WWE Draft Pre-Pre-Pre show thread

>>1487144
No, fuck that.

>>1487144
8 on PPV weekends (like this one)
Possibly 9 or even 10 on Summerslam/Mania weekends

>>1487144
Nah. I skip most of Raw anyway, got it down to about an hour.

>>1487165
And let's not forget NXT and the Cruiser wait Tourney since that thing looks like it's gonna be a permanent fixture.

>>1487144
Nah, ill torrent RAW and watch it before watching SD live. Will be comfy

>>1487144
No. I'll watch SD and skim Raw.

>>1487165
11 with NXT

>>1487170
Only 9 more weeks left of that cruiser tourney and I don't watch the NXT weekly shows unless I read the review and there's something that sounds interesting.

>three hours of Raw (LIVE)
>two hours of Smackdown (LIVE)
>one hour of NXT
>one hour of CWC
>three hours of PPV (LIVE)

>10 (T E N) hours of potential mind-numbing WWE bullshit every week

Thank fuck I skip through afterwards and it takes me like 30 minutes to watch Raw.

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I'll watch Smackdown and CWC when it airs and then catch raw and NXT if I hear it's a good episode

Raw Roster confirmed:
Brock Lesnar
John Cena
Dean Ambrose
Seth Rollins
Samoa Joe
Shinsuke Nakamura
AJ Styles
Kevin Owens
Finn Balor
The Miz
Alberto Del Rio
Apollo Crews
Baron Corbin
Braun Strowman
Erick Rowan
Darren Young
Sin Cara
Mark Henry


Shining Stars
The Ascension
The Dudley Boyz
The New Day
Gallows and Anderson
The Vaudevillains
American Alpha


Sasha Banks
Paige
Nia Jax
Bayley
Becky Lynch
Eva Marie
Natalya
Naomi
Dana Brooke
Summer Rae

>>1487203
Here's Smackdown:
Roman Reigns
Randy Orton
Bray Wyatt
Rusev & Lana
Chris Jericho
Sami Zayn
Dolph Ziggler
Cesaro
Sheamus
Titus O’Neil
Big Show
Kane
Neville
Kalisto
Zack Ryder
Jack Swagger

Breezango
Enzo and Cass
Social Outcasts
The Usos
Golden Truth

Charlotte
Alicia Fox

>>1487144
i'm only gonna watch one show. so yeah. i will decide after draft

>>1487203
>>1487206
this doesn't follow the rules so why you making shit up

>>1487212
Just copy & pasting from Vince's memo.
What rule do you think it doesn't follow?

>>1487212
Sorry I have autism

>>1487215
literally all of them

>>1487219
>Raw has the first overall pick
>Since SmackDown Live is a two-hour show and Raw is three hours, for every two picks SmackDown Live receives, Raw will receive three picks
>Tag teams count as one pick unless a Commissioner/General Manager specifically only wants one member of the team
>Six draft picks will be made off the NXT roster
Literally follows all of them you tard. Nice try though.

>>1487206
>Two (2) women on the entire brand
>Charlotte being on the B show
Try to be less obvious

>>1487222
Yeah not sure why they're doing that. My guess is the women's champ will be a floater. Also Nikki will be back soon, maybe she is going to Smackdown? Or maybe they have plans for Charlotte to wrestle in the men's division.

>>1487203
>>1487206
Screenshot something to prove it's straight from his memo.

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>marks still think vince actually comes up with anything or does anything with creative other than occasional final approval

>>1487170
>>1487177

>NXT
>Live

ITT: retards.

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>>1487230
No probs dude

>>1487238
Have sex

>>1487243

I did. Last night, yesterday morning, and Sunday night.

>>1487144
I'm fine, i don't usually watch it live so i can skip women's wrestling and unnecessary stuff like Breezango. But i will still watch NXmeme and CWC,

>>1487240
kek

>>1487240
holy shit! confirmed!

>>1487203
>>1487206
Why the fuck would they split the Wyatts

Plus that would make Smackdown B-show as fuck, Raw is way too stacked

Explain this to me

What kayfabe reason exist for not choosing all the NXT champions?

Why Bayley instead of current and undefeated champion Asuka?

It's very stupid.

>>1487299
le 4 horsewymyn meme angle probably

I've already predicted that Smackdown will probably die within the next few years. Vince treats it as a second rate show only fit for jobbers. This probably wont change even with the draft

>>1487299
To cash in on muh iron woman meme match muh meme feud

>>1487144

>5 live hours

Wait...people still plan on watching RAW live?

My poor sides. You can catch up on that on youtube in under 15 minutes. I'm not kidding, you just go on the youtube channel and scroll through the videos that interest you and you're all caught up. You don't need to sit through 3 hours of RAW. I can't understand how Yuros do it.

Smackdown Live will be like what NXT was 2 years ago before Neville left. Just good ol' wrestling for 2 hours with minimal Stephanie emasculation and Michael Cole on commentary.

>>1487206

I checked to see where Chris Jericho was, and I saw Smackdown, so that's how I know this is beyond fake.

Apply yourself manchild.

