*Possible Spoilers* WWE Supplemental Draft results and discussion

[CaptainCavendish]

I figured I would start an official Supplemental draft discussion for tonights WWE telecast, I know people will be talking about it in tonights Raw discussion thread, but I figured it deserves it's own thread. Since it effects the entire WWE roster, I figured I would put it in the general WWE section.

 

[Cappie]

Great Idea, but is it officaly a supplemental draft? I mean I thought it was a trade not a draft. Although I definitely see your point of it being draft like. My thing is they just had they're draft a few months ago why change it now? Why not wait till six months later to maybe change peoples brands. Just seems kinda pointless to me to do it so soon after they just had a draft. I just hope for big people to get traded and not jobbers like other drafts.

 

[coma]

Wow, Bourne and SWAGGER? Looking great for Raw so far!

 

[MNM5150]

Mark henry left tony atlas to go to raw...

 

[golden miz]

Evan Borne is on raw now, makes major sense. I like this move because after all he can bring intrest to the midcard that hasnt been there. Jack swagger too, wow thats just great for war. They needed another heel and they got a good one. He could fued with anyone and its just great. They brought freshness to the raw. I would love to see a swagger fued with mvp it will be awesome and one of the best things going on raw. Now just awaiting the end of the swagger match. Wow swagger let himself be counted out, lets see the reason, swagger respects orton, that would be a cool alliance. The third opponent is mark henery, great didnt want him on this show, one big man is enough, draft big show to ecw then this is bad news real bad news for raw.

 

[Cheech 72]

Christian better go to Smackdown or I'll cap somebody. How the hell does Mark Henry keep getting work?

 

[BigDaddyDawg]

Unless he plans on moving three big stars ECW, I think Vince just showed how much he cares about that brand. Taking Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger and Mark Henry away? I kinda guessed Bourne and Swagger would move, but not Henry.

 

[MNM5150]

Bourne will look hot for a week or too...and then be buried Miz style, lost in the shuffle of a crowded Raw scene

 

[golden miz]

Unless he plans on moving three big stars ECW, I think Vince just showed how much he cares about that brand. Taking Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger and Mark Henry away? I kinda guessed Bourne and Swagger would move, but not Henry.

i thought the same, there finnaly pushing henery again. Bad news real bad news because this is a super bad result for the show and it is teriable real bad

 

[Nev]

The WWE's always taking super stars away from ECW, especially during the draft. I'll even admit, I don't watch ECW often.

Why don't they just freakin' call it WCW or something else. "Extreme" Wrestling concept is stupid and makes the then-ECW a forgotten memory.

These pick ups were great for RAW.

Why is Mark Henry still around? Well he's the only big guy around with personality (Excluding Kane/Taker). Though, does he know that he will never be a main eventer?

Then again, I would travel 300 nights a year and fall on my ass 300 nights year just to get paid a couple of millions.

 

[Black Snow]

When I first heard about these trades the first thoughts that came to my mind were Swagger to RAW and Christian to SD. So far we're halfway there. Bourne and Swagger definitely up the workrate on RAW. There wasn't much more for Swagger or Henry to do on ECW so moving them makes sense. Henry as a face might be an interesting change although I fear that means we'll have to eventually sit through a prolonged Henry/Show feud.

The rest of the trades will be interesting. If they move midcard guys around from all of the shows (sadly, ECW's main eventers are RAW and SD's midcarders) then things will be fine. ECW is really going to need some talent in this. My top suggestions are Regal and R-Truth.

I truly believe that the reason for these trades is that Vince has realized three months too late that while RAW may be his A show he can't just stack it with his big, injury prone names.

Also, the new ECW is more like the old ECW than people think. It creates new stars and then gets raided by its big brothers (RAW and SD for the new ECW/WWE and WCW for the old ECW.) ECW will probably come out on the losing end of this but just like the old ECW would reload with indie and overseas talent the new ECW will reload with guys from FCW.

 

[Joup7]

i honestly expected Christian to finally move and The Hart Dynasty to move to another show. I guess that both won't happen.

Only a strongman like Mark Henry can go from ECW mid-card to Raw pinning Orton

 

[BigDaddyDawg]

The bad thing is that it appears Henry is going to be a face, based on his reaction and his applause of Batista when he came out. I'm guessing the remaining two draftees to Raw will be from Smackdown, because I think they pillaged ECW enough.

This also means that a big-time face from Raw will likely be moving. I'm hoping it's Cena to Smackdown, but with him in the Night of Champs tourney final with Trips next week, that looks unlikely.


