The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Draft, (formerly known as the WWE Draft Lottery) is a process used by said professional wrestling promotion to provide new brand competition and to refreshen its rosters. The Draft was first used during the brand extension of 2002, though it was officially incepted and used in 2004. Since the inception of the process, it has been referred to as the Draft Lottery (2004-2005) and the Draft (2007–present). World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... For the NES video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The World Wrestling Entertainment Brand Extension was a device first used in 2002 by said professional wrestling organization as a means of providing separate brands of wrestling through its two top shows, RAW and SmackDown!, with the addition of ECW in 2006. ...

History

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• In March 2002, the first draft was announced by WWE CEO, Linda McMahon, as a part of the brand extension of 2002, where co-owners of WWE, Ric Flair, who represented the Raw brand, and Vince McMahon, who represented the SmackDown! brand, would draft superstars onto their respective brands.
• In March 2004, with the theme of WrestleMania XX being "Where it all begins again," Mr. McMahon announced a draft lottery, stating "it's time to shake things up again." Each general manager received six picks.
• In June 2005, Vince McMahon announced a second draft lottery which would take place throughout the entire month of June. Both general managers received five random picks.
• In May 2006, WWE added a third brand; the revived version of Extreme Championship Wrestling.^[1] ECW Representative Paul Heyman was allowed one pick from Raw and one pick from SmackDown!, as a part of the brand extension of 2006.
• On May 28, 2007, Shane McMahon announced a draft, which featured all three brands. The Draft took place on June 11, 2007 on a special three-hour episode of Raw.
• On May 26, 2008, Vince McMahon announced a draft, which would feature all three WWE brands. The draft took place on June 23, 2008.

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Draft lotteries

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Impact on championships

Whether a champion keeps their championship after being drafted is unpredictable. During the 2005 Draft, the WWE Champion John Cena was drafted from SmackDown! to Raw and kept his championship. General Manager Theodore Long announced that a new SmackDown! Championship was to be created but the idea was abandoned when the World Heavyweight Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown! from Raw, bringing the title with him. For the 2008 Draft, the WWE United States Champion, Matt Hardy, was drafted to the ECW brand, also bringing the title with him. Also in 2008, Triple H was drafted to Smackdown with his WWE Championship and Kane was drafted to Raw with his ECW Championship. However, during the 2007 Draft, the ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley was stripped of the title after being drafted to Raw. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ... John Felix Anthony Cena, Jr. ... Theodore Robert Rufus Long (born September 15, 1955) is a former professional wrestling referee and manager, and is currently working on World Wrestling Entertainments SmackDown! brand as its General Manager. ... The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ... The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) United States Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Matthew Moore Matt Hardy (born September 23, 1974)[2] is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their SmackDown![1] brand, where he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions along with his onscreen rival, Montel Vontavious Porter. ... This article is about the WWE brand. ... Paul Michael Levesque[4] (born July 27, 1969)[4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former Hunter Hearst Helmsley moniker. ... Glen Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967) better known by his ring name Kane, is an American professional wrestler. ... -1... Franklin Roberto Bobby Lashley (born July 16, 1976)[2] is an American professional wrestler and former Collegiate amateur wrestler. ...

See also

• WWE Brand Extension

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References

External links

• History of the WWE Draft Lottery