

For a minute, due to wishful thinking, I thought Edge had pulled a Cena with the retirement & that he was going to Spear Alberto into next Tuesday. Silly me. Still gonna be a while before I get over not having him there wrestling anymore. :(

As far as who I want to see go where tonight, between my own thoughts & after reading everyone else's:

Morrison to SD: I didn't realize Melina was being a bad influence on him, and SD seems to be the better show for him, so the choice should be clear enough.

Truth to SD: A package deal with Morrison for the feud, plus his new gimmick should come with a change of scenery.

Sin Cara to SD: I hadn't thought of SD being better for botch coverup, so maybe it's a good idea (although I've only seen one botch so far). I get that putting him on RAW was to distance himself from Rey, but if Cody goes to RAW, then Rey can go along with him & keep that feud going just a little longer, thus solving that problem.

Cody Rhodes & Rey Mysterio to RAW: See above. Also gives Cody a scenery change after the feud's over. Rey, well, he's good anywhere.

Ted DiBiase to SD: THROW HIM A DAMN BONE! Ironically, his last match, if memory serves, was on SD, and we were all reminded that he has actual talent. Why the son of The Million Dollar Man has had his career kicked in the balls lately, I don't understand.

Kofi to RAW: AT least keep him out of the same old frigging IC Title hunt. They SHOULD be trying to give him a WWE or World Title shot, but they aren't for some reason.

Daniel Bryan to SD: Feud him with Wade over the IC title, and we'll be getting our money's worth. Which means I'd rather see Wade stay where he is.

As far as anyone else, I don't care that much who goes where - except for Ryder, but the whole thing with the signs makes me not want to say anything for sure just yet.

At 4/22/11 04:44 AM, Dream-of-Duke wrote: Swackman, I have to disagree with you here. Yes, CM Punk battled Orton long and hard, but he came up short. In fact, he has not beaten Orton one on one since the feud started. Punk needed to go over Orton in a PPV or two and keep the feud interesting for a while ---- but it did not happen and certainly will not happen now.

It's still possible for Punk to win this upcoming supposed Last Man Standing match. Remember the Eddie/Rey feud several years ago? Eddie kept losing all the way up till the final match in the Steel Cage, where he finally won & ended the feud. To me right now, this feud is starting to feel the same way.

At 4/24/11 06:36 AM, Dream-of-Duke wrote: Call me sick and twisted, but I will mark out when Awesome Kong comes out and rapes all the eye candies. It is time to give the belt to a woman who can wrestle. >:)

Nah; I think most of us who've seen her before are in agreement with you. :P

At 4/25/11 01:20 AM, Swackman wrote: Ok, I really don't care if this sounds like a stupid question or not, so was Cole just knighted in kayfabe, or was he actually knighted on-air?

What do you think? lol

It was Jack Swagger dressed up as the queen who "knighted" cole.

At 4/25/11 01:20 AM, Swackman wrote: Ok, I really don't care if this sounds like a stupid question or not, so was Cole just knighted in kayfabe, or was he actually knighted on-air?

lol just kayfabe.. as if cole would really be knighted

For a minute, due to wishful thinking, I thought Edge had pulled a Cena with the retirement & that he was going to Spear Alberto into next Tuesday. Silly me. Still gonna be a while before I get over not having him there wrestling anymore. :(

We were all hoping that, but unfortunately it's legit.

Truth to SD: A package deal with Morrison for the feud, plus his new gimmick should come with a change of scenery.

I can see both Truth and Morrison heading to SD but I dunno it always kinda bothered me that 2 wrestlers would get into a feud just after being drafted together.. it's just practically the same feud but with a blue scenary than red
the draft should be used to create new feuds

Cody Rhodes & Rey Mysterio to RAW: See above. Also gives Cody a scenery change after the feud's over. Rey, well, he's good anywhere.

I don't think this would be a good idea.. Smackdown is pretty much Rey's show right now, when he was drafted to RAW that one year (07 or 08?) he just didn't seem to fit into the RAW atmosphere
as for Cody.. his push is just taking off.. look what happened to Morrison.. he got drafted to SD, turned face, winning titles and getting into great feuds, then last year he was drafted to RAW and he's been pushed down severly.. the only thing that really stood out from his current RAW run was that awesome match he had with Miz at the beginning of the year... if Cody gets drafted to RAW, expect him to get lost in the shuffle.

