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Miss Golden · 05-16-2005, 11:58 PM

The 2005 WWE Draft Lottery

For this historic 2005 Draft, RAW and SMACKDOWN! will each get five draft picks.

The picks will all be drawn at random. RAW will draw from the SMACKDOWN! roster. SMACKDOWN! will draw from the RAW roster.

All RAW & SMACKDOWN! Superstars can be drafted. Champions, Divas, announcers, general managers. Everyone is eligible to be drafted!

The Draft will take place from June 6th until June 30th.

One pick a week per show, until the final week when each show will get two picks.

The first RAW pick will be revealed on June 6th.
The first SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 9th.

The second RAW pick will be revealed on June 13th.
The second SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 16th.

The third RAW pick will be revealed on June 20th.
The third SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 23rd.

The fourth and fifth RAW pick will be revealed on June 27th.
The fourth and fifth SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 30th.

General Managers are allowed to trade until Midnight on June 30th.

moeee · 05-18-2005, 02:21 AM

wow! interesting.......Any chance of Triple HHH leaving RAW and going to smackdown?

Chain Gang Member · 05-18-2005, 09:36 AM

Why can't they just do it in one day?This year's draft is full of crap more than there being a RAW roster and a Smackdown! roster when it should be just one roster together

Miss Golden · 05-18-2005, 11:05 AM

By stretching this out for the month of June, Vince will be trying to double the success of the ratings of the 2004 draft.

Chad22 · 05-18-2005, 04:13 PM

Its good for ratings I Suppose, And It at least gives us something to look forward to every week.

I Just hope the draft picks are actually worth it. Not Just A Bunch of lower midcarders like last year.

moeee · 05-18-2005, 09:49 PM

They do need to shake it up a bit.

Miss Golden · 05-18-2005, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chad Lawrence Doody

Its good for ratings I Suppose, And It at least gives us something to look forward to every week.

I Just hope the draft picks are actually worth it. Not Just A Bunch of lower midcarders like last year.

I see mostly upper mid carders to main event talent getting traded, what would be the purpose of trading Val Venis, Hardcore Holly, Rene Dupree, Steven Richards, etc. It would only be necessary to trade them to spice up Heat and Velocity, and rumors are going around the WWE may cancel one or both of those shows when it moves over to the USA Network in September 2005.

Plus there is no point in trading women talent, they do absolutely nothing, the only female talent to trade would be Michelle McCool to Raw because she has wrestling talent, but the Women's Title is as dead as ever with Trish Stratus being injured whom is the champ, Lita looks to be in a managerial role now with Edge and Victoria will be fired soon anyway due to lack of storyline and Molly Holly's release a month ago.

Miss Golden · 05-31-2005, 11:34 PM

Of all the Smackdown superstars I hope John Bradshaw Leyfield goes to Raw, he is really being depushed on Smackdown as of late. Plus there is nothing really left for him on Smackdown since he has been the dominant force for the past year.

As for any Raw superstars, I would not mind Chris Jericho going to Smackdown and trying for a shot at the Smackdown World Title. To think that he was the first Undisputed champion, and strong main event talent at one point and now he is almost a jobber. Since it looks like he will never have a chance at holding the Raw title again, at least let him give it a try on Smackdown.

DTP · 05-31-2005, 11:50 PM

If JBL goes to RAW then he's going to be depushed even more. He'll be on Heat in no time. Seriously, he'll probably have a World Heavyweight Championship shot and get squashed (probably by Triple H, of course, I expect him to win at Vengeance) and his WWE Championship reign will slowly be flushed down the toilet. Same thing with Eddie Guerrero.

You're right about Jericho though.

Julius · 06-01-2005, 05:27 PM

To be honest. Splitting the rosters was the worst thing they can do. They should merge the rosters so all superstars can appear on both shows

moeee · 06-02-2005, 12:33 AM

But if they merge, then some of the superstars wouldnt be seen as much. They would have to put the majority of them on Sunday night heat or something.

Julius · 06-02-2005, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by moeee

But if they merge, then some of the superstars wouldnt be seen as much. They would have to put the majority of them on Sunday night heat or something.

I want to be like it was before when the WWE superstars are on both shows not just RAW or SD.

moeee · 06-02-2005, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Julius

I want to be like it was before when the WWE superstars are on both shows not just RAW or SD.

Oh i understand now, like how it was about 4 years ago.

Miss Golden · 06-18-2005, 01:23 AM

Obviously the reason we have the roster split is because of the death of WCW. When WCW closed in March 2001, 24 WCW talents were automatically contracted to the WWE. Then in the summer of 2001 around June, the WCW talents started appearing on WWE programming along with a lot of ECW talent that had signed with the WWE due to ECW going under in January 2001. The WWE's roster was so huge they started the WCW/ECW invasion angle. Then at Survivor Series 2001 when the team WWE defeated the WCW/ECW alliance, all of the WCW/ECW stars disappeared from programming until April 2002 when the rosters were split. So if WCW was still in business today, we would not have the roster split.

