WWE Spoilers: Complete 2016 WWE Draft ResultsBy Cassidy| July 20, 2016 Wrestling News The 2016 WWE Draft returned last night on the premiere episode of SmackDown Live and marks a new era of exclusivity in WWE as Superstars were selected to compete and appear exclusively on RAW and SmackDown respectively starting next week. During the SmackDown Live broadcast, 18 draft picks were made for RAW and 12 draft picks were made for SmackDown (since SmackDown is a two-hour show and RAW is a three-hour show, RAW got three picks for every two picks that SmackDown received). The remaining 15 picks for RAW and 14 picks for SmackDown were made on the WWE Draft Center Live special on the WWE Network after SmackDown Live went off the air. Here is the complete list of the draft picks made in the 2016 WWE Draft: RAW Draft Picks Televised Draft Picks Seth Rollins Women’s Champion Charlotte Finn Balor (drafted from NXT) Roman Reigns Brock Lesnar WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, & Xavier Woods) Sami Zayn Sasha Banks Chris Jericho United States Champion Rusev (with Lana) Kevin Owens Enzo & Cass (Enzo Amore & Big Cass) Gallows & Anderson (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson) Big Show Nia Jax (drafted from NXT) Neville Cesaro Sheamus WWE Draft Center Live Draft Picks The Golden Truth (Goldust & R-Truth) Titus O’Neil Paige Darren Young (with Bob Backlund) Sin Cara Jack Swagger The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) Summer Rae Mark Henry Braun Strowman Bo Dallas The Shining Stars (Primo & Epico) Alicia Fox Dana Brooke Curtis Axel SmackDown Draft Picks Televised Draft Picks WWE Champion Dean Ambrose AJ Styles John Cena Randy Orton Bray Wyatt Becky Lynch Intercontinental Champion The Miz (with Maryse) Baron Corbin American Alpha (Chad Gable & Jason Jordan; drafted from NXT) Dolph Ziggler Natalya Alberto Del Rio WWE Draft Center Live Draft Picks The Usos (Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso) Demon Kane Kalisto Naomi The Ascension (Konnor & Viktor) Zack Ryder Apollo Crews Alexa Bliss (drafted from NXT) Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) Eva Marie The Vaudevillains (Aiden English & Simon Gotch) Erick Rowan Mojo Rawley (drafted from NXT) Carmella (drafted from NXT) Undrafted Heath Slater Heath Slater was the only eligible Superstar who was not drafted to either RAW or SmackDown. In addition, Triple H, The Undertaker, Tyson Kidd, Tamina, Emma, Nikki Bella, Luke Harper, Rosa Mendes, & Ryback were all ineligible to be drafted for various reasons. Also, none of the commentators, interviewers, or ring announcers were eligible to be drafted either. All scheduled matches for this Sunday’s Battleground pay-per-view, as well as the scheduled match between Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton at SummerSlam will not be changed following the WWE Draft. All of those matches will still take place as planned. What did you think of the WWE Draft? Post your comments in the box below.