Ted DiBiase to SD: THROW HIM A DAMN BONE! Ironically, his last match, if memory serves, was on SD, and we were all reminded that he has actual talent. Why the son of The Million Dollar Man has had his career kicked in the balls lately, I don't understand.

agreed, it really doesn't make sense at all, give him a new beginning on a new show.

Kofi to RAW: AT least keep him out of the same old frigging IC Title hunt. They SHOULD be trying to give him a WWE or World Title shot, but they aren't for some reason.

THANK YOU.. I thought I was the only one who was tired of seeing him in the IC title picture..

Daniel Bryan to SD: Feud him with Wade over the IC title, and we'll be getting our money's worth. Which means I'd rather see Wade stay where he is.

same

As far as anyone else, I don't care that much who goes where - except for Ryder, but the whole thing with the signs makes me not want to say anything for sure just yet.

pretty much besides Mysterio and Rhodes, I completely agree with your predictions

At 4/25/11 09:21 PM, JohnCena423 wrote: John Cena Has Been Drafted To Smackdown

and Rey to RAW. Two picks in and WWE has definitely sent a clear and loud message that they are absolutely looking to shake up both shows this year as they have changed the face of both with only two picks. It's also important to note I think that Smackdown! has another pick based off the battle royal that has not as of yet been announced.

I'll be looking at typing something up at the conclusion of the draft towards a thoughts section for each guy, what they can mean to their show, etc. Might take a little while as I plan to save this as something we could then reference next year as sort of a way to track year to year in this space the kind of overall impact the Drafts have for each show.

At 4/25/11 09:56 PM, JohnCena423 wrote: Randy Orton Has been drafted to smackdown

He has also been drafted into John Morrison's and Justin Gabriel's beard club.

John Cena to smackdown
Rey Mysterio to Raw
Randy Orton to Smackdown (WTF?)
ADR to Raw
Mark Henry to Smackdown
Sin Cara to Smackdown
The Big Show to Raw

Plus the last one to the winner of the 3v3 tag match.

Oh lawd. Did not see anything aside from Sin Cara, ADR, and RM being switched coming.

OH MY GOD JOHN CENA BACK TO RAW MY MIND IS FULL OF FUCK.

so Mark Henry decimates his own team and Cena is back onto Raw. huh.

At 4/25/11 11:06 PM, Alfraydo wrote: so Mark Henry decimates his own team and Cena is back onto Raw. huh.

Yeah. That was so cheap. I was expecting either Kane or Christian.

They kept Sin Cara away from Del Rio and Mysterio.
Just as I said they should.
Yet you people insist that cara will be feuding with ADR or mysterio soon.
Just saying.

RAW isn't on here till tomorrow, but reading the results it sounded pretty exciting.

At 4/25/11 11:06 PM, Alfraydo wrote: so Mark Henry decimates his own team and Cena is back onto Raw. huh.

While I'm happy that they are turning Henry heel and sending him off to SD I'm more annoyed by the Cena thing. But I'll admit it did catch me off guard, so they did the job they set out to do.

Not a bad Raw actually. The matches were decent (with the exception of the Cole match) and some of the moves are interesting. I wonder if ADR will walk away as champ now that he has been moved to Raw. Course the supplemental Draft is still to come so things may change. If Cena is any indication Del Rio could be moved back again too.

Well, here we are with part 1 of your 2011 WWE Draft: Main draft addition. Important to note I started working on some of this before the final draft was in, so I've left sections that still work in light of the last pick, subtracted or reworked sections that don't

Let's start with the story of what this draft was: Until the end, it looked like WWE was trying to really test the idea that RAW as a brand was the draw and they would force themselves to build up new talents with Rey as de-facto top face. Then they decided to piss that away at the very end sending John Cena back over to RAW. It's still possible they're looking to build those new talents, but throwing Cena back into that mix makes me that much more skeptical.

