From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2010 WWE Draft
2010 WWE Draft
alities from these brands were eligible to be drafted.[1]
This was the first draft since 2005 to not feature the ECW
brand, due to its disbandment on February 16, 2010.[6]
For the televised portion, matches determined which
brand received a random draft selection. During the Sup-
plemental Draft, brand and employee selections were
conducted randomly. Based on 2009 regulations, drafted
champions took their titles to their new brands, and tag
teams were not exempt from being selected. Unlike the
previous year’s draft where each selection was for only
one individual, 2010 featured two instances where at
least two employees were drafted in one pick.
Overall, 21 employees from the company’s roster
were drafted in 19 selections, the fewest in a single night
draft show (that featured supplemental drafting) since
2004. Eight selections were made on television (four from
each brand), while the Supplemental Draft saw eleven
draft picks (five by Raw and six by SmackDown) that fea-
tured 13 draftees. Of the 21 selected personalities, seven-
teen were males (seven drafted on television) and three
were females (one drafted on television). All but one
draftee was a wrestler: The Great Khali’s manager Ranjin
Singh, who came to Raw in the Supplemental Draft along
with Khali in one draft pick. SmackDown obtained the
first Draft pick by winning the first match, which result-
ed in the acquisition of the only drafted Diva on televi-
sion, Kelly Kelly; John Morrison was Raw’s first selection
Kelly Kelly, the first overall selection in the 2010 WWE Draft after winning the third match. In the Supplemental Draft,
Unified WWE Tag Team Champions The Hart Dynasty
The 2010 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) (Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith) were drafted as one
Draft was the eighth Draft produced by the American selection to Raw, with their valet Natalya Neidhart draft-
professional wrestling promotion WWE.[1] The Draft took ed as a separate pick. In addition to Smith being drafted
place over two days: the first day was televised live for to Raw, Chavo Guerrero, Montel Vontavious Porter, and
three hours on April 26, and the second part, the "Sup- Hornswoggle (who were all drafted to SmackDown) were
plemental Draft", was held on April 27.[1][2] The first day acquired by the brand for which they made their debuts
was broadcast on WWE’s Monday night program Raw on in WWE.
the USA Network in the United States,[A1] and the Sup-
plemental Draft was available on WWE’s official web-
site.[1][2] The televised portion was held at Richmond
Background
Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia.[3] During the produc- The Brand Extension storyline was initiated in March
tion of the Draft, guest hosts were portrayed as authority 2002, in which WWE’s Raw and SmackDown! television
figure characters on Raw; however, due to the impor- programs were made into brands (similar to conferences
tance of the event, the Draft was run by the WWE man- within a league) to which employees were assigned to;[7]
agement backstage, as are all other WWE programs.[4][5] the ECW brand additionally involved between 2006 and
Unlike sports draft lotteries where players are signed 2009.[8] Since its inception, annual drafts have followed,
to a team, WWE Drafts featured the exchanging of em- except for in 2003.[9] As in previous drafts that followed
ployees between WWE’s two brands. The 2010 WWE Draft the Brand Extension, the purpose of the 2010 WWE Draft
marked the fifth time that only the Raw and SmackDown was to increase television ratings of WWE programming
brands were involved; Superstars (male wrestlers) and and refresh the rosters with new storylines for each
Divas (female wrestlers) along with other WWE person- brand.[10] The 2010 WWE Draft was confirmed both by
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# Match Stipulation Winner(s)
1 SmackDown: Team Lay-Cool (Layla and Michelle McCool) vs. Raw: Maryse Tag team match SmackDown:
and Eve Torres for 1 Diva-only Team Lay-Cool
draft pick
2 SmackDown: CM Punk vs. Raw: Evan Bourne Singles match for SmackDown:
1 draft pick CM Punk
3 Raw: Santino Marella, Ted DiBiase, Montel Vontavious Porter, Mark Henry, Battle royal for 3 Raw: Santino
and Yoshi Tatsu vs. SmackDown: Kane, R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, Drew McIn- draft picks Marella and Ted
tyre, and Shad Gaspard DiBiase
4 SmackDown: Chris Jericho vs. Raw: Christian Singles match for SmackDown:
1 draft pick Chris Jericho
5 SmackDown: Jack Swagger vs. Raw: John Morrison[C1] Singles match for SmackDown:
1 draft pick Jack Swagger
6 SmackDown: Dolph Ziggler vs. Raw: Hornswoggle Singles match for Raw: Hornswog-
1 draft pick gle
WWE and Richmond Coliseum via their websites between Matches
March and April 2010, which featured the draft eligibility
of WWE employees from the Raw and SmackDown Main Draft
brands.[1][3] The event was scheduled to take place over
two days, in which the televised draft would air live on Supplemental Draft
the USA Network in the United States from the Coliseum
