Guest jm29195 Report post Posted May 9, 2003 The topic on the draft one year ago made me think back to who exactly was drafted back then and their status now….. The Raw Roster The Undertaker- now on Smackdown Kevin Nash- the same Scott Hall- fired X- Pac- fired Rob Van Dam- the same Booker T- the same The Big Show- now on Smackdown Bubba Ray Dudley- the same Brock Lesnar- now on Smackdown William Regal- not on tv Lita- not on tv ‘fired’ Bradshaw- not on tv Steven Richards- the same Matt Hardy- now on Smackdown Raven- fired Jeff Hardy- fired Mr Perfect-fired, now dead Spike Dudley- the same D’lo Brown- fired Shawn Stasiak- fired Terri- not working in wrestling capacity but still on Raw Jacqueline- the same Goldust- the same Trish Stratus- the same Justin Credible- fired The Big Boss Man- not on tv- retired? Tommy Dreamer- the same Crash Holly- now on Smackdown Molly Holly- not on tv The Smackdown Roster The Rock- went to Raw, now not on tv Kurt Angle- the same Chris Benoit- not on tv, then went to Raw, then came back to Smackdown Hollywood Hulk Hogan- the same Billy and Chuck- one is not on tv the other’s changed but is still on Smackdown Edge- not on tv Rikishi- the same D-von Dudley- now on Raw Mark Henry- not on tv Maven- now on Raw Billy Kidman- the same Yoshirio Tajiri- the same Chris Jericho- now on Raw Ivory- now on Raw Albert- the same The Hurricane- now on Raw Al Snow- now on Raw Lance Storm- now on Raw Diamond Dallas Page- retired and fired Torrie Wilson- the same Scotty 2 Hotty- not on tv Stacy Keibler- now on Raw Christian- now on Raw Test- now on Raw Faarooq- not on tv Tazz-now a commentator for Smackdown Hardcore Holly- not on tv The Big Valbowski- defected to Raw, recently ‘fired’ Perry Saturn- fired Godfather- fired Hugh Morrus- the same Chavo Guerrero- the same Taka Michinoku- fired Funaki- the same Also we have HHH- Went to smackdown after loosing belt, now on Raw Steve Austin- not drafted due to absence- went to Raw, now retired Eddie Guerrero- returned to Raw, jumped to Smackdown Out of 37 Smackdown drafts; 15 went to Raw 6 are no longer on tv 4 have been released Out of 29 Raw draftees; 5 went to Smackdown 5 are not on tv 8 were released Any thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Sakura Report post Posted May 9, 2003 Any thoughts? The draft sucked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rob Van Dam Report post Posted May 9, 2003 TAKA wasn't fired, his contract came to an end and he decided not to sign an extension. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted May 9, 2003 TAKA was gone before the draft. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest webmasterofwrestlegame Report post Posted May 9, 2003 It just shows what everybody thought when the draft was made - SmackDown! was top heavy on talent and wrestlers had to go to RAW. Now they have a situation where RAW has a lot of the big names, but is not very interesting for wrestling (and with rubbish 'creative', just sucks). SmackDown! is a little better, with good wrestlers making the matches interesting, but again the writing has been less than stellar recently and with is seemingly being 'Hoss Push' season, the quality of the show being not what it once was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2003 I prefer looking at the top ten for each company. Soo... The Rock (SD) - Making movies. Again. Has been around for five months of the draft. (0 for 1, even though he's been great while he's around, for SD.) The Undertaker (Raw) - Jumped to Smackdown. Not wrestling right now to spend time with family, but has had a title reign and has been around most of the year. (1 for 1 for Raw.) Kurt Angle - Practically the franchise player. Put new talent over, was entertaining, had a World Tile reign and is now out for a couple months but will be back much sooner than we all thought. (1 for 2 for SD) nWo - Bombed. Hall lasted a couple months before getting fired, Nash has been injured most of the time, and X-Pac is gone as well. (1 for 2) Chris Benoit - He came back early. On Raw. Despite the fact that he was drafted to Smackdown. Benoit put on some awesome matches and had a Tag Team Title run and Intercontinetal Title run. (2 for 3, only because he jumped back to SD, and that's where he had those awesome matches) Kane - Injured for four months, never really got a chance to shine, and was involved in the worst angle of the year. I feel his pain, but THIS GUY was drafted #3? (1 for 3) Hulk Hogan - Gone from August to February. He did put Angle and Brock over, and he technically jobbed to Christian and Lance Storm, even if he wasn't the one pinned in the match. Still, if he had been around the whole year, I'd say he was worth it. Instead... (2 for 4) Rob Van Dam - Two IC Title Reigns and he was a well-recieved star all-around, even when HHH went over him and then made him look weak in the guest referee match. Definitely a good choice, epecially since he was IC Champ at the time. (2 for 4) Billy & Chuck - Useful only because they were tag team champs, but even then, they practically dragged the division to hell. Billy's been gone since October and Chuck's in the FBI. (2 for 5) Booker T - A consistant star, his stuff with Goldust was classic. He had a good year despite not winning any singles titles. (3 for 5) Edge - Very solid star as well. A tag team