The WWE Draft Lottery is the most anticipated event of WWE’s summer, let’s have a look at who the IP staff thinks will jump to the other side.
PK:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
KANE – One last match with Edge to kill that storyline, and he’s switching.
Maven – If they don’t plan on putting him in Evolution, they need to put him elsewhere.
Eugene – Imagine the possibilities with him and Heidenreich.
Steven Richards – Who knows, maybe the ECW stuff will spark his character somehow.
Stacy Keibler – Com’on, you know WWE won’t split up off screen couples (Maven)
SuperStars From SmackDown to RAW:
Charlie Haas – Reunite WGTT, then feud over the IC…then maybe a new Evolution?
Big Show – You have to replace KANE with another big man.
Eddie Guerrero – Move a big name over, because of the Friday night doom SmackDown will be.
Miss Jackie – See Maven/Stacy above…plus, isn’t she trained to wrestle?
Rene Dupree – Reunite La Resistance and make them a bigger threat.
Matthew Michael:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Trish Stratus – moves the Women’s Championship to SD, where more Divas ranging from the others moved (see below) to trained wrestlers Jackie, Dawn Marie, Hiroko and others can participate in title matches
Lita – from WWE’s perspective, makes it easier to edit out Matt Hardy chants
Edge – ditto above, plus SD gets a major heel here
Sylvain Grenier – it’s a Canadian resurgence! La Res can reuinite while allowing Conway to stay on RAW in the IC division
Stone Cold Steve Austin – unlike some others, I don’t believe the move to Friday will be the death of SD. Instead, I feel WWE will breath new life and star power into the show, to maintain current ratings or even INCREASE them due to lack of competition, in order to renew the contract. I’d put The Rock here for surprise value, but Austin at least has a written contract with WWE…
SuperStars From SmackDown to RAW:
Paul London – Women’s to SD; Cruiserweight Title to RAW. This plays into what can be a really fun storyline for Bischoff trying to trade for/sign up cruisers and prove he can do it better than SD ever did; the Spanish fans that will watch RAW replays on Telemundo or mun2 will eat up the lucha style of many cruisers; and it would be an unexpected shake-up adding to the “anything can happen” aspect of the draft lottery
Akio – a minor move, yes, but he can either reunite with Tajiri or feud with him in the new CW division
Heidenreich – teaming him with Snitsky and/or Eugene can be horrible or priceless; but I can’t see WWE resisting
Carlito – instantly enters IC Title hunt, appeals to Hispanic audience, and will be great in a live setting (and an obvious feud with Jericho)
Eddie Guerrero – your main event name to RAW, taking Edge’s place as secondary heel to HHH, and bringing workrate up a huge notch
Trades:
RAW trades Christian to SD for Chavo Guerrero, Shannon Moore and Nunzio – more cruisers to RAW; Christian gets a huge ego boost being traded for three superstars
RAW trades Shawn Michaels to SD for Doug and Danny Basham – necessary big name/great worker to SD and new tag team to replace La Res on RAW
RAW trades Victoria and Ivory to SD for Mark Jindrak – Jindrak can either re-team with Cade or wrestle in the IC Title ranks; Victoria and Ivory (even though she’s not “active”) round out the women’s division on SD (and for those of you wondering about RAW “divas” — that’s what the Diva Search is for)
Brad Jennette:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Christian
Shawn Michaels
Stacy Kiebler
Randy Orton
Maven
SuperStars From Smackdown To Raw:
The Big Show
Mark Jindrak
Miss Jackie
Heidenreich
Charlie Haas
Dan Hevia:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Christian – After everything they have built with him about moving to Smackdown, it would be absolutely stupid not to have him move. Look for him to go against Cena at Summerslam.
Ric Flair – I could see this being negated by Triple H petitioning Bischoff, but if it doesn’t, look for Flair to form a team with Christian.
Chris Benoit – With nothing left to do on Raw, I could see them moving him to Smackdown to freshen things up for him.
Eugene – If Smackdown wasn’t retarded enough…
Daivari – Nothing for him on Raw, he should add some curry to the cruiserweights.