Now that Bourne is gone, if they move Christian to Smackdown (which I think will happen), I officially have no reason to watch ECW anymore (Not that I really did), unless they bring some decent talent over there. Look for two big heels to move to ECW to fill the roles of Henry and Swagger.

 

[jkauf531]

wow...i guessed bourne and swagger but was not expecting henry...i was however pleasantly surprised..i think a face henry would be refreshing and he did well and was actually charismatic in his match with orton...ecw better get some good people though..unfortunately, i see matt hardy going back to ECW

 

[crotchknocker]

Okay, this wasn't a draft right? I missed the first 5 minutes of Raw, it was only a trade orchestrated by Trump?

Anyway when Henry's music came on last I pretty much went ape shit, if Christian wasn't one of the guys traded for I'm going to be pissed. Why take Henry from ECW? Let him feud with Dreamer on ECW. Guess Dreamer will just stick to Finlay and Kozlov eventually. Anyway hopefully Christian was one of the other two.

This is probably something for its own thread, but Swagger to Legacy? I know he's not second gen, but maybe he'll get a try out match coming up. The group would be a lot better, he could be the US title contender, Orton WWE title contender and Priceless/Legacy/Rhodes-Dibiase as the tag team contenders.

 

[MNM5150]

official from wwe.com
Moving to the Raw roster:
Gail Kim
Alicia Fox
Jack Swagger
Evan Bourne
Mark Henry

Moving to the SmackDown roster:
Matt Hardy
Finlay
The Hart Dynasty - David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd & Natalya

Moving to the ECW roster:
Shelton Benjamin
Goldust
William Regal
Brie & Nikki Bella.

 

[Slowdude]

Moving to the Raw roster:
Gail Kim
Alicia Fox
Jack Swagger
Evan Bourne
Mark Henry

Moving to the SmackDown roster:
Matt Hardy
Finlay
The Hart Dynasty - David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd & Natalya

Moving to the ECW roster:
Shelton Benjamin
Goldust
William Regal
Brie & Nikki Bella


Wow ecw got screwed. 6/8 people who appear every week were traded away. They might as well finish ecw off now. Split the roster in 2, send half to raw, half to smackdown. Put Matt Striker with Jim Ross on Smackdown. Put the guy with ross and guy with striker together on superstars or something lol.

Smackdown will be even great now (hart dynasty can challenge for the tag titles), i feel sorry for Bourne, he is screwed. Swagger might do something but not likely.

 

[mont3818]

I'm sooo happy! This means Benjamin will probably be in the main event picture on ECW! I'm excited to see that. I wish Christian would have moved to ECW though. With the Hardy's and Edge on SD he would have found a comfortable spot in the upper middle card there. This'll give Regal more TV time too! More time to show what a great wrestler he always had been. Say what you will, but I think ECW won here. I thought Swagger would have headmined ECW alittle more though. And I felt Bourne needed a bigger show like Raw. But now Raw is flooded with really good mid-card guys! Hopefully we'll see a lot out of it. All-in-all, it was a good trade to me.

 

[mral82]

here is official piece on the trade from wwe.com

Gone? Absolutely. Forgotten? Not so fast.

Donald Trump’s brief tenure as the owner of Raw may have ended, but his actions taken at that time continue to reverberate throughout the WWE landscape.

On Monday’s episode of Raw, the WWE Universe learned that, before selling Raw back to Mr. McMahon, “The Donald” had orchestrated more than a dozen Superstar trades, extending through all three WWE brands and including the following:

Moving to the Raw roster:
Gail Kim
Alicia Fox
Jack Swagger
Evan Bourne
Mark Henry

Moving to the SmackDown roster:
Matt Hardy
Finlay
The Hart Dynasty - David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd & Natalya

Moving to the ECW roster:
Shelton Benjamin
Goldust
William Regal
Brie & Nikki Bella

The man who prides himself on having mastered the “art of the deal” has made a career out of getting the last laugh in the business world. And now the same can be said of Trump’s interactions with Mr. McMahon, the fellow billionaire who so publicly fired him. After all, Trump not only slapped The Chairman after the firing, he also walked away with twice the amount he had paid for Raw upon selling it back to Mr. McMahon. And now, a full week after his departure, the effects of Trump’s tenure are just now bubbling to the surface.

