[7/19] WWE Draft on Live Smackdown Thread - It's Time To Shake Things Up Again! (Live Updates in OP)

[Kang Deezy]

seriously brehs what's wrong with Bailey? Why call up Carmella and not Bailey. What is the inside story on why she is stuck on nxt? What else can she do there?

She's got the title match for nxt Brooklyn then I bet she comes up... I'm not ruling her out as the mystery partner but I have a feeling it'll be Naomi

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Glad to see the other women drafted to SD, cause I don't want to see Becky/Nattie pull a Dolph/Kofi from 09/10

 

[Kang Deezy]

I'm a little disappointed in the draft

I feel like instead of trying to give smackdown it's own vibe and style, they really just split the rosters evenly so both shows have a little bit of everything.

The women and tag team stuff on smackdown will be dumb without titles to revolve around.

Cesaro should have been on smackdown and Owens and Zayn should have been split up

Plus why the fukk split up the club? They seemed to be showing some good chemistry on tv

 

[RammerJammer]

I'm a little disappointed in the draft

I feel like instead of trying to give smackdown it's own vibe and style, they really just split the rosters evenly so both shows have a little bit of everything.

The women and tag team stuff on smackdown will be dumb without titles to revolve around.

Cesaro should have been on smackdown and Owens and Zayn should have been split up

Plus why the fukk split up the club? They seemed to be showing some good chemistry on tv

Gotta wait till the first two shows and see how they do it The Network draft really saved it for me

 

[Playaz Eyez]

She's got the title match for nxt Brooklyn then I bet she comes up... I'm not ruling her out as the mystery partner but I have a feeling it'll be Naomi

Which is funny, cause Team Bad was the only 1 of those 3 stables that made sense to keep together and seemed to genuinely like teaming together. Meanwhile they took the most L's out of all of them

 

[dakidbanks]

SmackDown roster is more than fine. WWE did a good job with this draft.

Yeah its not that bad.. I would've def placed Cesaro and Owens on there too cuz SD always seemed to have the better matches

A lot of routes they could go..

Orton v AJ
Orton v Corbin
Orton v Wyatt
AJ v Kalisto
AJ v Ziggler
AJ v Ambrose
Cena v Corbin
Cena/Orton v AJ/Corbin
Cena v Crews
Ambrose v Corbin could be piff storyline wise
Crews v Del Rio
American Alpha v Vaudevillains

not to mention Kane could put Corbin over in a big feud

Oh, and I predict AJ v Balor for WM next year.. I'm pretty sure they'll pair Anderson/Gallows with Balor on Raw.. team all 4 of them up for Survivor Series.... something will happen at RR and then we get a classic at WM

 

[mrken12]

NXT roster old as shyt

Rhyno - 40
Roode - 39
Aries - 38
Joe - 37
Naka - 36
Tye - 35
Itami - 35
Asuka - 34

The main roster is up there in age too.

WWE Superstars Ages: 20 Oldest Wrestlers on the Roster

Goldust (47)
Chris Jericho (45)
Bubba Ray Dudley (45)
R-Truth (44)
D-Von Dudley (43)
AJ Styles (39)
Alberto del Rio (39)
John Cena (39)
Titus O’Neil (39)
Sheamus (38)
Sin Cara (38)
Curtis Axel (36)
Karl Anderson (36)
Randy Orton (36)
Luke Harper (36)
Konnor (36)
Cesaro (35)
The Miz (35)
Dolph Ziggler (35)
Viktor (35)

 

[Rayzah]

I'm a little disappointed in the draft

I feel like instead of trying to give smackdown it's own vibe and style, they really just split the rosters evenly so both shows have a little bit of everything.

The women and tag team stuff on smackdown will be dumb without titles to revolve around.

Cesaro should have been on smackdown and Owens and Zayn should have been split up

Plus why the fukk split up the club? They seemed to be showing some good chemistry on tv

I don't think they should of split up zayn and Owens yet they haven't had their blow off match yet.

Also with Balor on raw the club is still in tact I just hope he improves in the ring cause he is a little sloppy out there.

