Raw 13/4/09: The Draft *SPOILERS*

krudler

Have a gander at this on wwe.com, seems like fun:

http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2009draft/fantasydraft/?cid=2009EP-00

So what are our picks for who's going where?

Rjd2

Hunter to Raw with Rey going the other way is a cert. Smackdown will get killed in this, I expect they will lose Edge as well and either mcCool or Maryse. They may break up Mizorrison and the Hardys as well. Bourne and Henry will go to Raw.

D.Q

are they doing the lottery this year? or are they having the GMs pick again?

Rjd2

DieselQueen wrote: »

are they doing the lottery this year? or are they having the GMs pick again?

I doubt they will do the GM picks, the supplemental draft is on wed 12am.

krudler

Hope Edge goes back to Raw, although then thats the 2 top heels in the company (3 if you include Vickie) on Raw if Orton isnt traded, hope Raw doesnt get screwed before the O2 show on Wednesday, it'll be interesting to see if the show is pre or post draft rosters

EdK

RAW DRAFT PICK PREDICTIONS:
Triple H
Undertaker
Jim Ross
Evan Bourne

SMACKDOWN DRAFT PICK PREDICTIONS:
Rey Mysterio
Cody Rhodes
Ted DiBiase
Christian
Chris Jericho
Randy Orton
Jack Swagger
Michael Cole

ECW DRAFT PICK PREDICTIONS:
JTG
Shad
The Brian Kendrick

Rjd2

krudler wrote: »

Hope Edge goes back to Raw, although then thats the 2 top heels in the company (3 if you include Vickie) on Raw if Orton isnt traded, hope Raw doesnt get screwed before the O2 show on Wednesday, it'll be interesting to see if the show is pre or post draft rosters

Raw will be fine, the one thing is with Hunter a cert, will they have him, Batista and Cena on the same show? I hope Punk goes to Smackdown because if the draft goes how I expect it to he will struggle.

krudler

Ok my main ones are:

To Raw:
HHH
JR
MVP
Edge
Morrison

To SD
Cena
Evan Bourne
Michael Cole
Batista
CM Punk
Miz

ECW
Rey
Kofi
Koslov

The divas i couldnt care less about, I cant tell who's on what show anyway

D.Q

there isnt a HOPE of Orton going to Smackdown.

Mr.Nice Guy

I no longer watch the shows so I couldn't really give a toss who goes where but it strikes me that all the scenarios presented by everyone above are pretty uninspiring. I remember when the draft caused a buzz and created shocks (Cena to Raw, Batista to SD etc.)

From what I can see the only changes that would be close to that kind of surprise would be Taker to Raw and Cena to SD.

Pretty much everything else has been done before which kind of touches on the point made by flahavaj in the other thread about how the feuds are being recycled over and over.

What was special about the draft was that it was designed to shake things up and prevent things from being stale. However the draft itself has now become stale and everything's been done before.

Ironically what would now really shake things up and refreshen the WWE would be to bring an end to the drafts and end the brand extension. That would generate an excitement and buzz that none of these potential drafts would come close to.

ShawnRaven

I would tend to agree with every point made here to be honest.
I will watch, but won't bother with it live. Sports package expired this weekend and i don't use it often enough anymore to resubscribe. So it'll be back to ze days of torrent, and then onto the USB key to watch via the DVD player

Rjd2

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Ironically what would now really shake things up and refreshen the WWE would be to bring an end to the drafts and end the brand extension. That would generate an excitement and buzz that none of these potential drafts would come close to.

To be honest I hope the brand extension stays. Those who claim they are bored of the Orton/Edge/HHH/Cena/Batista monopoly and want someone else to rise from the midcard to give the main event some freshness will be very disappointed as the midcard will be totally ignored.

D.Q

Rjd2 wrote: »

I doubt they will do the GM picks, the supplemental draft is on wed 12am.

whats the supplemental draft?

ShawnRaven

DieselQueen wrote: »

whats the supplemental draft?

They only announce the first 10 guys to be drafted on each show, but there's over 80 people on the roster.

So the supplemental draft are the ones that are drafted later in the week, rather than drafted on the live show.

If ya get what I mean?

D.Q

ah yep.... can we watch the other draft?

krudler

Its upated on wwe.com throughout the day, its mostly divas, jobbers, managers etc who get moved on that, there'll be a few bigger names but all the main ones will be on Raw tonight

ShawnRaven

DieselQueen wrote: »

ah yep.... can we watch the other draft?

Pretty much what krudler said, there'll be nobody of interest on the supplemental draft, unless it's an upper midcarder/headliner that's on the bench maybe.

Furious-Red

It starts at 1 am

D.Q

cool guys, thanks for the info.

redout

Just checked Sky and its a 3hr Raw tonight as opposed to the usual 2hr show presumably because of the draft. I presume this means we still get the normal amount of matches, right ?

amacachi

Probably less.

ShawnRaven

Might be one less match, because they also cut out the bullsh*t recap segments and a lot of interview/promo segments too.

