Kevin -

You seem to have a lot of good ideas. If you could intermix the WWE rosters and come up with one great pay-per-view that you (and all the fans) would really love to see, what matches would be on that card?

We haven't seen the last of this year's draft. I'd expect some sort of the supplemental draft that'll see Carlito, Snitsky, Murdoch, and some divas make transitions to new brands. Last night's draft was clearly reserved for the A-listers, so they'll have to do something for the mid-card talent later. Right?

Smackdown was the big winner of the night. Triple H gives them a huge main event attraction, Jeff Hardy is a future champion and the arguably the most popular wrestler in the WWE right now, Kennedy is a rising star despite this terrible face turn, Umaga can have some good months ove there, and J.R. is an icon.

RAW gets stuck with a past-his-prime Kane (who fills the Umaga role with less talent and better pyro), Boretista, and the injury-prone Rey Mysterio. Michael Cole is fine, but not J.R.-level good. I'm not sold on C.M. Punk and don't think he's world championship material. He's still improving, though, so I could be wrong. On the bright side, with Triple H out of the way and this bevy of upper-mid-card guys headed to RAW, Jericho can be elevated to the top of the card again.

Oh, and what is the purpose of ECW anymore? Besides being an opportunity to haze Mike Adamle?

Kevin, how can you not mention Santino's amazing Mustache! That thing was great. Combined with his phohawk he looks like a certified retard. He needs to change something starting with his hair. Also do you think we will see a supplemental draft?

Interesting turn of events, Eck. I guess the WWE is putting a lot of weight behind the Smackdown changeover to MyNet. BTW, did you get bumped off 1570AM last week?

Why did Edge go all out to the win the battle royal? Come on Kevin! He wanted to be safe from being drafted away from Vickie - they had a backstage segment to spell it out.
Have to stay I thought the draft was a great show and a lot of the picks seem to be logical choices that will help the brands and the wrestlers the only dissapointment being Punk and HHH. I thought that Punk (probably along with Morrison) would go to Smackdown, which would have definitively split the rosters into one set of experienced, reliable former champs and one with a younger up-and-coming edge to it - The prospect of a Roster where MVP, Kennedy, Edge, Umaga and Hardy are the main eventers is something genuinely new and exciting and Punk and Morrison would have been the icing on the cake. Instead we get HHH, who will dominate airtime and push these guys to the sidelines. The only way they can save this is if they let HHH and Edge retain and have them team to "get eachothers backs" and with the help of Vickie try to ensure both titles stay on her brand.

I am glad I missed the temptation to stay up and watch Raw(it airs at 1am in the UK). The Million Dollar Mania segments really annoy me, not least because I don't qualify.

As for the drafts, I end up feeling disappointed. I personally wish there were more changes. ECW has been short changed, and like you say, Marella, Carlito certainly would have benefitted from moving to Smackdown,and MVP to Raw I would have loved. Kane and Rey to Raw make no sense. Quite what is in store for Matt Hardy in ECW who knows - feuds with Benjamin/Kingston....Delaney? Jeff Hardy and Umaga to Smackdown make good sense, but please let them not fight again too soon - I like the way they work together, but we have seen that all too often. Mr Kennedy had only been on Raw, what less than a year anyway....so what exactly was the point of that? Perhaps moving him back to Smackdown will give him a better push as a face, as it wasn't coming over well enough for me on Raw.

Batista in Raw is interesting, and I like the idea of Orton Batista on his return...of course, Batista against pretty much anyone on Raw would be fairly fresh.

Even if the picks don't make sense, I guess it keeps you guessing....and will be interesting to see what happens at Night of Champions

Well there are the rumors that ECW is going to be taping before Raw in the near future, so Kane being ECW Champ on Raw isn't that bad, since Smackdown and ECW are pretty much the same show right now.

They could also do a supplemental draft on wwe.com like they have done in the past years (including last year), which is where ECW could pick up some people, but they did get robbed last night.

I'm surprised at how well Smackdown did, that seems like the show to watch over Raw right now.

Also, do you think the set trouble could be a shot at the recent TNA incident?

I love how the wwe buries Jim Ross every few years only to come begging back to him when his replacement fails misearably. Just wait til McMahon actually hears Michael Cole again (we all know the only show the McMahon's watch is RAW) and how awful he is. Guess I can take raw off from the tivo list and actually start taping smackdown. And yes, announcing is that important to a wrestling show.

