Wednesday, April 27, 2011

WWE Draft Aftermath...


I'm not gonna lie. I made a big deal about the Draft that took place on RAW two days ago. This is probably because of how face-punchingly bad it was, but still, I would be remiss if I didn't follow up by commenting on the remainder of the picks that went down behind the scenes following RAW (ya know... the show that actually billed itself as being where the Draft was going to go down). So to prevent this from going too overly long, let's get to it.

(Note: some of these I genuinely don't have an opinion on, so I didn't attempt to make one)
  1. Sheamus to SmackDown: No surprise. Sheamus may be US Champion, but his stock amongst the "big guys" on RAW has plummeted recently. SmackDown will be a good place for him where he can be a veritable big fish again.
  2. Beth Phoenix to RAW: One of the better female wrestlers on the WWE roster lands on RAW. That's where she belongs, especially with the coming of Awesome Kong.
  3. Alex Riley to SmackDown: Glad he's been detached from the Miz. Don't have an opinion other than that.
  4. Tyler Reks to RAW
  5. Tamina to SmackDown
  6. Tyson Kidd to SmackDown
  7. Ted DiBiase to SmackDown: Where once he was billed as the promising future of the business, DiBiase has tailed off lately. I've never been impressed by DiBiase much, but he definitely will have a better chance to be worked into some better storylines on SmackDown.
  8. Kofi Kingston to RAW: I'm not sure what this means for Kofi. RAW now doesn't really have too many minor titles of their own right now (though I'm betting this will change at Extreme Rules with some title changes), so does this mean Kingston's getting a big push? Only time will tell.
  9. Chris Masters to RAW: Whut?
  10. Curt Hawkins to RAW
  11. Natalya to SmackDown: A shame that the Divas division remains segregated, and that Natty isn't in the proverbial thick of things. Looks like she'll remain terribly underutilized in the company.
  12. Drew McIntyre to RAW: This is McIntyre's time to legitimately break out. If he can't find an audience on RAW, I'm not sure he'll be getting a push.
  13. Yoshi Tatsu to SmackDown: I like Yoshi Tatsu. I think SmackDown's the best place for him.
  14. William Regal to SmackDown: REGAL LIVES!!
  15. Alicia Fox to SmackDown
  16. JTG to RAW
  17. Kelly Kelly to RAW
  18. Jimmy Uso to SmackDown
  19. The Great Khali to SmackDown
  20. Jack Swagger to RAW: This likely means another push for Swagger into the big title picture. As long as Michael Cole stays out of it, I think any angles with Swagger and one of the big RAW superstars will be fun.
  21. Daniel Bryan to SmackDown: Another guy who has been criminally underutilized for some time, I hope they give Bryan something of substance to do on SmackDown. He's too talented of a performer to continually hang out in the background.
Friday is SmackDown, and though these picks will likely not be put into effect by then, it'll be interesting to see how all these pieces sort themselves out in the coming months.

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