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ONLINE ONSLAUGHT
The 2010 WWE Draft Summary
April 27, 2010

by Rick Scaia
Exclusive to OOWrestling.com

I thought the Supplemental Draft was happening tomorrow (Wednesday), after WWE did TV tapings tonight (where, if tradition holds, those drafted away from SD are still allowed to make one final farewell appearance), and then NEXT week is when the new rosters officially go into effect.

Guess not, since I got a bunch of emails this afternoon talking about how the Supplemental Draft had merely continued the trend that started on RAW....

Namely, that RAW continued to rape and pillage SD, and clearly "won" the Draft, just as they usually do. I don't remember the last time when they even pretended like the two brands were equally and let them come off as even-steven, but the past two years, it's become REALLY obvious that WWE wants to load up RAW as the A-show, and couldn't really give a rat's ass about SmackDown being the B-show.

Oh well... in addition to the 8 roster moves in the official Draft, (7 guys, 1 girl), 14 more traded spots in the supplemental rounds (10 guys, 2 girls, 1 interpreter, and 1 midget). Here's the handy-dandy color-coded nitty-gritty for you:

2010 WWE DRAFT SUMMARY CHART

MOVING TO RAW	MOVING TO SD
Edge Chris Jericho John Morrison Tyson Kidd (c) David Hart Smith (c) (w/ Natalya Neidhart) R-Truth Ezekiel Jackson Goldust Great Khali (w/ Runjin Singh) JTG	Big Show Kofi Kingston Christian MVP Cody Rhodes Chavo Guerrero Chris Masters Hornswoggle Kelly Kelly Rosa Mendes

Pretty lop-sided... both men involved in SD!'s half of the WM26 main event are now on RAW, and in return, SD got half of the tag team that jerked the curtain at WM26 and hardly nothing else of value. RAW getting the entire Hart Dynasty seems to make it even more one-sided, though in essence it doesn't matter since they are the unified tag champs and can hop brands as necessary.

Still: Edge and Jericho are HUGE gets for RAW, and on top of that, Morrison is the guy with the most upside in the entire draft, and suddenly he's on the Mothership, too. One thing I won't complain about: Goldust being shuffled back to the more "entertainment-y" show, where his gimmick will play better.

Well: assuming this isn't a prelude to Goldust being fired for the 8th time...

Would've loved to have seen Goldust and Cody land on the same brand, just because lord knows that Cody is a giant vortex of bland on his own, and working with his older brother could spice things up... to a lesser degree, I think Edge and Christian would have benefited from both being on the same show, although, unlike poor Cody, both will also be just fine on their own.

Once you get past the top three picks who moved to SD, their gets are just plain awful. I mean, guys like Masters and Hornswoggle? That's almost a case of subtraction-by-addition, if you take my meaning (I guess Khali is the counterpoint, as he actually makes things around him objectively worse, so RAW lost by gaining him; but 'twas necessary since you can't have Show and Khali on the same brand). Oy.

I'm sure I'll have more thoughts and analysis as time goes on -- especially as we see how Edge's actions at the end of RAW play out (was that a heel turn? almost seemed like it? and though that would be a nice balance to Show turning face and jumping to SD, it complicates matter so long as Edge's blood rival Jericho is also on RAW) -- but for now, this'll suffice....

RAW SATIRE: Fella-ship of the Ring?

RAW RECAP: Bret's Back... for Now...

PPV RECAP: WWE Money in the Bank 2010

SMACKDOWN RECAP: Sacrificial Dad

RAW SATIRE: Down Goes Cena~!

RAW RECAP: Bunches and Couples

OOTRR: WWE Vengeance 2004 Re-Revued

SMACKDOWN RECAP: It Ain't Easy Bein' Drew

RAW SATIRE: Alien Visitations

RAW RECAP: Red Herrings Everywhere!

SMACKDOWN RECAP: Cody's Main Event Dash

RAW SATIRE: USA~! USA~! USA~!

RAW RECAP: The Invisi-Viper?

SMACKDOWN RECAP: I Cannot Tell a Lie...

RAW SATIRE: Vinnie's Angles

RAW RECAP: Artifical Intelligence

PPV RECAP: WWE Fatal Fourway 2010

SMACKDOWN RECAP: Kane Protesteth Too Much

RAW SATIRE: Conspicuous by Their Absences

RAW RECAP: Twisted Justice

SMACKDOWN RECAP: Angry Red Machine

RAW SATIRE: Needs More Beverly Brothers!

RAW RECAP: The nxtWo is Taking Over?

SMACKDOWN RECAP: Mourning the VegeTaker

RAW SATIRE: Rumer Mongering

RAW RECAP: The Bourne Elevation

SMACKDOWN RECAP: He's Baaaa-aaack

RAW SATIRE: It Stinks~!

PPV RECAP: WWE Over the Limit 2010

RAW RECAP: Bye Bye, Batista

RAW SATIRE: USA! USA! USA!

RAW RECAP: A Country for Old Men

RAW SATIRE: All Singing, All Dancing

IMPACT RECAP: WWE Castoffs = TNA Gold

NEWSFLASH: McIntyre "Fired," IC Title Vacant

RAW SATIRE: This is EXHAUSTING...

IMPACT RECAP: Who's the Good Guy, Again?

NEWSFLASH: TNA Blinks, The Monday War is Over

RAW RECAP: When Mute Meets Fast Forward

SMACKDOWN RECAP: It's a Big Show

RAW SATIRE: The Virgil Search Begins

OO SPECIAL: 2010 WWE Draft Summary Chart

OO SPECIAL: Monday Coverage/7 WWE Firings

RAW RECAP: The Lop-Sided 2010 Draft

TNA RECAP: Naitch at it Again

PPV RECAP: WWE Extreme Rules 2010

SMACKDOWN RECAP: The Losingest Champion

RAW SATIRE: Volcano Worship

TNA RECAP: Celebrating 4/19 with RVD

RAW RECAP: Monday Night SmackDown

WAR 2.0: Ratings Review, Monday Preview

SMACKDOWN RECAP: Free-Per-View, Baby!

NEWSFLASH: SmackDown Moves to SyFy

RAW SATIRE: A Plague of Daves

RAW RECAP: Irrelevance Rewards Mediocrity

IMPACT RECAP: Going Home in Style

WAR 2.0: Ratings Review, Monday Preview (4/12)

OOTRR: Great American Bash 2004 Re-Revued

OO RETRO: Behind the Bash

OO: What I'll Remember About Chris Benoit

NEWS CENTRAL: All Updates About Benoit Tragedy

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