I thought it was interesting that three champions (Kane, Hardy, Triple H) are changing brands. I'm expecting all three to lose their titles this weekend's PPV. If Cena doesn't win the title, then Edge will lose his and Batista will take it to Raw. They will not leave Raw without a major title.

I was really really hoping that ECW would get 1 huge star. I kept watching all night wanting H or Cena to go to ECW. Someone to raise the bar and put that brand on His back and run with it. (i knew it wasnt going to happen.) But i would have even liked to have seen Kennedy (Kennedy) go. He has mic. skills and could be the anti-hero type hero for ECW.
Anyways, Not to excited about the picks.
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I agree that having the wrestlers win for their brand doesn't make much sense. In the case of Edge though it made sense because he wanted to win to avoid the possibility of he (and I suppose Vickie as well) being drafted.

personally i think smackdown made out the best during the draft. the only question remaining is who between edge and triple h is going to lose their belt this sun. personally i would like edge to lose it but something tells me the "golden boy" cena will somehow reclaim the belt. now maybe ill have the chance to see mvp vs triple h. that should be a hell of a match. friday nights just got better

At first, I thought it would be Cena moving as well, but Triple H moving makes more sense. Stephanie is due in a couple of weeks if I'm not mistaken, so a Cena win Sunday (with a HHH injury) would free up some time for him for the new baby and move the belt back to RAW.

#1 I thought Edge's incentive for winning the battle royal was pretty obvious: that was the only way for him to make sure he wasn't drafted away from Vickie as a result of the match!

#2 I didn't feel like Foley buried SD with his comment but just pointed out how JR and Raw are perceived as belonging to each other, thought his comment was ok!

I watched again this week because the Weather Channel had a repeat.

Vince once again put himself into the bigger story-line. My guess it will be the talk of the "Night Of Champions" PPV and I'm sure they will milk the first 15-30 minutes of RAW for the next few weeks with it. Maybe Cryme Tyme did it, since its all about the Money Yeah, Yeah. You know what? I really don't care. Vince needs to let the Players Play, that's what they do best, allegedly even though I haven't seen much of it lately.

Who holds a draft where the best players are not picked first or at all?

Why do you need a draft to move Announcers? Wasted picks or better yet wasted time. I guess they got tired of firing JR so they did him one better and moved him to Smack Down.

Edge winning the Brand Battle Royal was a nice little surprise. They even had Cena eliminate HHH(purpose or accident, the camera's missed the spot) before Edge eliminated Cena. I thought "cool", more heat for HHH and Cena's match. Then low and behold HHH is drafted to SmackDown, then the ghost of the "Crow Sting" drops one of the Flood lights on the stage and then Vince is stumbling around like a drunk before he falls through the stage and then Super VKM gets up only to have a light standard snap crackle and pop all over him. Sorry Vince, but Wile E Coyote's job is safe for another week, better luck next draft.

I Do think that Triple H is going back to Raw. There are two ways that it happens. On Smackdown, Triple H says if he beats Cena he move back to Raw. The second way is the unification of the Heavyweight title and WWE title. They have been talk about this for a long time since the branding of the three show has gotten very loose.

Or Triple Loses the title to Cena and Triple H feuds with Edge.

One other way Smackdown only has one title left is if Batista wins on Sunday. Then you have Cena and Batista feud until Orton gets back in October.

One last thing, ECW does have a title. Matt Hardy has the US Title (HA, HA)

Hey Kevin, great job as always. I loved Raw last night, I thought it was incredible. I mean, even Mark Henry ddin't look terrible! What do you think of potential Punk-Mysterio or Kennedy-Jeff Hardy programs.

i was surprised to see Randy Orton at the show last night, but it was a good show. If Edge was going to job to Cena last night, he should have tapped out instead of just leaving the ring.

What shocked me was the following: Jim Ross & Michael Cole. If you noticed after Ross went to the SD announce table, Cole went right to the RAW announce table & Triple H being moved to SD so it looks like Cena will win the belt this sunday

I agree that I though Cena was definitly going to Smackdown as soon as Batista was drafted by Raw. I think the mix up does make NOC more interesting though.

Though I think Cena was set up to win this sunday and Edge to retain, it would be interesting to have HHH retain and Edge lose so the titles switch shows. Rumor is that HHH is leaving soon for the birth of his second child so I can't see HHH retaining at NOC.