>>1487182
plus and hour of lucha on wednesdays and 2 hours of tna on thursday and several hours of g1 almost every night for weeks

>>1487144
Not only that but two PPVs a month

So 8 hours of TV on Sunday thru Tuesday every two weeks

>>1487336
Full sail faggot detected

>>1487348

How is anything I said indicative of me being from full sail you muppet? I haven't watched NXT live since last year, I only watch the Takeovers, in 2014 I used to watch it weekly but it got dull and boring when Neville got called up, and I despise the full sail crowd.

You're an idiot.

>>1487299
Perhaps the NXT champions are protected from the draft?

>>1487351

They aren't. Though I really wish they'd call up Samoa Joe.

>>1487240
Seems legit.

>Watch SD in full
>Watch PPVs in full
>Raw highlights on Youtube
>Catch CWC on the network when I feel like it
>Watch NXT if there's a Takeover or a match I care about.
Easy, m8.

>>1487299
Afraid of Asuka coming out, mistaking Stephanie for a challenger and immediately kicking her in the face and putting her in the Asuka Lock.

>>1487362
>>1487362

>This schedule

Based 2bh. There's no good reason to ever have to watch RAW live.

>>1487349
Seething

>>1487306
It won't die, but it might replace RAW. I think a 3 hour show is unworkable these days as a weekly card of bouts. Instead, it could become a round-up show with live bits. More like a rolling sports news show, like Soccer Saturday on Sky TV.

Vince is already running a virtual monopoly, eventually it will become an actual monopoly, and he will stream/broadcast/distribute wrestling shows for all the other feds - ROH, TNA, WCPW, Japan, LU, etc etc. RAW can be the world of wrestling show, where it's more like a sports news broadcast. I would quite like that and it'd become mandatory viewing for many.

>>1487369

Seething cause you've never had sex?

>>1487203
>>1487206
>Roman runs Smackdown by himself
Lmao

>>1487375
>he's in tears now

>>1487182
Also Supertars and Main event, altough nobody cares about those

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>>1487240

>>1487390

lose weight

My hopes for the brand split:

1. Let the cruiserweights shine on RAW - If they get over more than your main eventers because they do things your main eventers can't do, who cares. You aren't competing against other brands and I prefer a couple of great 20 minute Cruiserweight matches every week over some of the diva shit and comedy jobbers. Also, it'll push the main eventers to up their cardio and also go higher risk in their matches.

2. Feature the tag team division. They need to fix power levels of teams like Ascension. American Alphas will be a good addition, Enzo and Cass are in line for a title run and even the Dudley's should get the belts at some point. Take the belts off comedy trio who rarely defend them and use your tag teams. This includes keeping the Lucha Dragons together.

3. Elevate the right guys. Some guys are going to have to jump to upper mid card and even main eventers. Bray Wyatt, KO, Cesaro, Del Rio, Nakamura, and Samoa Joe should be among them. Zayn, Balor and Ziggler should not.

4. Give old guys their "life time achievement" title runs and get them to move on. With a brand split you can afford to have one of the belts on an older guy like Show or Kane here and there so they can go out with one last championship.

5. Do not expand your women's roster. In fact, send some of them back down to development for awhile. Sasha has been really botchy, Paige should go back down to work out an in-ring identity. Asuka and Baily can realistically replace them on the main roster. They should push Dana Brooke and Becky right now as the top of the division.

6. Give more part timers runs. This might sound bad but with a brand split it wouldn't be so bad for Brock to have a championship run and not be around so much, you won't have PPV's with non title Main Events. You can do this for guys like The Rock to give occasional ratings spikes. Maybe even Taker can hold a title until Mania and have a career/title match against Kane or Cena.

No. I'll follow KO and just watch his show. I hope they turn him around and make him actually sort of threatening again. This comedy shit is getting old

>>1487144
I currently only watch PPVs, no RAW or Smackdown. I probably will fast forward through most of the bi-monthly PPVs now. I don't know what the fuck they are thinking.

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>>1487441
>Maybe even Taker can hold a title

Dude, that's cruel. Just look at the guy, you really think he's in any shape to go for a title run?

>>1487446
He can fight like every other ppv, maybe a promo or two in between and then set up his retirement match at Mania. It can give Cena his record title or if they care about kayfabe Kane can do the honors.

>>1487144
>Roman will be the #1 pick

>>1487443
Hi Mrs Owens!

>>1487144

No I'm going to stick to just smackdown for a few episodes to see if a like the setup more.

>>1487479
pajeet, plz

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>>1487482
>this triggered because even neckbeard Owens has a 10/10 wife way out of his league and you will be cumming with your hand for the rest of your life
KO is truly the GOAT

>>1487490
His wife is average. Her face is unsettling

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>>1487446
I hope he retires soon

>>1487509
Wew dat belly

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oh shit

>>1487509
He needs to either grow a full beard again or rock his ministry era chin goatee. That stupid goatee he always has looks shit on his wrinkly old face.

How are the title belts split b/w SD n RAW?

