2007 WWE Draft

2007 WWE Draft

.cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/raw/070611.html|accessdate=2007-12-23|title=Raw Results (June 11, 2007)|publisher=WWE|date=2007-06-11] [cite web|url= http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/features/default.asp?aID=19855&OP=anyWords&SF=draft|accessdate=2007-12-25|title=WWE Raw report:Draft results|last=Martin|first=Todd|publisher=Wrestling Observer|date=2007-06-12] Every WWE superstar and diva from Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW was eligible to be drafted.

Background

The draft was announced by Shane McMahon on the May 28 2007 episode of Raw from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, and was promoted as the "first ever tri-branded draft".cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/05282007/articles/draftiscoming|accessdate=2007-12-22|title=Drafting Change|last=Difino| first=Lennie|publisher=WWE|date=2007-05-28] [cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/05282007/|accessdate=2007-12-22|title=The last stand before One Night Stand|last=Starr| first=Noah|publisher=WWE|date=2007-05-28] [cite web|url= http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/features/default.asp?aID=19706&OP=anyWords&SF=draft|accessdate=2007-12-25|title=Raw Report from Toronto|last=Khan|first=Steven|publisher=Wrestling Observer|date=2007-05-29] Besides the promoted draft, the show was billed as "Mr. McMahon Appreciation Night", a tribute of appreciation to the WWE Chairman, Vince McMahon. [cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06042007/|accessdate=2007-12-22|title=Crazy like a fox|last =Clayton|first=Carl|publisher=WWE|date=2007-06-04] [cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06112007/articles/speakers|accessdate=2007-12-22|title=Appreciating Mr.McMahon|publisher= WWE|date=2007-06-11]

The Draft Lottery is a concept used by WWE to improve it's weekly television ratings of "Raw", "SmackDown!" and "ECW"'.cite web|url=http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=19690|accessdate=2008-03-22|title=Joe Babisack looks at the WWE Draft|last=Sabinsack|first=Joe|publisher=The Wrestling Observer] The WWE yet again used the concept in 2007, to improve its television ratings. The 2007 WWE Draft was the first official draft lottery to take place in WWE since the 2005 WWE Draft. [cite web|url=http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/55016/2007-WWE-Draft-Lottery-Set-For-Three-Hour-RAW.htm|accessdate=2008-05-03|title=2007 WWE Draft Lottery Set for Three Hour Raw|author=Ashish|publisher=411Mania.com|date=2007-05-27]

uperstar selections

Televised draft

upplemental draft

Aftermath

The 2007 Draft Lottery provided WWE's three brands with new superstars, allowing for new storylines and rivalries. Television ratings for WWE increased, as "Raw", "SmackDown!", and "ECW" became the most watched programs on their respective television networks in the summer of 2007. [cite web|url=http://corporate.wwe.com/news/releases_2007.jsp|accessdate=2008-01-12|title=WWE Corporate 2007 News releases|publisher=WWE Corporate] Four months after the draft, on October 16 2007, it was announced that ECW and SmackDown! would have a talent exchange that would allow superstars from their respective brands to compete on either brand. [cite Also Benoit was on the brand for only 2 weeks due to his death web|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/archive/10162007/articles/partnershipforming|accessdate=2008-01-12|title=Partnership Forming?|publisher=WWE|date=2007-08-16]

ee also

*WWE Brand Extension
*WWE Draft

References

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/06112007/articles/wwedraft WWE Draft 2007 Results at WWE.com]
* [http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/supplementaldraft07 WWE Supplemental Draft 2007 Results at WWE.com]


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