Now the 2 most interesting Rules from these 4 is that Tag Teams count as one Draft Pick unless the General Manager of either brand only wants one member of the team, meaning they would be split up. And that 6 Draft Picks will be made off of the NXT Roster (YES! YES! YES!). So, with these rules in place, lets book The 2016 WWE Draft!
Monday Night Raw:
Commissioner: Stephanie McMahon
General Manager: Mick Foley
Monday Night Raw will receive the first Draft Pick of the night. If I were to book it, their first pick should be the WWE Champion, Dean Ambrose. Despite Stephanie hating him, I would have Mick Foley make the decision, without Stephanie being able to overrule it. This would allow Ambrose to mess with Stephanie, being the face of her Brand without her consent, Vintage Dean Ambrose! This would also cause tension between Foley and Stephanie.
Overall, RAW is going to have way more Superstars than Smackdown, there is no way around it. Having 3 hours to fill every week, you need a lot of talent to fill that time, while also having your Big Names to keep huge storylines going. I would draft Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar and AJ Styles to RAW, as their big names. For Tag Teams I would bring The New Day and Gallows and Anderson. Then for the Womens Division on RAW, you'd need to have The Womens Champion Charlotte and Sasha Banks! For the Mid-Card, I would put The United States Championship on Raw (Rusev) and many fan favourites like Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn on Raw. Now I will be talking about the NXT Superstars later, don't worry, some of them will be on Monday Night RAW.
Smackdown Live:
Commissioner: Shane McMahon
General Manager: Daniel Bryan
I'm going to save some of the bigger names for Smackdown. We have the babyface Commissioner and General Manager, and its being considered the Underdog Brand. And with only 2 hours to fill, I don't want any filler on Smackdown. So with all these factors in place, Smackdown should beat RAW in the ratings easy, compared to their heel Commissioner and all the hate towards Roman Reigns from WWE fans all around the world, Smackdown should become the preferred Brand for the WWE fans.
Smackdown should receive the 2nd Draft Pick of the Night, and with Ambrose taken, I would bring The Face of The Company, John Cena to Smackdown. Now Smackdown will need more big names to get the ratings up, so I would also bring Seth Rollins and Randy Orton. Also if The Undertaker is going to be drafted tonight, I'd put him on Smackdown too. So for Tag Teams, I would bring Enzo and Big Cass (Do NOT split them up!) and The Wyatt Family. In the Womens Divison, I would pick Becky Lynch and Paige. Finally for the Mid-Card I would have The Intercontinental Championship on Smackdown (The Miz) and many other popular Superstars like Kevin Owens and Neville.
NXT Superstars:
I've saved the best for last, where will the 6 NXT Draft Picks end up? First we have to decide who is going to be called up from the NXT Roster. I have chosen the following Superstars to be brought up for the Brand Split:
Finn Balor
Shinsuke Nakamura
Tye Dillinger
American Alpha (Counts as 1 pick)
Bayley
Nia Jax
Monday Night Raw:
Starting with 'The Icon' of NXT, Finn Balor. I feel that it is only right for him to be thrown into The Club storyline with AJ Styles and Gallows and Anderson, so put him on RAW. Hopefully starting 'Balor Club', Finn would then kick AJ out, leading to a future feud between the two? Dream Match!?
I would also have Bayley on RAW. We can hope for a Sasha Banks heel turn and then a 2nd rivalry between the two, except now on the Main Roster! And finally, American Alpha. Jason Jordan and Chad Gable are so over with the WWE Universe, they would fit right in on Monday Nights, and possibly being managed by a certain former WWE Superstar... More on that in a bit.
Smackdown Live:
The for Smackdown, we need to have the King Of Strong Style, Shinsuke Nakamura! He would be a huge pick for Smackdown, and it would be amazing to see him feud with the likes of Kevin Owens.
Next, Nia Jax should go to Tuesday Nights. Just because RAW will be overloaded with the Womens Division, so she could make a name for herself on Smackdown, possibly feuding with Becky Lynch. And finally, The Perfect 10, Tye Dillinger. I can see this guy challenging for the Intercontinental Title, so why not bring him to Smackdown.
Returning Legends
I personally don't see many Legends returning for the WWE Draft. Despite the heavily rumoured return of Kurt Angle, he himself has said he is not returning for The Draft, so I don't think this one is possible but you never know. But one returning legend rumour that could be true is Goldberg. He is the Pre-Order Bonus for the upcoming video game WWE 2K17, so just like Sting and The Ultimate Warrior, we should see him in a WWE Ring in the near future.
Thank you so much for reading my Booking Of The Draft!