We'll start by doing the picks in order. We're looking at whether the career of the talent drafted is positively or negatively impacted by the move, what they're potential upward mobility is on their new brand, and ultimately what they can mean to their new home.

Pick #1 John Cena from RAW to SD!: It's Cena. There's no way he doesn't go to SD! and immediately become the top baby face on the brand. So in terms of was this positive or negative? I think anything involving Cena has to be seen as immediately positive for him because there's no way this results in a down push for him.

Career Path: In the immediate future is going to be interesting, with this move WWE took a match that seemed like a fairly easy retention for Miz and genuinely throw a monkey wrench in. Does WWE now switch ol' blingey back to Cena to take to his new home? Or do they continue to have Miz retain and actually try SD! then with Christian on top? I'd like to say WWE will be smart and resist the urge to put the belt onto Cena and potentially kill the momentum Christian can receive...but I'm truly not sure.

Impact to his new home: Smackdown! just got a major face lift with this move. WWE has put the guy they've tried to build into this era's Hulk Hogan onto the Friday night brand and done as much as they could to erase the stigma that it's the "B" brand. The net may not love him, but this is hugely positive for Smackdown! and it's roster. The other interesting thing will be what does this do for the ratings for SD! and will be an interesting experiment to watch in how much Cena actually draws.

Draft Pick #2 Rey Mysterio from SD! to RAW: This was until the end something that had to be seen as a huge positive for Rey. Rey was for about an hour or so the de-facto top baby face on RAW as they got nothing else in the draft that would be an equivalent pick to say they are a level or so above Rey. This was a great move for him until Cena was drafted back. This could still be a good move for him as with Orton gone Rey becomes the number 2 face on RAW, and he's got perennial dance partner ADR

Career Path: I see Rey sliding in to feud with Del Rio again, and unlike Cena, this feels to me like a star they'll have no problem letting other guys have some clean wins over to help them be seen as legit. If RAW as a brand with a renewed focus on new stars are getting made, it seems to me that Rey whose been one of their "safety net" stars is the perfect guy to have floating near the top as a gate keeper to help those new guys get there.

Draft Pick #3 Randy Orton from RAW to SD!: This is an excellent move for Orton. Until the end of the show it looked like a wash because he was the number 2 baby face on RAW and was going to slide right in as number 2 baby face on Smackdown!. That last match changed everything for Randall Keith Orton. With Cena back on RAW Orton is now the top face on SD! replacing Edge. Even if Christian wins the title Sunday, Orton is still the biggest name on Smackdown! and with his feud with CM Punk concluding (unless we get a big shock with supplemental) there is a world of opportunity and a real clean slate on the blue brand for Orton.

Career Path: Orton is going to be floating near the top of the cards immediately. As I say he's heading to Smackdown! with no real baggage or feuds currently extant. He is a top star they can plug in anywhere right now and that offers he and WWE some very real and interesting opportunities that I hope they take full advantage of. The ideal career path would be starting him feuding with a group like The Corre, but with them getting more out of it then Nexus did. But if history teaches us anything, WWE will most likely turn Orton into the Smackdown! equivalent of Cena on RAW.

Immediate impact to the show he's on: Orton gives SD! more of a "must watch" feel among common fans as he's a guy clearly identified as a top name and people will want to follow him. He also as I pointed out earlier gives SD! one of the two top most baby faces in the company coming in free and clear of any prior feuds or baggage after Sunday. It also answers the question I think of whether or not Orton is an asset that can draw on the level of Cena for WWE.

Pick # 5 Mark Henry from RAW to SD!: This was a great move for Henry the minute it happened. Henry was doing nothing and going nowhere on RAW and a chance to change that certainly seemed to be in the offing when moved to SD! on the main show. Couple that with his beat down of his brand mates and walk off heel turn at the end of the show, and you've got a recipe for a Mark Henry run not seen since his excellent run on ECW.

Career Path: Henry is another man without a country in terms of a feud. He's a blank slate, but considering he took a shot at the now almost guaranteed World Champion it seems almost a lead pipe synch he's Christian's first feud. What really makes me wonder if how much WWE can get here as Henry has public said he's looking to be done within about a year.

