Tom Phillips interviews Natalya on the pre-show. She feels she will be the dominant women's wrestler on the brand that she is on, and also believes that she should be Women's Champion.
Greg Hamilton interviews The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods). They hope to take the tag team titles to whatever brand they go to. As for The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman), it's time to get serious, according to Xavier Woods.
Tom Phillips interviews Sami Zayn, who doesn't have a brand preference as long as it's not the one Kevin Owens gets drafted to. If he could pick one NXT guy during the draft for his brand, it would be Finn Balor.
Greg Hamilton interviews The Social Outcasts (Heath Slater, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel). It becomes apparent they've never thought about what they would do if they were split up. We also the stitches around Heath Slater's right eye from his recent eye injury.
Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, Mick Foley and Daniel Bryan appear at the top of the entrance ramp before the start of the show.
The rules for the WWE Draft are announced: Raw has the first overall pick. For every two SmackDown picks, Raw gets three. (This is a reference to SmackDown's two hours compared to Raw's three.) Tag teams count as one pick unless a Commissioner/General Manager only wants one member only wants one member of the team. Six draft picks will be made off the NXT roster.
#1 Pick - #1 Raw - Seth Rollins
#2 Pick - #1 SmackDown - Dean Ambrose
#3 Pick - #2 Raw - Charlotte
#4 Pick - #2 SmackDown - AJ Styles
#5 Pick - #3 Raw - Finn Balor
Before the next match, Enzo Amore and Big Cass show up to call The Club (AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson) S-A-W-F-T.
John Cena beats Luke Gallows after Enzo Amore and Big Cass get on the apron along with AJ Styles and Karl Anderson before both teams go at it only for Enzo and Cass to toss Styles and Karl Anderson over the top rope so Cena can hit the Attitude Adjustment on Luke Gallows.
#6 Pick - #4 Raw - Roman Reigns
#7 Pick - #3 SmackDown - John Cena
#8 Pick - #5 Raw - Brock Lesnar
#9 Pick - #4 SmackDown - Randy Orton
#10 Pick - #6 Raw - The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods)
Zack Ryder and Darren Young beat Rusev and The Miz after Young makes The Miz tap out to the Crossface Chicken Wing.
Bray Wyatt beats Xavier Woods.
Kane is about to face Kevin Owens when Sami Zayn shows up. Sami and Owens brawl, and they both head into the ring. At first, only Sami Zayn gets a chokeslam, but when Owens tells him to do it, Owens gets a choke slam, too.
#11 Pick - #7 Raw - Sami Zayn
#12 Pick - #5 SmackDown - Bray Wyatt
#13 Pick - #8 Raw - Sasha Banks
#14 Pick - #6 SmackDown - Becky Lynch
#15 Pick - #9 Raw - Chris Jericho
Charlotte and Dana Brooke beat Sasha Banks in a 2-on-1 handicap match when Charlotte tags herself in, breaks up the Banks Statement and hits Natural Selection.
#16 Pick - #10 Raw - Rusev w/ Lana
#17 Pick - #7 SmackDown - The Miz w/ Maryse
#18 Pick - #11 Raw - Kevin Owens
#19 Pick - #8 SmackDown - Baron Corbin
#20 Pick - #12 Raw - Enzo Amore and Big Cass
Chris Jericho beats Cesaro.
After the commercial break, Becky Lynch and Natalya are seen brawling outside of the ring with multiple officials trying to break it up. Becky Lynch was scheduled to face Alicia Fox tonight.
#21 Pick - #13 Raw - The Club (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
#22 Pick - #9 SmackDown - American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable)
#23 Pick - #14 Raw - Big Show
#24 Pick - #10 SmackDown - Dolph Ziggler
#25 Pick - #15 Raw - Nia Jax
#26 Pick - #16 Raw - Neville
#27 Pick - #11 SmackDown - Natalya
#28 Pick - #17 Raw - Cesaro
#29 Pick - #12 SmackDown - Alberto Del Rio
#30 Pick - #18 Raw - Sheamus
Dean Ambrose retains the WWE Championship against Seth Rollins. Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan celebrate with Dean Ambrose after the match.
Tom Phillips interviews Neville on the post-show. Neville says the past few months have been rough, but have given him a chance to re-strategize and that the WWE Universe will see a rejuvenated Neville. He says that the WWE Draft is a game-changer, as Raw now has NXT's fingerprints all over it.
#31 Pick - #19 Raw - The Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth)
#32 Pick - #13 SmackDown - The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso)
#33 Pick - #20 Raw - Titus O'Neil
#34 Pick - #14 SmackDown - Kane
#35 Pick - #21 Raw - Paige
Greg Hamilton interviews Natalya, who says that SmackDown is the A-team now that she's there. As for Becky Lynch, Natalya calls her a coward for assaulting her and stealing her thunder, and that she should be lucky she's not pressing charges. He tells Becky Lynch to look in the mirror and figure out why she has no friends, saying that Becky plays the victim.
