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Apparently, this draft isn't just a storyline, pre-planned roster shakeup. This is going to an actual, real draft of wrestlers, conducted NOT by the WWE, not by Vince McMahon, not by backstage "authority figures", but by FOX and USA Network executives.
That is, the WWE doesn't fully control who goes where, because it's not just a gimmick. It also very likely means that crossovers won't happen. USA and FOX are owned by two different companies. USA isn't going to want RAW wrestlers appearing on FOX for Smackdown, and FOX isn't going to want Smackdown wrestlers showing up on USA. Yesterday, the WWE posted the actual rules:
Now, I am sure that the "draft" has already happened. What we see tonight, and on RAW this coming Monday, will just be the public face of the draft. When wrestlers "find out" where they are going, it's act, because they already know. That is, the "draft" we see, is just for TV. The real draft likely happened Wednesday or Thursday, behind closed doors. This is logically necessary, in my opinion, to make sure the rosters are balanced. The last thing the WWE would want is to have BOTH champions drafted to same show. That is, they had to have retained SOME veto power, just in case FOX tried to draft both Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar, or both Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, or both the IC and US title holders, something like that. Or, if RAW drafts the women's tag team champions, the Kabuki Warriors, but then Smackdown drafts all of the established female tag teams besides them...The WWE has a vested interest in maintaining a balance, even if Network execs are making the picks. By doing it behind the scenes, ahead of time, it gives USA and FOX time to make trades to provide that balance, while keeping everyone happy. One thing I would like to see, is automatic belt-swapping, IF champions get switched. That is, Becky Lynch is the RAW women's champ, and Charlotte Flair is the Smackdown women's champ. If FOX drafts Lynch to Smackdown, Charlotte should automatically go to USA, and they should trade belts, so Charlotte becomes RAW women's champ, Becky becomes Smackdown women's champ...or if Brock Lesnar gets drafted by USA, Seth Rollins goes to Smackdown, and they trade the WWE title for the Universal title, something like that.
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