WWE Draft 2016: The entire list of the Raw and Smackdown picks
Jul 28, 2016 at 10:45 AM
The much-anticipated WWE Draft took place on the WWE Smackdown Live which was hosted by DCU center in Worcester, Massachusetts. The night kicked off with Stephanie and Mick Foley standing on the Raw podium whereas Shane and Daniel Bryan was standing for Smackdown.
The WWE Draft started with the first pick chosen by Stephanie McMahon for Raw and it was for Seth Rollins. Smackdown chose Dean Ambrose for their roster as their first pick. After that, there were 11 rounds of Draft pickings throughout the night. Raw has picked 33 members for their roster where the blue brand got 26 for them. Including the list were NXT members like Finn Balor, Carmella, Nia Jax, Alexa Bliss, Mojo Rawley, American Alpha etc. Here’re the entire WWE Draft picks by Raw and Smackdown. (table courtesy wwe.com)
Round No. 1
1. Seth Rollins – Raw
2. WWE Champion Dean Ambrose – SmackDown Live
3. WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte – Raw
4. AJ Styles – SmackDown Live
5. Finn Bálor – Raw from NXT
Round No. 2
6. Roman Reigns – Raw
7. John Cena – SmackDown Live
8. Brock Lesnar – Raw
9. Randy Orton – SmackDown Live
10. WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day – Raw
Round No. 3
11. Sami Zayn – Raw
12. Bray Wyatt – SmackDown Live
13. Sasha Banks – Raw
14. Becky Lynch – SmackDown Live
15. Chris Jericho – Raw
Round No. 4
16. United States Champion Rusev (with Lana) – Raw
17. Intercontinental Champion The Miz (with Maryse) – SmackDown Live
18. Kevin Owens – Raw
19. Baron Corbin – SmackDown Live
20. Enzo & Cass – Raw
Round No. 5
21. Gallows and Anderson – Raw
22. American Alpha – SmakDown Live from NXT
23. Big Show – Raw
24. Dolph Ziggler – SmackDown Live
25. Nia Jax – Raw from NXT
Round No. 6
26. Neville – Raw
27. Natalya – SmackDown Live
28. Cesaro – Raw
29. Alberto Del Rio – SmackDown Live
30. Sheamus – Raw
This was last Draft pick that was shown on Smackdown Live. When the show went off the air, the Draft continued on the WWE Network.
Round No. 7 (announced during WWE Draft Center Live on WWE Network)
31. Golden Truth – Raw
32. The Usos – SmackDown Live
33. Titus O’Neil – Raw
34. Demon Kane – SmackDown Live
35. Paige – Raw
Round No. 8 (announced during WWE Draft Center Live on WWE Network)
36. Darren Young (with Bob Backlund) – Raw
37. Kalisto – SmackDown Live
38. Sin Cara – Raw
39. Naomi – SmackDown Live
40. Jack Swagger – Raw
41. The Ascension – SmackDown Live
Round No. 9 (announced during WWE Draft Center Live on WWE Network)
42. The Dudley Boyz – Raw
43. Zack Ryder – SmackDown Live
44. Summer Rae – Raw
45. Apollo Crews – SmackDown Live
46. Mark Henry – Raw
47. Alexa Bliss (from NXT)
Round No. 10 Picks (announced during WWE Draft Center Live on WWE Network)
48. Braun Strowman – Raw
49. Breezango – SmackDown Live
50. Bo Dallas – Raw
51. Eva Marie – SmackDown Live
52. Shining Stars – Raw
53. The Vaudevillains – SmackDown Live
Round No. 11 (announced during WWE Draft Center Live on WWE Network)
54. Alicia Fox – Raw
55. Erick Rowan – SmackDown Live
56. Dana Brooke – Raw
57. Mojo Rawley – SmackDown Live from NXT
58. Curtis Axel – Raw
59. Carmella – SmackDown Live from NXT
Undrafted
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