Do you guys think nakamemes will go up yet?
He hasn't been in nxt for very long, but in terms of ability and fans he is ready. Will Vince leave him to feud with Samoa Joe?

> Dean and Seth will be the champs on each brand

I just wanted a title picture without the Shield, just for a while.

>Enzo and Xavier Woods are drafted to Raw to compete in the cruiserweight division
>Big Cass stays in Smackdown as a singles competitor
>All Tag teams are on Smackdown
>After 1 or 2 PPV cycles with little success, Enzo and Xavier decide to become a tag team to force themselves back to Smackdown
>Forced to fight New Day
>Reunions happen during survivor series

I'm retarded, ignore my trash booking

>>1487557
An Enzo/Xavier tag team would be amazing. But I'd like to see Enzo and Cass with the tag team championships.

>>1487557
Tag teams count as one draft pick ya stupid idiot

>>1487578
They can draft individual members if they want. It doesn't really make sense, but they'll do it at least once if the rule is there.

>>1487578
You sound confused

Here are some things to consider
>Losing Weight
>Having Sex
>Killing yourself

>>1487630
Nah

>>1487513
He is 50 years old.
The guy is still in decent shape.

Is the draft scripted or is it a real draft type thing?

>>1487758
It's obviously really, silly.

>>1487758
Its real

>>1487776
>off by one

deanetty fans on suicide watch

>>1487144
I'd prefer they drop Raw back down to 2 hours, it feels absolutely overlong

>>1487758
The fuck do you mean? Vince picks who he wants in each brand

>>1487388
>You now realize they put Bryan and Reigns on SD so DB puts Reigns over.

Wew.

>>1487306
Wouldnt mind if SD if filled with current jobbers but due to brand extension they have to be promoted to midcarders and some Main Eventers.

Swagger, Ryder, Ascension and Kalisto would really benefit from that rub.

>Lucha Dragons split up
>Sin Cara squashed

kek

they have completely given up on Sin Cara

Hunico was fucking garbage

>>1487494
>H-his wife i-is average!
>So worked that he turns gay

More than you will ever get.

>>1487550
Hopefully with Dean on SD he will be demoted to the midcard for a long while.

>>1487833
Should have repacked Hunico him and put him in the CWC.

The Sin Cara character is damaged goods at this point but it won't die because the OG one was Hatich's first hire, and that would mean a admission of sorts of defeat.

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super occasional wrestling fan here, how exactly is this draft going to work? If you get drafted by smackdown you cant be on raw ever?

>>1487560
Certified Creed

>>1487877
Yes.

They normally can participate on the main PPVs (SUmmerslam, Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania, Survivor series.

Both brands will have their own champion.

>>1487877
Not unless a cross brand PPV is coming up.

>>1487901
The best thing about this draft is the big 4 will feel like the big 4 again. We might get the first survivor series in years that's not complete shit.

>>1487900
>Both brands will have their own champion
So, is there also going to be two Intercontinental and US champions?

>>1487805
Pretty sure USA network actually won't let them

>>1487911
hopefully not

maybe us on one show, intercontinental on the other, so there is 1 midcard belt per show of equal status

>>1487911
No i mean the world championships.

The US and IC titles are so irrelevant that it doesnt matter where they will end to.

>>1487910
This and creative will have no choice but to elevate some guys to fill the midcard like Swagger and Ryder.

>>1487901
>Survivor series match is about Raw vs Smackdown again and not hobbled together shit or pointless 'Us against the Authority' feuds that go nowhere.
It's gonna be great.

>all these people saying RAW is 3 hours

RAW runs from 8:00-8:20, and 10:40-11:00 every week. It's a weird schedule but 40 minutes is easy to do.

>>1487833

they will move him to smackdown and try to rebuild the character there

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>Yfw Cesaro, Rusev and Samoa Joe feud for US title.

>>1487948
I swear if Rusev ever has a promo where he's going 'No One can beat me' and things of that nature and Joe's theme plays I will fucking mark out.

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>>1487948
joe was born in the US at least

Is the draft taking place in a smarky town?

I dont if casuals even know enough about NXT to pop for guys like shinsgay, the revival, etc.

>>1487299
kayfabe, they're asking for too much money

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjtAqtRQppQ

It's gonna happen, broskis. Woo woo woo!

>>1487960
DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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>>1487963

>>1487960
>>1487966
that's deep in the heart of WWE country and this show has been built up for 3 months, it should be hot crowd.

>>1487948
That'd be gold, a couple months with occasional Rusev v. Joe matches without turning one Face

Where can I get a stream for this later?

when is this gonna start ?

>>1488171
wwenetwork.com

I'll watch smackdown

Fuck RAW and the obvious 30 minute roman vs seth promos it'll have every week

>>1487966
Boston is semi-smarky. Boston respects kayfabe but is smart unlike southern crowds.

Worcester is like an hour from boston, 3 hours from NYC and 5 from philly so it'll skew smark more heavily

>>1488191
i don't shop at wallmart so i don't have a wwenetwork giftcard

>>1488171
http://watchwrestling.uno/watch-wwe-smackdown-71916/