Immediate impact: Henry isn't a marquee guy right now. He's probably never going to be a marquee guy, but he strikes me as an asset like King Kong Bundy. A big, credible bruiser that can be a great monster heel for some baby face challengers to overcome.

Pick #6 Syn Cara from RAW to SD!: This one looks a bit like tail between the legs. Cara has heat on him, Cara has lost any sort of mentoring influences he would have on the Smackdown! side to RAW in the draft, but it does look like WWE still wants to push him. Looks like he's headed over to SD! because that's the brand with post production to me.

Career path: Hard to say, Cara is just starting, I'm thinking a squash match or two at first, maybe he gets into a feud with Barrett or somebody as part of the IC title scene. Not sure I see any immediately logical feuds that would benefit him. He's definitely an interesting name to watch and look back at where we are a year from now.

Pick #6 Big Show from SD! to RAW: Show is Show. You know what you're getting at this point, solid mid-card attraction. His big runs are done, he's settled into perrenial tag champion partner and big guy baby face. Not much else to say.

Career path: Same as SD! the only thing that'll be of interest here is the immediate, how long do he and Kane hold the tag belts and what becomes of the team when they lose them? Right now their in a JeriShow position of tag champs from opposite brands but I don't see they're act lasting nearly as long. I'd imagine they're just waiting for the right challengers to relieve them of those titles.

Impact to show: Not much. Show is a capable mid-card attraction, but I don't think he means much at the box office at this point. I think Show may be the most drafted talent ever.

Pick #7 ADR from SD! to RAW: This was a really huge one and going to be very interesting to watch. Del Rio has been pushed to the moon but it seems he'll be denied the world title again, he's also now on a show where he's got a heel on top as champion.

Career path: Del Rio is in an interesting place. WWE has pushed him to the cusp, but with this move certainly cemented they aren't ready to pull that trigger yet. Del Rio finds himself on the same show as former antagonist Rey Mysterio and considering that all the singles champions are heels, looks like it's back to the future for Del Rio again with some capable feuding wit

Pick #7 ADR from SD! to RAW: This was a really huge one and going to be very interesting to watch. Del Rio has been pushed to the moon but it seems he'll be denied the world title again, he's also now on a show where he's got a heel on top as champion.

Career path: Del Rio is in an interesting place. WWE has pushed him to the cusp, but with this move certainly cemented they aren't ready to pull that trigger yet. Del Rio finds himself on the same show as former antagonist Rey Mysterio and considering that all the singles champions are heels, looks like it's back to the future for Del Rio again with some capable feuding with Rey. Still, you can't help but feel that even though he'll still be booked strong, that he's taken a pretty big step backwards. One hopes we're not going to end up looking at him as "what might have been".

Immediate impact to the show he's on: Del Rio slots in as probably the immediate number 3 heel behind Punk and Miz. He creates an interesting paradox for Shaemus as it appears he'll go slightly further down that ladder with the very pushed Del Rio, Miz, and Punk all on the same show. WWE I think should really consider moving at least Punk or Shaemus in tomorrow's supplemental draft as I feel like we have too many top heels on RAW at the moment and somebody could do with a change of scenery.

Pick # 8 John Cena from SD! to RAW: What was almost a perfect draft to me and a really really interesting story took a turn for the bullshit here. I hate this kind of thing. I hated it back when they did it with Triple H where he got drafted, then that night they announced immediately he was traded for the Dudleys and Booker T. If you aren't willing to pull the trigger on moving a top level, franchise guy across brands, then don't waste the time teasing it. It just feels like you're fucking with people needlessly.

Career Path: Up up and away! Superman woooooosh!!!

Immediate impact to the show he's on: More of the same.

I'll have more of the same for the supplemental draft tomorrow...though maybe not as detailed depending on how many people they decide to shift.

At first I thought they were serious about pushing Smackdown to the next level. The first two picks had my jaw dropping both times. Cena on Smackdown was bold, but both him and Orton just takes balls to do. It's unfortunate that WWE proceeded to allow their balls to shrink to normal size when they did a BS call on the last pick. I was disappointed, and yet, unsurprised that they did it. Cena going to Smackdown is just such an unthinkable move at this point which makes one wonder why they bothered to do it in the first place and waste everyone's time. They could have (and should have) used the extra draft picks on guys who legitimately needed a change. Saying that, here are my thoughts on the picks THAT ACTUALLY ENDED UP MOVING SOMEWHERE.