title run plus his memorable feud with Eddie and his position in the Smackdown Six proves his worth, even if he did get injured. (3 for 6) The Big Show - Oi. He DID have a WWE Championship win and a few months solidly in the upper midcard... on Smackdown. On Raw he was completely worthless and jobbed to Jeff Hardy. (3 for 6) Rikishi - The draft goes to hell from here. RIKISHI? I'll admit that he's a solid midcarder when it comes to overness, but he has done nothing but squash up-and-coming heels. Weak. (3 for 7) Bubba Ray Dudley - Though he had a nice brief run in the upper midcard, he was pretty mediocre the whole time and quickly faltered and reunited with D-Von. Not worth drafting in the big ten. (3 for 7) D-Von Dudley - Great thinking, Vince. The Dudleys are no good as singles stars... SO LET'S DRAFT D-VON EVEN THOUGH RAW HAS BUBBA! What a coup. Admittedly, I liked the Reverend D-Von persona, but it went nowhere, and the most it did was introduce the word to Deacon Dave Batista. (3 for 8) Brock Lesnar - I'm sorry, but how did Bubba, D-Von, and Rikishi all get drafted before Brock? Eh, who cares? Even on Raw he was dominating and brutal, and since it was a good decision that fell apart during the GM War, Raw finally gets another point. (4 for 8) Mark Henry - Oh, LORD. Vince, you moron. Mark Henry's 'push' involved lifting things, jobbing to everyone, and then getting injured and vanishing. Great, isn't it? No. No it's not. (3 for 9) William Regal - He was the Euro Champ at that point and had a very solid year on Raw, culminating in another Euro Title win and two Tag Team Championship reigns. Regal did good. (5 for 9) Maven - Drafted because he was Hardcore champ. He then promptly lost it to Raven, got injured, and returned to Raw to do nothing special. (3 for 10) Lita - Of all the stupid things, why would you draft a woman who isn't even the Woman's Champion? She promptly got injured and returned to do some of the worst color commentary this side of Mongo. (5 for 10) So, 30% of Smackdown's picks didn't bomb and 50% of Raw's didn't. Now, who was missing? Well, Chris Jericho, for one. HELLO? FORMER UNDISPUTED CHAMP JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO! And they pick LITA, RIKISHI, and MARK HENRY over him? Ugh. Tajiri was Cruiserweight Champ, Jazz was Women's Champ, and they weren't picked. Jeff Hardy and Christian weren't picked when they're twice as over as some of te people who were picked. And if you're going to do a tag team war, PLEASE, go with the Hardyz. Of course, nobody knew how awesome Matt would be in singles competition once he went heel, but... Still, a weak draft in retrospect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Fook_Hing_Ho Report post Posted May 9, 2003 Jericho wasn't included in the draft. He had his rematch with HHH that night and since the winner would be allowed to go to both shows, the storyline was that HHH and Jericho weren't allowed to be drafted lest they walk out undesputed champ, making their drafting worthless. Jericho was just regulated to SD after he lost. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2003 With the exception of Big Kev, all the RAW draftees still on the show are buried in the shallow grave known as mid-card status. Thanks, Hunter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kid Kablam Report post Posted May 9, 2003 The Undertaker (Raw) - Jumped to Smackdown. Not wrestling right now to spend time with family, but has had a title reign and has been around most of the year. (1 for 1 for Raw.) Quote Gosunkugi Remember when Vince got uber pissed at Steamboat for asking for a couple weeks off for his newborn? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kahran Ramsus Report post Posted May 9, 2003 Vince was already mad at Steamboat for showing up Hogan at Wrestlemania III. He actually likes Taker, that's the difference. It should be noted that the RAW draft picks that ever amounted to anything (Taker & Lesnar) both ended up on Smackdown before too long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mecha Mummy 0 Report post Posted May 9, 2003 Jericho wasn't included in the draft. He had his rematch with HHH that night and since the winner would be allowed to go to both shows, the storyline was that HHH and Jericho weren't allowed to be drafted lest they walk out undesputed champ, making their drafting worthless. Jericho was just regulated to SD after he lost. Oh, yeah, that's right. And about the Steamboat thing - hey, I'm not Vince. And I think all in all, Taker's had a pretty good year and, while not worth being the first draft pick, he was only picked number one as Flair's... uh, revenge or something... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted May 10, 2003 I'm sorry...but I had to bring this up...I'm just that evil a guy: Remember that Stephanie McMahon was ALSO in that match? And remember the "Stephanie Would Leave (then) WWF TV Forever"? stip. ...now that I think about it...THAT'S why Steph was allowed back! By the time she came back, WWF was gone! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lightning Flik Report post Posted May 10, 2003 ...now that I think about it...THAT'S why Steph was allowed back! By the time she came back, WWF was gone! That actually makes sense. The WWF is now the WWE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