SuperStars From Smackdown to Raw:
Charlie Haas – Turns heel the night he gets to Raw, moves into a feud with Benjamin for the IC Title.
Rob Van Dam – They always draft an injured guy to pop the crowd.
Carlito – Highlight Reel to Smackdown, Cabana to Raw.
Eddie Guerrero – Triple H will ruin him, but it would add another heel to the mix for the World Title and a live setting may just be what Latino Heat needs.
Kurt Angle – Yes, I said Kurt Angle. Think of it like this: Smackdown is going to be on Friday and have less people watching it regardless. Why not boost Raw’s ratings?
Trades:
Edge to Smackdown for The Dudleyz – Giving Smackdown an uppercard heel and giving Bubba Ray and D-Von the opportunity to be more aggressive on the live show.
Matt Hardy to Smackdown for Heidenreich – Yes, you read it. I see WWE getting Matt back before this draft ends and then it’s the BIG SWERVE when he is traded. This also allows Heidenreich to either feud or team with Snitsky, his new friend.
Bambi Weavil:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Christian
Randy Orton
Eugene
Gene Snitsky
Ric Flair
SuperStars from SmackDown to RAW:
Charlie Haas
Kurt Angle
Big Show
JBL
Miss Jackie
Kevin G. Bufton:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Chris Jericho
Triple H
Christian
Sylvain Grenier
Eric Bischoff
SuperStars From Smackdown to Raw:
Kurt Angle
Charlie Haas
John “Bradshaw” Layfield
Rey Mysterio
Danny Basham
Chris Pankonin:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Shawn Michaels – We’ve seen it all from him on RAW, adds a main eventer to the pack on SD.
Randy Orton – Batista stole his spot on RAW, a move to Smackdown allows him to complain about that, feud with Cena, and lead to an inevitable interpromotional feud down the line if he moves.
Christian – Duh. Although its almost so obvious that it won’t happen, maybe a trade?
Chris Jericho – This actually eliminates my Carlito theory, but again, another guy thats been on the same roster for so long and could use a change of scenery.
Stacy Keibler – Can reunite with best buddy Torrie Wilson, Christy Hemme and Lita are getting all the Diva airtime on RAW, might as well go after Torrie Wilson’s streak of 9,000 consecutive bikini contest victories on Smackdown.
SuperStars From Smackdown to Raw:
Carlito – Could instantly create a Jericho feud over who has a better talk show, plus just seems like a RAW-style character.
Undertaker – Been there, done that with everyone on the Smackdown roster, several new opponent options on RAW for the random occasions they bring him out.
Orlando Jordan – Just so JBL could whine about it for the next four months, gives the ex-champ JBL less backup.
Kurt Angle – Just like ‘Taker, he’s been there, done that with everyone on Smackdown – the Booker T feud basically closes the book on just about everybody on that roster.
Charlie Haas – Hasn’t been doing a whole lot on SD, a RAW move instantly creates options.
Nate Stein:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Christian
Victoria
Val Venis
Sylvain Grenier
My on the limb pick? Trish Stratus
SuperStars From SmackDown to RAW:
Kurt Angle
Charlie Haas
RVD
Scotty 2 Hotty
My on the limb pick? Paul London
Jeremy Lambert:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Christian – Smackdown needs the 3 C’s
Jerry Lawler – Changing up the announce team
Sylvain Grenier – Reform the original La Resistance
Tajiri – Re-build the cruiserweight division
Candice – GoSmackdown.Com
SuperStars from SmackDown to RAW:
Charlie Haas – Feud him with Shelton
Kurt Angle – Save me from Angle vs Booker Part 100
Tazz – Ross and Tazz rule during the Royal Rumble
Miss Jackie – Have her botch a bull dog on Raw
Orlando Jordan – That way Smackdown is forced to hold ANOTHER tournament to crown a new US Champ
David Brashear:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Christian – This one’s obvious. They’ve been building his feud with Cena up too much to not pull the trigger.
Chris Jericho – What’ve they been doing with Jericho for a year now? Nothing. Maybe a change of scenery is in order.