Jojo interviews Cesaro, who feels he should have been drafted in the Top 10. He feels he could have been a better fit for SmackDown, but he tries to see the positive in all of this. He doesn't care about how Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley will co-exist, as he says Raw should be about the Superstars.
The Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth) is on the post-show table. Booker T compares The Golden Truth to when he teamed with Goldust. The Golden Truth are happy to be on Raw, and they are fixing to get the opportunity to take the tag team titles. As for where they wanted to be, they didn't care what brand they ended up on as long as they were drafted together. On the topic of the new era, Goldust says it's not about the old guys anymore, but they feel they have something special.
#36 Pick - #22 Raw - Darren Young
#37 Pick - #15 SmackDown - Kalisto
#38 Pick - #23 Raw - Sin Cara
#39 Pick - #16 SmackDown - Naomi
#40 Pick - #24 Raw - Jack Swagger
#41 Pick - #17 SmackDown - The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
Greg Hamilton interviews Alberto Del Rio on the post-show. Del Rio started on SmackDown, and he's happy to be on the brand and become champion again.
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) are on the post-show table. They say that Roman Reigns is doing all right and ready to come back, though they're disappointed that they and Roman are on separate shows. Nevertheless, they're excited to be on SmackDown and make it a little more "Uso Crazy."
Jojo interviews Titus O'Neil, who's excited to be on Raw. He's ready to get a fresh start and begin a new chapter on the brand, and he wants to continue to battle physical guys like Cesaro and Sheamus as he looks for new opportunities. As Titus leaves, Darren Young shows up and reunites with Titus, then Jojo interviews Darren Young and Bob Backlund. Bob tells Darren Young to "maintain a constant tendency to relapse into barbarianism" in order to be successful on Raw. As for Battleground, he plans to fight and wrestle The Miz on Sunday night.
#42 Pick - #25 Raw - The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley)
#43 Pick - #18 SmackDown - Zack Ryder
#44 Pick - #26 Raw - Summer Rae
#45 Pick - #19 SmackDown - Apollo Crews
#46 Pick - #27 Raw - Mark Henry
#47 Pick - #20 SmackDown - Alexa Bliss
Greg Hamilton interviews Kalisto, who says he's ready to shock the world. He plans to have his revenge against Baron Corbin on SmackDown, and that he is here to stay and make "a good lucha thing." He then runs off and says "Goddammit! Whoo!" (This botch will end up on the introduction to Botchamania in the future, and he also gets a chance to redeem himself for the promo exactly two years later.)
#48 Pick - #28 Raw - Braun Strowman
#49 Pick - #21 SmackDown - Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango)
#50 Pick - #29 Raw - Bo Dallas
#51 Pick - #22 SmackDown - Eva Marie
#52 Pick - #30 Raw - The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico)
#53 Pick - #23 SmackDown - The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)
SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon and Raw General Manager Daniel Bryan are at the post-show table. Shane admits it was tough with Raw getting so many picks and they had to regroup so many times on the fly, but he's happy with the roster. Both Shane and Daniel Bryan are happy to have Dean Ambrose on SmackDown and believe he will keep the WWE Championship after Battleground. They believe that Kane will be the hardest to control, but believe that they will be able to keep the roster in order. They also say that they wanted John Cena for the brand for having the energy and passion for the business.
Jojo interviews Bo Dallas, who also appears with Heath Slater and Curtis Axel. Slater and Axel find out that while Bo Dallas is now on Raw, they are not drafted yet. Bo tells Slater and Axel that all they need to do is Bolieve. Slater is disappointed, and Curtis Axel doesn't want to face the thought of facing Bo Dallas. Bo himself is pretty excited to be on the Raw brand.
#54 Pick - #31 Raw - Alicia Fox
#55 Pick - #24 SmackDown - Erick Rowan
#56 Pick - #32 Raw - Dana Brooke
#57 Pick - #25 SmackDown - Mojo Rawley
#58 Pick - #33 Raw - Curtis Axel
#59 Pick - #26 SmackDown - Carmella
Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and Raw General Manager Mick Foley are at the post-show table. Stephanie says that her Raw-branded dress is Mick Foley's idea, is made from the T-shirts and was made by WWE seamstress Terri Anderson. Mick Foley says that Shane McMahon underestimated her respect for Stephanie when he said that Mick Foley would be a puppet and easy to manipulate under Stephanie. They are disappointed they didn't get Sasha Banks and American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable). Stephanie credits Mick Foley's original run as Raw General Manager as the inspiration for her hiring him as Raw General Manager for the new Brand Extension. Stephanie says that she and Mick Foley could not be any more pleased with the Draft.
The post-show ends with Heath Slater sitting in a chair, waiting to be drafted when the lights go out on him.
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