Rey moving to Raw is alright. He's the type of guy that makes other people look good in matches so he can be on either brand and have a positive impact.

Orton to Smackdown. This is where I said out loud "No fucking way." At the time Cena was also on Smackdown so having the two top faces in the company on the "B show" was shocking. In hind sight, this isn't a bad move. He replaces Edge as the top face and will instantly compete for the title (at the expense of Christian ;_; )

Sin Cara to Smackdown was a smart move. All of a sudden his matches will look a lot better thanks to the power of video editing, and it's less pressure than on Raw so he can develop at a more comfortable pace.

Mark Henry to Smackdown...I hated this pick. There are so many other better guys that could have gone to Smackdown that made more sense. Morrison, Punk, Bryan, Sheamus, EVEN R TRUTH (who had a great heel promo btw) would have been a better pick than aging, hasn't done anything in months, Mark Henry. The upside of this is that they turned Henry heel and at least he'll be doing SOMETHING in Smackdown from the looks of it.

Big Show to Raw. Meh. One of predictions that I was fairly confident would happen. Him and Kane being on different brands is either going to be interesting if they do something with it, or completely boring. Seems right now that they're a place holder of the titles until a legit new team is made to take it.

ADR to Raw. There were rumors, and people didn't think it would happen like this, but it's official. They want to put their golden boy on Raw. Normally this isn't a problem except for that it leaves Smackdown's with a severe lack of heels that can step in the main title spot. Unless they decide to push McIntyre, Rhodes, or Swagger, Barrett's, the only one that can do it right now. (AND MARK HENRY DOESN'T COUNT)

Overall, this part 1 of the draft left just one big hole with Smackdown needing a top title heel. I just hope that the supplemental draft fixes this and doesn't limit itself to lower tier guys.

Supplemental draft has started on WWE.com. First pick for Smackdown is...DANIEL BRYAN! Yes!

Recap of supplemental

Daniel Bryan to Smackdown (YES!)
Raw picks Jack Swagger (meh)
Smackdown picks Great Khali (Meh)
Smackdown picks Jimmy Uso (MEH!)
Raw picks Kelly Kelly (...boobs)
Raw picks JTG (BROOKLYN BROOKLYN, also meh)
Smackdown picks Alicia Fox (No more five star matches between her and Melina now.)
Smackdown picks William Regal (As long as they actually use him and he's a true English gentleman, this could be a decent pick.)
Smackdown picks Yoshi Tatsu (Ryder fans are about to riot at this point)
Raw picks Drew Mcintyre (Even if the draft order is random, YOU DID THIS AFTER KELLY KELLY AND JTG)
Smackdown picks Natayla (more boobs)
Raw picks Curt Hawkins (HAWKINS-RYDER TAG TEAM DOMINATION TIME!)
Raw picks Chris Masters (meh)
Smackdown picks Jey Uso (again...MEH!)

I'm going to the gym now. Someone else can recap the rest.

At 4/26/11 04:30 PM, Tetris wrote: Ryder wasn't drafted.

Nothing else matters.

Meh, it only means that Hawkins-Ryder tag team is that much closer to being a reality.

Other notables:

Kofi to Raw
Alex Riley to Smackdown (No more Miz and A-Ri ;_;)
Sheamus to Smackdown (2 mid card titles on SD now?)
Dibiase to Smackdown (Possible reset?)

Needless to say, I'm happy with Daniel Bryan and Sheamus to Smackdown. Wish Bourne had joined them but oh well. I figure that Raw will somehow get one of the midcard titles back since having both on one show is pointless. They also need to build some decent storylines around those titles.