in Richmond, Virginia on the April 26 episode of Raw. The
second portion of the Draft, the "Supplemental Draft,"
Response and aftermath
was originally scheduled for April 28; however, it was an- Following the televised draft, Josh Mathews, a commen-
nounced during the live broadcast that it would be held tator and interviewer for WWE, interviewed various
the next day on April 27 with selections being announced wrestlers who switched brands. They included The Big
via WWE’s website.[2][11] Show, Christian, Kelly Kelly, Kofi Kingston, John Morri-
son, and R-Truth, who all stated that they viewed their
new brands as an opportunity to engage in combat with
Roster selections new competitors and to achieve new success.[12] Based
WWE uses specific terms to refer to its employees. The on the 2009 regulations, champions that were drafted
term "Superstar" is used to refer to male in-ring per- would carry their titles with them to their new brand.[13]
formers while female wrestlers are labeled as "Divas;"[5] As opposed to previous drafts, this was the first to not
this is reflected in the following list. feature a championship exchange brands since 2007.[F1]
Similar to 2007, no tag teams were affected by the draft
Televised draft since tag teams and stables were drafted to the same
During Raw, six matches were held among representa- brand either as a single draft pick or consisting of several
tives of the two brands to determine which would receive draft picks to a new brand. The two alliances that
a draft pick; except for one match that was for three se- switched brands were the stable of The Hart Dynasty
lections, the others were for one. Each match featured a (Kidd, Natalya, and Smith), in which Kidd and Smith were
wrestler representing their brand; if a wrestler was draft- in unison and Natalya consisted of a separate draft pick,
ed earlier in the program, they would represent their and The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh, who were also
new brand. After the matches, a computerized system, drafted as one selection in the Supplemental Draft.
which appeared on the Raw stage TitanTron, random- The Draft had little effect on the WWE’s television
ly[B1] selected a member from the opposing brand’s ros- ratings. Despite not having direct involvement in the
ter for the winning brand. Draft, WWE NXT and WWE Superstars were a part of the
weekly television lineup for the company and featured
Superstars and Divas from both brands. Generally, the
ratings of the four shows during the week of the Draft
were consistent with the ratings of each from the previ-
ous week. The ratings for WWE programming the week
before the Draft were the following: the April 19 episode
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Pick Brand (to) Employee Role Brand
# (Real name) (from)
1 SmackDown Kelly Kelly Diva Raw
(Barbara Blank)
2 SmackDown The Big Show Superstar Raw
(Paul Wright)
3 Raw John Morrison Superstar SmackDown
(John Hennigan)
4 Raw R-Truth Superstar SmackDown
(Ron Killings)
5 Raw Edge Superstar SmackDown
(Adam Copeland)
6 SmackDown Kofi Kingston Superstar Raw
(Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah)
7 SmackDown Christian Superstar Raw
(William Reso)
8 Raw Chris Jericho Superstar SmackDown
(Christopher Irvine)
Pick Brand (to) Employee Role(s) Brand
# (Real name) (from)
09 Raw The Great Khali and Ranjin Singh[D1] Superstar and SmackDown
!9 (Dalip Singh and Dave Kapoor) manager
10 SmackDown Chavo Guerrero Superstar Raw
(Salvador Guerrero IV)
11 SmackDown Cody Rhodes Superstar Raw
(Cody Runnels)
12 Raw Natalya Diva SmackDown
(Natalie Neidhart)
13 SmackDown Chris Masters Superstar Raw
(Christopher Mordetzky)
14 Raw Ezekiel Jackson Superstar SmackDown
(Rycklon Stephens)
15 Raw Goldust Superstar SmackDown
(Dustin Runnels)
16 SmackDown Hornswoggle Superstar Raw
(Dylan Postl)
17 SmackDown Rosa Mendes Diva Raw
(Milena Roucka)
18 Raw The Hart Dynasty (David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd)[D2] Tag team SmackDown
(Harry Smith and Theodore Wilson)
19 SmackDown Montel Vontavious Porter Superstar Raw
(Hassan Assad)
of Raw was watched by an average of 4.10 million viewers while the April 23 episode of SmackDown was watched by
in the first hour and 4.20 in the second hour for an av- 3.09 million viewers and earned a 1.8 rating.[17] The Draft
erage 3.05 rating,[14] WWE NXT on April 20 was watched episode of Raw was watched by 3.90 million viewers in
by 1.21 million viewers for a 0.90 rating,[15] the April its first hour, 4.99 in its second hour, and 4.98 in its fi-
22 episode of WWE Superstars earned a 0.64 rating,[E1][16] nal hour for an average of 3.07 rating. In the normal two
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• D:D1 D2 – Both men were drafted in unison.
• E:E1 – Viewership details were not published and
available via a reliable source of information.
• F:F1 – Although The Hart Dynasty were the reigning
Unified WWE Tag Team Champions at the time that
they were drafted, the championship was available
to both brands as opposed to only one.[23]
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