Bounty Hunter

I think this would sufficantley shake things up and could happen:

To Raw: HHH, Edge, MVP, Christian, Matt Hardy, Evan Bourne, Gail Kim, Natalya, The Fink

To SD: Cena, Jericho, CM Punk, Rey Mysterio, Miz & Morrison, Charlie Haas, Micheal Cole, Lillian Garcia, Melina, DH Smith

To ECW: Koslov, Brian Kendrick, Jesse & Festus, Mr Kennedy

Rjd2

I hope ECW does not get killed tonight, I dont mind the show losing Bourne as he is destined for bigger thing but please no Kozlov or Khali:(
I

ShawnRaven

Rjd2 wrote: »

I hope ECW does not get killed tonight, I dont mind the show losing Bourne as he is destined for bigger thing but please no Kozlov or Khali:(
I

I really could live with ECW getting killed in this, but only on the grounds that RAW and Smackdown benefit from it. If not, then it's not worth it.

Bounty Hunter

Rjd2 wrote: »

I hope ECW does not get killed tonight, I dont mind the show losing Bourne as he is destined for bigger thing but please no Kozlov or Khali:(
I

tbh I expect ECW to be slightly raped every draft as its the development brand and they will be benefitting from getting roster additions from FCW during the year anyway. I would hope Khali doesent go there and dont expect it as they would want him on one of the main rosters if only for his drawing power in india imo. Kozlov on the otherhand atleast atm would imo actually be able to give any young superstar (Swagger etc)who beats him a decent rub and i dont think WWE have anything for him right now.

redout

Bit of a crazy idea but how about a 30 man Royle Rumble (or the actual Royale Rumble even better) to decide the draft in future with the Winner getting to choose his show and the other 29 split according to when they were eliminated. Sounds a whole lot more interesting than watching a draft done on Raw tbh.

Bubs101

redout wrote: »

Bit of a crazy idea but how about a 30 man Royle Rumble (or the actual Royale Rumble even better) to decide the draft in future with the Winner getting to choose his show and the other 29 split according to when they were eliminated. Sounds a whole lot more interesting than watching a draft done on Raw tbh.

It would devalue the Royal Rumble far too much

redout

Bubs101 wrote: »

It would devalue the Royal Rumble far too much

Well keep the title shot also.

Bubs101

redout wrote: »

Well keep the title shot also.

You can't do the Draft before Mania because (barring this year of course) it would destroy the long term build and freshen up the roster at the exact wrong time. People will watch the TV before Mania anyway, they don't need a draft to grab their attention

Machismo Fan

As Raw is 3 hours tonight, it starts at 1am tonight and ends at 4am.

OrtonViper

"I can tell you form a personal stand point that carrer's will change forever tonight" - Vintage Michael Cole.

Say nothing here comes Boretista

redout

15 man Battle Royal tonight as part of the draft ECW, Raw and Smackdown sounds animal.

newballsplease

LOL..just watching the start of raw, ECWs Josh was speaking to the camera and blood came out of his nose!he tried to cover it up then! watch out for it if anyone has it recorded. its in the 1st minute.

edit- meant josh mattews

Rjd2

Cena v Swagger tonight. Cena to win clean, he needs the rub badly.:D
Batista? bed time:(

RebelRockChick

newballsplease wrote: »

LOL..just watching the start of raw, ECWs Todd was speaking to the camera and blood came out of his nose!he tried to cover it up then! watch out for it if anyone has it recorded. its in the 1st minute.

Spotted that, happened to Josh Matthews. Not the best time for a nose bleed to start :eek:

OrtonViper

Oh god! The ****able Boretista wants retribution. I bet he dosn't know the meaning of the word

Rjd2

Batista " I probably missed you more more than you missed me"
No **** Sherlock :rolleyes:

Bounty Hunter

theyve got 3 hours so here comes 20mins of mcmahon intro to promote the backlash mainevent

Iang87

she actually makes me wanna puke that vicki

redout

Jasus yer one sounds like an annoying bitch.

Jolt2007

I've grown to love Vicki. The amount of heat she can get from two words is awesome.

redout

"Excuse me"

She barfed that about a dozen times in 60secs !

Is that her catchphrase ?

OrtonViper

Rey vs. Evan

Can't wait

Rjd2

redout wrote: »

"Excuse me"

She barfed that about a dozen times in 60secs !

Is that her catchphrase ?

Yes, and she is widely regarded as the best heel in the biz, the heat she gets is incredible. :cool:
Evn v Rey will be immense.

Bounty Hunter

orestes wrote: »

My digital is still on the fritz so I can't watch this, any chance of you guys posting the draft picks as they happen?

*hic*

will do

amacachi

Come on lads, don't make me regret staying up.

Bounty Hunter

BH predicts: Bourne runs Mysterio close but Rey wins and Bourne gets drafted to Raw

oh man. All the fly-highing was negated by a quick meeting with the solid barrier.


EDIT:


oh, cole disclosed the stipulation. It doesn't matter who wins. if we see a 619 the first draft is coming to raw. Riveting stuff.

Iang87

dont think bourne could have done a worse job on that 619

OrtonViper

MVP to Raw