Raw will continue to be Raw. Maybe they'll push Drew or Kofi a bit more.

damn.. after reading the supplemental draft results there were so many more predictions i was gonna make
i was gonna say tatsu, regal, the usos and alex riley to SD in my original predictions post, but i thought i'd be outweighing SD too much

ah well i did get bryan, kidd, reks, swagger, kofi and mcintyre

sheamus going to smackdown is a bit surprising.. i wonder whats happening to the US title then..

The supplemental draft > the RAW draft.

Daniel Bryan AND Sheamus to SD?!? I'll take it!

Hell, put Bryan in feud with Wade and it will write itself (Wade "kicked out" Bryan from Nexus way back when, so just go from there).

On to more important matters.. So I'm browsing around PWinsider, and I come across this little gem.

http://pwinsider.com/article/57441/major -name-said-to-be-eyeing-wwe-exit-complet e-details.html?p=1

For the lazy.....

As we initially reported last night in the PWInsider.com Elite section, former WWE World champion CM Punk has not signed a new WWE deal and there's been a lot of talk that Punk is looking to exit the company when his deal expires in a few months.

Internally, that possibility has been discussed for some time but during the European tour, discussion of Punk's exit came more and more to the forefront.

According to WWE sources, Punk has been offered a new long-term deal but has balked at signing, citing burnout with being on the road for years and unhappiness with his position in the company over the last year.

As one source pointed out, Punk has been something of an "Iron Man" for the company, working full-time on the road with the exception of his hip injury needing to be rehabbed last year. At the same time, despite delivering with whatever was handed to him creatively, Punk has watched as other talents developed since he debuted ended up pushed as bigger names and treated as more important than Punk, including Miz and Alberto Del Rio.

"When you look at how the company brands it's characters, Punk is never among the top 5-8 names that are promoted or pushed," said the WWE office source. "It's Cena, Orton, Miz, Undertaker, Rey, now Alberto, etc. these days and Punk is sort of floating right under there. He didn't fit into the youth drive a few months back but he's not treated like a top veteran either. He's just there, doing his job and while everyone knows he delivers, he's never really treated like someone who does. He's never dropped the ball but we don't give it to him really, either. He's treated like a guy, but not THE guy. For a driven guy like him who's made wrestling his entire world, it's got to drive him crazy. Now, the excuse will be don't push Punk because he might be leaving, but the reality is the environment and situation is what is probably making him want to leave to begin with. Either it gets fixed or it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, just like it did when Batista walked out."

I'm gonna go and cry now, k?

At 4/26/11 09:12 PM, pepeatumi wrote: On to more important matters.. So I'm browsing around PWinsider, and I come across this little gem.
I'm gonna go and cry now, k?

I've heard about it too. Some say Punk would be stupid not to sign because of the money while others are saying he'll go back to ROH if he leaves. My bet's on him staying though.

The supplemental draft was, as ever, a very mixed bag to me. But once again I really think Smackdown! overall has to be seen as "winning" this draft. Let's roll those results:

1. Daniel Bryan from Raw to Smackdown: This is fnntastic for Bryan and SD fans both. Smackdown tends to be the show with longer matches, and that is where Bryan excels. They also know how to book guys that are more meat and potatoes then flash and sizzle. This is the perfect place for Bryan to catch the eye of both fans and management, and he is a great solid veteran to help some of the rookie members of the Smackdown roster they'll want to elevate get more "polished". I love this first pick.

2. Jack Swagger from Smackdown to Raw: This is being greeted with a lot of meh, that's a shame. I'm not knocking those saying meh, you're right, Swagger has been badly badly booked since coming off of ECW. I've always felt Swagger is a guy with tremendous potential, his look is good, his work is also good, he has personality. This is a guy that could fit into the sort of "legit athlete" roles that a Shelton Benjamin or Charlie Haas had. Whether he can hit that Angle status is still up for debate. In the short term this is obviously to help the fact that he's been so heavily associated with Cole and Lawler. I really hope that they are blowing that issue off Sunday, and that after they do Swagger won't go back to the role he had prior as basically meaningless mid-card fodder guy.

3. Great Khali and Runjin Singh from Raw to Smackdown: Who cares? This act is what it is. Kind of like moving Show in the main draft I just don't see them doing anything different on Smackdown then what they were doing on RAW.