Finally, Kane going to Raw happened because ECW will now be touring with Raw instead of Smackdown. (Noticed this on the tour ticker last night).

triple h going to smackdown is okay because batsita is going to beat edge and raw will have another champion plus that makes triple h win at night of champions but if edge and triple h both win cm punk needs to cash in and take one of those titles

don't get mad dude , there is still one hope "The Night Of Champions" all of those title holders can change

please bring back the undertaker and draft him to raw i love him and sack vicky guerrero please

This is how i see it Triple H will keep his belt and Edge will lose his so that raw has a belt and cane will lose his too.

I too was surprised by the draft, but as for Triple H moving to Smackdown, in a loose way it makes sense. He and Cena are making movies this year, so there really in no position to make a long title defense, the other thing that swings in this favor is the return of the Undertaker before he retires. I suspect because Triple H and do not get on that Underaker will go to RAW which will I would predict i n Undertaker v Kane at this years Wrestlemania, where Undertaker gets defeated by Kane and retires. Undertaker has said all along that the one and only person to lose to at Wrestlemania would be Kane, so I think they're doing the ground work for that storyline. Also when you think about it for the last few years only 3 people have held the WWE championship, Triple H, John Cena and Randy Orton, so time for a mix in that area would make perfect sense. Overall a few suprises but a really good draft.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Bobby Lashley have to relinquish the ECW Championship when he was sent over from ECW to Raw at last year's draft? Nothing like having a little consistency from year to year now is there.

A few thoughts from me about the draft...1st did you notice in the battle royal that Matt was the only face in the ECW group (foreshadowing, maybe?) 2nd when jeff hardy was drafted the first thought I had was the same as you, a Jeff vs Edge feud, but now I am not so sure with Triple H there. And 3rd, here is my prediction of what will happen sunday at the pay per view. Big Show beats Kane to take that belt to ECW...Triple H beats John Cena and takes his belt to smackdown...Batista beats Edge to take that belt to Raw. so there is a major belt at each show.

It'll all work itself out at Night of Champions. Big Show should beat Kane, and since Smackdown and ECW share rosters, will bring the title back to ECW. Unless they are planning on Raw and ECW to share rosters now that they will be touring together. If that is the case, then Kane should retain. I predict HHH to retain and bring the WWE title to Smackdown. I also think Edge will be victorious over Batista but expect CM Punk to cash in MITB, defeat Edge and bring the World title to Raw. If that doesn't happen, then Batista will win and bring the title with him.

Because ECW and Smackdown share rosters ECW gained no one in the draft. It made no sense to move Matt Hardy to ECW.

Remember - Stephanie McMahon - Levesque is still the main writer on Smackdown. This will enable the husband and wife to spend more time with each other.

I think there was a purpose for moving Kane over to Raw. With the rumored move of ECW to tour with the Raw brand now, and Kane being on the Smackdown roster, this is would be why they made the move. When you think about it that way, it actually makes sense for the move.

Last year on the draft, Bobby Lashley was the current ECW champion and was drafted to Raw. He was stripped of the title because he was no longer a part of the ECW roster. Newly drafted Benoit and CM Punk were to wrestle at Night of Champions for the vacated title. Benoit no showed the event for reasons we all know, and Johnny Nitro took his spot and won. I bring up this piece of recent history because if WWE were to be consistant in their storylines, wouldn't Kane then be forced to vacate the title? The same would not apply to the WWE or World title because they are not brand specific titles. These titles have switched shows before when Cena, the WWE champ, was drafted to Raw from Smackdown and Batista, who held the World title, was drafted to Smackdown from Raw.

Now after the drafts Raw won't have any big championship

maybe now we'll get to see Triple H v Undertaker (after he returns) again. WM 25 maybe?

I'm shocked that both Triple H and JR, whom I consider both staples of RAW were drafted to Smackdown. For the past year i've only been tuning into the RAW and entirely ignoring Smackdown but I think with the current shake up with stars I think I might move from watching RAW to watching Smackdown. The only two stars left on Raw aside from Orton that I'm really a fan of is HBK and Y2J. Interesting scenarios now with the Night of Champions matchups. I'm interested in seeing which title lands to which brand. How do you think it's going to play out? I think title Triple H retaining the title and Edge losing the title to Batista would be the best way to go. It would trigger a feud instantly between La Familia and Triple H as they'd be eyeing the WWE title for Edge.