Brian Damage · 06-18-2005, 11:40 AM

The roster split is a good idea. It allows more wrestlers to get a push to main event status.

As far as this draft goes, it is silly to only draft the main eventers. All it is doing is switch the Smackdown show to Raw and the Raw show to Smackdown.

05-16-2005, 11:58 PM	#1
Miss Golden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 1,231	WWE Draft Lottery Specifics The 2005 WWE Draft Lottery For this historic 2005 Draft, RAW and SMACKDOWN! will each get five draft picks. The picks will all be drawn at random. RAW will draw from the SMACKDOWN! roster. SMACKDOWN! will draw from the RAW roster. All RAW & SMACKDOWN! Superstars can be drafted. Champions, Divas, announcers, general managers. Everyone is eligible to be drafted! The Draft will take place from June 6th until June 30th. One pick a week per show, until the final week when each show will get two picks. The first RAW pick will be revealed on June 6th. The first SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 9th. The second RAW pick will be revealed on June 13th. The second SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 16th. The third RAW pick will be revealed on June 20th. The third SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 23rd. The fourth and fifth RAW pick will be revealed on June 27th. The fourth and fifth SMACKDOWN! pick will be revealed on June 30th. General Managers are allowed to trade until Midnight on June 30th.

05-18-2005, 09:36 AM	#3
Chain Gang Member 1st Female Triple Crown Champ Forum Fanatic Join Date: Sep 28, 2003 Location: Watching Three's Company & Wrestling Posts: 8,927	Why can't they just do it in one day?This year's draft is full of crap more than there being a RAW roster and a Smackdown! roster when it should be just one roster together
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06-01-2005, 05:27 PM	#10
Julius Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 16, 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 349	To be honest. Splitting the rosters was the worst thing they can do. They should merge the rosters so all superstars can appear on both shows
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05-18-2005, 02:21 AM	#2
moeee Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 40,094	wow! interesting.......Any chance of Triple HHH leaving RAW and going to smackdown?

05-18-2005, 11:05 AM	#4
Miss Golden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 1,231	By stretching this out for the month of June, Vince will be trying to double the success of the ratings of the 2004 draft.

05-18-2005, 04:13 PM	#5
Chad22 Captain Juke N Jive Moderator Forum Addict Join Date: Nov 23, 2002 Location: Caribou, Maine Posts: 71,662	Its good for ratings I Suppose, And It at least gives us something to look forward to every week. I Just hope the draft picks are actually worth it. Not Just A Bunch of lower midcarders like last year.

05-18-2005, 09:49 PM	#6
moeee Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 40,094	They do need to shake it up a bit.

05-31-2005, 11:34 PM	#8
Miss Golden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 1,231	Of all the Smackdown superstars I hope John Bradshaw Leyfield goes to Raw, he is really being depushed on Smackdown as of late. Plus there is nothing really left for him on Smackdown since he has been the dominant force for the past year. As for any Raw superstars, I would not mind Chris Jericho going to Smackdown and trying for a shot at the Smackdown World Title. To think that he was the first Undisputed champion, and strong main event talent at one point and now he is almost a jobber. Since it looks like he will never have a chance at holding the Raw title again, at least let him give it a try on Smackdown.

05-31-2005, 11:50 PM	#9
DTP Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 19, 2003 Posts: 90	If JBL goes to RAW then he's going to be depushed even more. He'll be on Heat in no time. Seriously, he'll probably have a World Heavyweight Championship shot and get squashed (probably by Triple H, of course, I expect him to win at Vengeance) and his WWE Championship reign will slowly be flushed down the toilet. Same thing with Eddie Guerrero. You're right about Jericho though.

06-02-2005, 12:33 AM	#11
moeee Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 31, 2003 Posts: 40,094	But if they merge, then some of the superstars wouldnt be seen as much. They would have to put the majority of them on Sunday night heat or something.

06-18-2005, 01:23 AM	#14
Miss Golden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Posts: 1,231	Obviously the reason we have the roster split is because of the death of WCW. When WCW closed in March 2001, 24 WCW talents were automatically contracted to the WWE. Then in the summer of 2001 around June, the WCW talents started appearing on WWE programming along with a lot of ECW talent that had signed with the WWE due to ECW going under in January 2001. The WWE's roster was so huge they started the WCW/ECW invasion angle. Then at Survivor Series 2001 when the team WWE defeated the WCW/ECW alliance, all of the WCW/ECW stars disappeared from programming until April 2002 when the rosters were split. So if WCW was still in business today, we would not have the roster split.

06-18-2005, 11:40 AM	#15
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	The roster split is a good idea. It allows more wrestlers to get a push to main event status. As far as this draft goes, it is silly to only draft the main eventers. All it is doing is switch the Smackdown show to Raw and the Raw show to Smackdown.