 

[CJ]

Watching the live panel version of SD! on the Network with Rene/Booker/Lita/Graves as the draft was going on. Wow, Cass is much better behind the scenes. Comes off like a robot during their intro, but he is a 180 right now. Actually charismatic and smooth as hell on the mic

That title run probably got bumped up by 6 months if Vinny Mac saw this

 

[Silkk]

SD roster is not as bad as y'all makin it seem...
we haven't even seen 1 episode to see where they're headed with this roster yet...
Raw is suppose to have more standouts than SD because its a 3 hour show + its the flagship show
The goal is to make SD stand out; putting AJ, Cena, Orton, Ambrose and Bray on there is str8
Personally, I would've made JUST a few changes tho.... here's my changes.. ignore the pick #s and the order, I just cut and pasted the original list from the 1st post and swapped about 3-4 picks to the other roster

I didn't mess with the female picks, but I do think Raw might as well had gotten all the females.. switch the 6 or so girls SD got with 6 guys from Raw and SD would look even better

Raw
1. Seth Rollins
2. Charlotte
3. Finn Balor
4. Roman Reigns
5. Brock Lesnar
6. New Day
7. Sami Zayn
8. Sasha Banks
9. Chris Jericho
10. Rusev with Lana
11. Zack Ryder
12. The Ascension
13. Gallow and Anderson
14. Big Show
15. Nia Jax
16. Neville
17. Kane
18. Sheamus
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19. Golden Truth
20. Titus O'Neil
21. Paige
22. Darren Young with Bob Backlund
23. Sin Cara
24. Jack Swagger
25. Dudley Boyz
26. Summer Rae
27. Mark Henry
28. Braun Strowman
29. Bo Dallas
30. Shining Stars
31. Alicia Fox
32. Dana Brooke
33. Curtis Axel

Smackdown
1. Dean Ambrose
2. AJ Styles
3. John Cena
4. Randy Orton
5. Bray Wyatt
6. Becky Lynch
7. The Miz with Maryse
8. Baron Corbin
9. American Alpha
10. Dolph Ziggler
11. Natalya
12. Alberto Del Rio
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13. The Usos
14. Kevin Owens
15. Kalisto
16. Naomi
17. Enzo and Cass
18. Cesaro
19. Apollo Crews
20. Alexa Bliss
21. Breezango
22. Eva Marie
23. The Vaudevillains
24. Erick Rowan
25. Mojo Rawley
26. Carmella

Didnt raw get Owens?

 

[Rayzah]

The main roster is up there in age too.

WWE Superstars Ages: 20 Oldest Wrestlers on the Roster

Goldust (47)
Chris Jericho (45)
Bubba Ray Dudley (45)
R-Truth (44)
D-Von Dudley (43)
AJ Styles (39)
Alberto del Rio (39)
John Cena (39)
Titus O’Neil (39)
Sheamus (38)
Sin Cara (38)
Curtis Axel (36)
Karl Anderson (36)
Randy Orton (36)
Luke Harper (36)
Konnor (36)
Cesaro (35)
The Miz (35)
Dolph Ziggler (35)
Viktor (35)

Wow I didn't know Curtis axel was that old, wow most of these guys are on the wrong side of 30 but it seem like they are just getting started. But AJ doesn't look or move like he is 39.

But they say you hit your prime as a wrestler in your 30's

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

video of Cesaro going in

Hopefully this will lead to a Booker T situation where he turns heel because he doesn't want to be on Raw.

 

[dakidbanks]

Didnt raw get Owens?

Yeah, that was me showing the changes I would've made with their picks

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Yeah its not that bad.. I would've def placed Cesaro and Owens on there too cuz SD always seemed to have the better matches

A lot of routes they could go..

Orton v AJ
Orton v Corbin
Orton v Wyatt
AJ v Kalisto
AJ v Ziggler
AJ v Ambrose
Cena v Corbin
Cena/Orton v AJ/Corbin
Cena v Crews
Ambrose v Corbin could be piff storyline wise
Crews v Del Rio
American Alpha v Vaudevillains

not to mention Kane could put Corbin over in a big feud

for the detailed breakdown of future fueds

I really do think Kalisto is in line to be where "Rey Mysterio" was, a cruiserweight who can hang with the main eventers

The New "Smackdown 6" will be

• AJ Styles
• Dolph Ziggler
• Apollo Crews
• Kalisto
• American Alpha
• Becky Lynch

Im not the biggest Bray Wyatt fan

 

[FRIED MASON]

I'm a little disappointed in the draft

I feel like instead of trying to give smackdown it's own vibe and style, they really just split the rosters evenly so both shows have a little bit of everything.

The women and tag team stuff on smackdown will be dumb without titles to revolve around.

Cesaro should have been on smackdown and Owens and Zayn should have been split up

Plus why the fukk split up the club? They seemed to be showing some good chemistry on tv

Balor will most likely become the ''new'' leader.