4. Jimmy Uso from Raw to Smackdown: This is either a reclamation project, or he's going to just be futured endeavored from Smackdown vs. being future endeavored from RAW. Given though what happened later in the draft it seems to strongly suggest that they'll be looking to try and rebuild the team and potentially set them up as challengers for Kane and Show. How that works out in terms of whether this is a push or simply a short term run only time will tell.

5. Kelly Kelly from Smackdown to Raw: Bit of a changing of the drapes move here. Kelly was doing nothing on SD now that the McIntyre issue has played out, and they always like to change up the divas every so often to try and keep the division "fresh". Plus she could be a potential great first victim for Kharma (Awesome Kong) when she debuts.

6. JTG from Smackdown to Raw: I tend to see this as a situation where he'll just job to new people on his new brand. Although I think there is potential to move him somehow into the feud with Morrison and Truth coming down on either side of that line. Or he could be used as a replacement for Truth in terms of a hip hop babyface, a character that has certainly served WWE well.

7. Alicia Fox from Raw to Smackdown: Can't beat Holla's comment on this move. Just like Kelly, it's a game of trying to "freshen" the division and move some divas around.

8. William Regal from Raw to Smackdown: Regal is at an interesting point in his career. Two strikes on him so WWE is certainly not going to risk putting him into a prominent position again...getting older, but he's still got a lot to offer. I sincerely wonder if this move was done to test him as an agent and potentially place him into Finlay's role of an "agent/worker". They certainly can't do much worse with the asset that Regal is.

9. Yoshi Tatsu from Raw to Smackdown: I don't see this meaning too much for Tatsu. He'll probably still be working Superstars mostly, with an occassional TV match here and there. I don't see him ever being a sustained push player.

10. Drew McIntyre from Smackdown to Raw: Very interesting, potentially very disastrous. Drew has hit a massive speed bump thanks to his wife. "The Chosen One" is long gone, and this looks to me to either be an effort to rebuild him, or he'll simply sit in catering until they decide to let him go. I think the kid has talent and he's done his penance. Time for WWE to invest some time into him and see what they have.

11. Natalya from Raw to Smackdown: More changing up of the Diva scene. SD! got a good worker though.

12. Curt Hawkins from Smackdown to Raw: This year's draftee most likely to be "Palumboed" (look it up if you don't know what that means). Hawkins is solid, but he's never stood out. I know it's possible to reunite him with Ryder but even if they did it would most likely be a as a team on Superstars and I honestly wonder how safe Ryder's position is right now.
Previous Draft Results: 8th Pick in 2007 Supplemental Draft

13. Chris Masters from Smackdown to Raw: So he'll have good house show matches on RAW vs. SD. Meh. All anybody knows of him on TV is his titty dance.

14. Jey Uso from Raw to Smackdown: See earlier entry for Jimmy.

15. Kofi Kingston from Smackdown to Raw: This one makes a good amount of sense considering his history with Orton. Kofi is a great undercard guy but one hopes WWE will soon make the attempt to see if he can break past that level. He's shown flash's at times before, and he's certainly got some good personalities to play off of on RAW. I think this is a good move on paper for Kofi.

16. Ted DiBiase from Raw to Smackdown: Ted is scorched earth on RAW. He's fallen as far as someone possibly can without being fired. A rebirth on Smackdown is certainly in order here as it worked wonders for his partner Cody. Perhaps they can even reform their alliance or Ted can be turned face and feud with Cody. This was a much needed move.

17. Tyson Kidd from Raw to Smackdown: The only way he can do worse I think is if he's released. But I tend to think he's Superstars fodder.

18. Tamina from Raw to Smackdown: Moving the Divas again, but it looks like it's also to "reset" the Uso act back to where they were when they debuted.

19. Tyler Reks from Smackdown to Raw: Meh. Seems to me they had a number they wanted to hit, and Reks was a name.

20. Alex Riley from Raw to Smackdown: This is legitimately interesting. Riley now will have to stand on his own and The Miz has lost his sycophant. Unless WWE has a real plan here I don't understand why they broke up the act this way. If this was done merely to shock the audience, they did this for all the wrong reasons.

