2004 WWE Draft Lottery

2004 WWE Draft Lottery

The 2004 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Draft Lottery took place at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on March 22 2004. The draft took place live for two hours on WWE's flagship television program, Raw on Spike TV.cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2004/03/23/392732.html|title=RAW:Draft day an unpredictable night|last=Tylwalk|first=Nick|publisher=Canoe:SLAM Wrestling|accessdate=2008-05-25] Post-draft trades were announced on WWE's official website, WWE.com, until midnight on March 22 2004.cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/archive/draftlottery|title=The 2004 WWE Draft Lottery|date=2004-04-25|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment|accessdate=2008-05-25] There were twelve draft picks, with nineteen superstars overall switching between the promotion's two brands: Raw and SmackDown!. During the draft lottery, the General manager of Raw, Eric Bischoff, and the General manager of SmackDown!, Paul Heyman, stood on opposite ends of the stage on the Raw set, where they drafted six superstars randomly via two machines. At the conclusion of the draft, the two GMs would then be allowed to trade anyone on the roster until Midnight EST, which was later extended until Tuesday night after Heyman resigned.cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/columns/wwe/draft2.html|title=WWE 2004 Draft Lottery|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2008-05-25] Every WWE employee was eligible to be drafted, including injured superstars, commentators, champions, and General managers.

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Background

The tagline for WrestleMania XX (that year's WrestleMania), was "Where it all begins again". [cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Wrestlemania20/2004/03/15/382633.html|title=WrestleMania bombs|last=Powell|first=John|publisher=SLAM! Sports|accessdate=2008-05-25] To remain with the tagline, on the March 15 2004 episode of "Raw", the chairman of WWE, Vince McMahon, announced that it was time "for a new WWE" and that a Draft Lottery would take place the following week on "Raw". Both "Raw" and "SmackDown!" superstars would be present for the Draft Lottery, as McMahon announced that every superstar was eligible to be drafted, including commentators, ring announcers, referees, injured superstars, and champions. [citeweb|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040411032539/raw.wwe.com/results/032204/results.html|title=Raw/Draft Results March 22, 2004|publisher=A career changing night|date=2004-03-24]

uperstar selections

Draft lottery

Post-draft trades

Aftermath

After Paul Heyman was drafted from the SmackDown! brand to the Raw brand, he kayfabe quit the WWE, thus leaving the SmackDown! brand without a General manager. Shortly after the draft, the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon announced that a new General manager had been appointed to the SmackDown! brand, and that he would conduct the supplemental trades with Raw General Manager, Eric Bischoff. On the March 25 2004 episode of "SmackDown!", Kurt Angle came down to the ring and announced that he was the new SmackDown! General manager. [cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/smackdown/040325.html|title=WWE SmackDown! (March 25, 2004) Results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2008-05-25] [cite web|url=http://www.pwwew.net/tv/smackdown/040325.htm|title=WWE SmackDown! (March 25, 2004) Results|publisher=PWWEW.net|accessdate=2008-05-25]

References

ee also

*WWE Draft Lottery
*WWE Brand Extension

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