Daivari – Daivari’s a decent cruiserweight, and we’ve seen some friction between him and Hassan lately. Could he be cruiserweight division bound?
Randy Orton – They’d built Orton up to main event status, and then HHH stepped in and destroyed him. This could be the start to rebuilding him.
Tyson Tomko – Somehow, Christian’s bodyguard manages to get himself traded as well.
From Smackdown to Raw:
Charlie Haas – Want to rebuild the tag team division? What about moving the IC belt off Shelton Benjamin and restoring one of the best tag teams the WWE’s had in a while?
Heidenreich – I just think the big goof would fit in better back on Raw.
Orlando Jordan – With Vince’s specifically saying that champions could be traded as well, I look to see one change places. Plus, it’s about time we saw what Jordan could do on his own.
Carlito – With Jericho coming over, that would bring along the Highlight Reel. Why not move the Cabana to Raw?
Matt Morgan – Just like Christian, Carlito manages to swindle his way into keeping his bodyguard with him.
Dustin Young:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Eugene – OK send Eugene to smack down and put him in a a tag team with a very “friendly” Smackdown! superstar
Christian – I dunno why I thought I would go with the most popular answer either way he will end up on Smackdown! it doesn’t matter if it’s by trade or draft Captain Charisma will be on Smackdown! by July, and if the rumors are correct he will be WWE champion By Summer Slam
Edge – Who better than Edge to go to Smackdown! and challenge his “brother” for his newly won WWE championship, and this fued not only will get christain over as champion he will also become face because Edge will bitch about being held down like always only to be over shadowed by his “little brother” oh yeah and he will take Lita with him no draft spot needed
Randy Orton – Yup that’s all that needs 2 be said self explanitory
Chris Jericho – All i can say is Smackdown! will help him find his love for the biz again
SuperStars from SmackDown to RAW:
Rene Dupree – Ok they have La Rez feuding on Raw, what would be better than Rene returning 2 keep his team together ?? Plus He is doing nothing on Smack Down! so why not send him back to Raw , and on another note i personally think it would be funny to have 1 guy go back and forth every year and let’s make that guy Rene
Charlie Haas – Well i have been hearing a lot of people talking about sending Haas to Raw And having him join Evolution. Great idea!!!! Imagine what Evo did for Batista and Orton just think what could they Do for more young guys
Mark Jindrak – See Haas
Danny Basham – Ok, this pick is purely off of my love of Danny who is the better of the Bashams and quite possibly the future of WWE and the feuds that are waiting for him on Raw as a singles star are endless. Danny needs this move so he can display him self so Danny to raw
Kurt Angle – I dunno why I thought I would go with the most popular answer either way he will end up on Raw it doesn’t matter if it’s by trade or draft Angle will be on Raw by July
Gene Lindberg:
SuperStars From RAW to SmackDown:
Christian – Besides being my favorite wrestler, it is being promoted like crazy for him to go to Smackdown! I think him and Cena would have interesting backstage segments and matches.
Randy Orton – He lost his push on RAW and I think he needs some matches against Undertaker that aren’t at Wrestlemania so he can win.
Chris Jericho – He really goes nowhere on RAW…and I would like to see a Carlito and Jericho feud. Jericho would make a good US Champion, in my opinion.
Gene Snitsky – Don’t know why I picked this. Maybe I want to see a Heidenreich/Morgan/Snitsky feud…
Chris Masters – Don’t know…just hate him!
SuperStars From SmackDown to RAW:
Kurt Angle – They need to get him away from this pervert angle…He would be good at putting new guys over on RAW.
Rey Mysterio – This would be a solution to get Rey Rey away from the cruiserweight environment and put him in a main event situation.
Mark Jindrak – Move him to RAW so he can join Triple H and Ric Flair to make Evolution Version 2!
Charlie Haas – Same as above, plus he could have a sweet feud with Shelton Benjamin.
Michelle McCool – We need a babyface women’s contender on RAW. Lita, Trish, and Victoria are all heel now. I don’t think Hemme has enough experience so send McCool over!
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