21. Beth Phoenix from Smackdown to Raw: Great worker, and the most logical choice to end up as Kharma's first real feud after she gets done squashing the smaller opposition. I like this.

22. Sheamus from Raw to Smackdown: RAW was overcrowded with heels, and Sheamus was getting lost in the shuffle, the move SD should be very good for him. This also creates an interesting situation as both mid-level titles are now on the same brand with no match on the horizon to rectify the situation. Of course that could be fixed at tonight's tapings or next monday's RAW. I've also been hearing for awhile WWE has considered unifying all their titles once more and considering how little focus the US and IC titles get it might make sense to switch one title to a face to transition it to a unification match down the line.

An interesting draft, some real possibilities for some talents. Interesting to see what the future holds.

At 4/26/11 11:17 PM, 36Holla wrote: I've heard about it too. Some say Punk would be stupid not to sign because of the money while others are saying he'll go back to ROH if he leaves. My bet's on him staying though.

Punk is a guy that has made wrestling his life, this is all he's ever wanted and all he's ever wanted to do. He was very successful and not hurting for money before he got to WWE. He also frankly doesn't give a damn about anybody liking him in WWE, or what the corporation wants him to do. I see Punk as being very much in the case of a Batista or a Jericho. If he doesn't get what he wants from the company, which by all accounts seems to be just to be treated according to the way he has treated them (and as somebody in a similar position at his own job, I can sympathize) then I do believe he will walk. Punk can easily go back to ROH and supplement his income with indie bookings, I don't know what WWE is paying him (probably a good bit more), but I'm sure he can get close to it, and he would be a tremendous shot in the arm to whatever company he gets involved with. Gut feeling though is that yeah, they work this out and Punk signs a new deal.

Chris Jericho was eliminated from DWTS, now get back in the ring dammit.

The draft is very positive in my opinion, guys like Daniel Bryan will finally have the chance to show how great they are in the ring, I also expect Shemus to play a big role on Smackdown.

Since John Cena came back to Raw yet again i guess. The Miz might lose his WWE belt but nothing is new but i'm use to it. In other words it's the same stuff with Cena.

At 4/27/11 08:30 AM, WooldoorSockbat wrote: Chris Jericho was eliminated from DWTS, now get back in the ring dammit.

Could happen, or maybe this exposure gets him other gigs, which is the real reason he did this to begin with.

I knew that Cena would not move to the B show. Why teasing something that was not going to happen? Stupid booking, WWE!
I am also upset that they moved ADR to RAW. All of a sudden, he is the No.3 heel behind the Miz and CM Punk, hopefully, ADR will not turn to another "would have been" like Barrett. Knowing the WWE, that is exactly what we will get, meh!
The move also shows a clear signal that Christian will be crowned as the new WHC at Extreme Rules, a B PPV. Yes, he deserves to be a world champion for all the hard work that he has done for the company, But it would have been a much better option to let him chase the title for a while before finally giving it to him in a PPV that people care, say at Summer Slam.

At 4/28/11 05:04 AM, Dream-of-Duke wrote: I knew that Cena would not move to the B show. Why teasing something that was not going to happen? Stupid booking, WWE!

Yeah it made no long term change but it made for a very entertaining episode of raw.
Most WWE fans aren't thinking about months away and are in the moment.
It was good. It was a fun episode. Calm down.

At 4/27/11 10:05 PM, aviewaskewed wrote:

At 4/27/11 08:30 AM, WooldoorSockbat wrote: Chris Jericho was eliminated from DWTS, now get back in the ring dammit.

Could happen, or maybe this exposure gets him other gigs, which is the real reason he did this to begin with.

To dream, the impossible dream.

What do you think would happen if they did have Del Rio win the title match? How would they work out having both titles on Raw? While I'm in agreement with everyone thinking Chistian will come out on top it wouldn't be the first time the WWE has gone the opposite way due to people predicting the outcome.

I'd rather they didn't unite the IC and US titles. To me the less things you have to fued over, the tougher it is to make fueds. Title hunts are a good way to go from a booking standpoint as there is less to mess up in the storyline. Granted they have indeed messed that up a few times but you get what I'm saying.