Could there be more earth-shaking revelations in store? We can’t be certain, but stay tuned![/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR]​

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[ultimatewarrior0]

the full results:
to raw--
gail kim
alicia fox
jack swagger
evan bourne
mark henry

to smackdown--
matt hardy
finlay
the hart dynasty(david hart smith,tyson kidd,and natalya)

to ecw--
shelton benjamin
goldust
william regal
brie and nikki bella

onto my own personal opinion i hoped christian would be traded 2 smackdown
and that ecw loses 7 superstars while smackdown lose 3 and raw loses 5 which evens raw out adds 2 superstars 2 smackdown and ecw loses out on 2 superstars also

ecw got screwed bellas have nothin 2 do there and goldust will be released but i have high hopes 4 benjamin and regal on

smackdown we might see more bro on bro wit the hardys and hopefully hart dynasty get a shot at the unified tag titles and natalya after womens title

raw has two new midcarders evan bourne and jack swagger which i think might make an impact if they get the push they deserve on raw mark henry might be in the main event for a month or 2 but thats all i see 4 him right now as 4 the divas they just replace nikke and brie who werent used as much anyway

 

[CaptainCavendish]

I'm not impressed with these trades at all. I mean, Benjamin to ECW, are you kidding? Besides a chance to win the ECW Championship I don't see anything good about this trade in the least and it's just going to knock Benjamin down the ladder even more, i was hoping to see him climb the ladder a bit......

 

[MNM5150]

The Hart Dynasty is going places. Bourne will be buried. Henry is anybodys guest. Benjamin may develop to the point of, not an ME push, but a tolerable promo. The rest is just filler to make Trump look like he got the last laugh. i mean, Goldust, an injured Matt Hardy, Alicia Fox? And Christian is still on ECW? dissapointing.

 

[Black Snow]

These really do seem like last minute trades. Here are a few thoughts.

Alicia Fox - So the whole idea of Michelle McManjaw training her is thrown out the window. She helps get Michelle the title only to be sent to RAW just three months after she was sent to SD.

Matt Hardy - Matt will have a better chance to shine on SD than RAW but again this feels last minute. He was just on SD three months ago. I thought he was sent there to do something with Edge, Jeff and Christian but without Christian being drafted that's out the window.

Hart Dynasty - Add DH and Natalya to the list of people who were just traded. I really don't get the point of leaving any women on ECW since there isn't a title there. Natalya is a great hand and should get the Women's title soon. Kidd will definitely add to the brand's already great workrate.

Shelton Benjamin - Haas will flounder alone. Benjamin will probably win the ECW title.

Goldust - Can we please just fire Hornswoggle now?

William Regal - Best trade for ECW. He needed to move there three months ago. I'm just glad it's finally happening.

Bellas - See what I said about Natalya. They aren't great wrestlers but women should at least be on a brand where there's a title. What are they going to do? Have a 2-on-1 feud with Katie Lea?

RAW and SD got some big names. ECW got a couple of decent grabs but I definitely expect them to reach into FCW now. Sheamus maybe?

 

[Mr. Truth]

I don't really like Evan Bourne, but I can see why they moved him off ECW. He should make a decent addition to the roster. I MTFO for Swagger on Monday nights. Before long, he should be the US champ. When I first heard Mark Henry's music, I was like, oh shit, Raw just got 10xs worse. But, Mark as a face? This is something we haven't seen since the sexual chocolate days, and I'm actually liking this.

SmackDown got better too with the addition of The Hart Dynasty. With Edge and Jericho as tag champs (at least until night of champions) a match between these teams could really help propel the Dynasty. I'm not a fan of Finlay. I never liked him as the brawler. I hated him with Hornswaggle. So I could care less about the move. I'm hoping Matt's move to SmackDown doesn't lead to a Hardy-Hardy feud again after Hardy-Punk is done. Maybe we'll get another Hardy Boyz run to attempt to strengthen the tag division again.

As for ECW, of course it gets the short end of the stick. Shelton is going to be your shows main heal and it will bore me to death. Sure he has good ring skills, but he can't cut a promo, and I'm not looking forward to hearing him try to. I'm a bit puzzled by the Goldust move. It seemed like they were going with a new Oddities stable, and it seemed to be working out decently. I like Regal on ECW. He'll help show the new guys how to wrestle, and hopefully their ring work will improve.

As for the Divas swapping around, I could care less. The Diva division has been dead since 1) Trish & Lita retired 2) They became Divas.

 

[drog2000]

Bourne is too much of a high flyer and has great moves in the Ring - he will be huge on the mid card for Raw. I don't know too much about Swagger other then he acts like an idiot. If he changes a little he might be better.

I just can't get on the Miz bandwagon. He needs to stop going after Cena and concentrate on the mid card guys - like beating the crap out of coffee - I can't stand that guy. Hopefully the Harts can eventually win tag team gold and appear on Raw sometimes.