With McMahon out of action for a while do you think Shane will take over possibly as GM or "Chairman" for a while? I really do think it would be a great move to add even more freshness to the draft.

I also heard that none of the superstars knew who was being drafted before the show so i'm wondering if you could tell me if that was fact.

To talk about the location of the titles not making sense, I know there's a "talent exchange"or whatever, but to see the Number One Contender for the ECW championship come out in a Smackdown shirt for the Battle Royal sort of ruined me caring about the current champion being drafted to another brand.

I don't know if she's said she isn't going to perform or anything and that's why this won't happen, but could HHH going to smackdown be setting up a Vickie Guerrero-Stephanie McMahon program of some type?

Actually Kevin some of the picks made sense. Since ECW will be taping with Raw, then Kane will be on both shows I assume. Or The Big Show and John Cena will beat Kane and Triple H and they are making the moves now rather than later. Rey Mysteria on Raw makes no sense since there is more hispanics watching Smackdown. But overall I can see several trades being made soon. I don't like the fact that Jim Ross will be on Smackdown instead of Raw. This has to be a work. I can actually see JR being traded back to Raw for Michael Cole. The only way this makes sense is if they want to see how Cole can call a match on Raw since it is a bigger show. for awhile I actually thought that the Hardy Boyz were being brought back. Apparently the match was a one time thing. Matt I think will get a bigger push on ECW and win the title somewhere down the road.
I have to wonder what belt CM Punk will go after now that he is on Raw. I can't see Punk as the World Champ on Raw. The Money in the Bank holder has never went after a secondary title like the Inter-Continental Title. With that being said maybe a Jericho/Punk feud brewing with HBK taking some time off. Maybe Shawn's eye injury is a swerve to put Punk into the feud. Surprisingly none of the Diva's switched brands

I thought the reason Edge would try so hard is to prevent RAW from getting the draft picks, and stop him from potentially getting drafted by RAW. That logic seems to make enough sense to me.

Also, I wish they had done the draft after the PPV. I'd bet anything that Kane loses, and either Edge or Triple H will lose... I'll go with Triple H. There is just no way they're going to let a show, especially Raw, go without having a title..

I think the whole draft was going well until the collapsing of the stage which i think is taking the story lines back a few years.

J R and Micheal Cole were completely in the dark about there switch and the rest of the teams, Mick Foley seemd to be okay the switch.

I think J R is leaving anyway but maybe sooner becuase of this switch.

The only realy reason Triple H could of left for was that there is to many contenders for him at RAW and that Jeff Hardy was in the mix for the Title until his drup incident. But i think everything will be clearer after Night of Champions.

I have a few predictions about what will happen in those matches to make the titles equal out in the different brands.

So what's going on with the Undertaker??? Is he now retired, or taking a much needed rest/break.Last thought... is the "Draft" over now too? not many shifts to all of the Brands out there...

Ihavent watched RAW in about a month, but always read what happend to see if i missed anything...but I decided to put on last nites show...and I thought it was a good show. I trully believe Vince was trying to make Smackdown look like the better brand...and it worked. Egde won the battle royal and looked great in the match...and the Draft Pics definitaly worked in Smackdown's advantage. Smackdown needed a bost, and it definitly got one last nite. I believe RAW did not get good draft pick...CM Punk still is booked to be a looser (He should have stayed in the battle royal alot longer)...no one cares about Rey Mysterio...Kane has been there done that...and Michael Cole???

It will be interesting in the next few weeks to see where all this leads, cause i trully doubt HHH is staying on Smackdown, and all the belts are on different shows. The one guy I felt most bad about was Matt Hardy. He really has potential to be huge, and yes he will be the #1 guy on ECW, but who is he gonna fight?? John Morrison??? (BOOOOOORRRRIIIINNNGGG!!!!!).

No matter what happened last nite, WWE did the one thing it set out to do...it will make a very casual viewer (like me) want to tune in not only to RAW but Smackdown as well to see what is gonna happen next.

And the Vince angle, although if you watch it again he never came close to getting hit w. the scaffold, is remotly interesting, and I am curious as to where they are gonna go with it.

Were there any other rules? If not why wouldn't ECW take someone like Triple H or John Cena? Why waste it on a Matt Hardy (I know the real life reasons but its another flaw in the product)

You didn't mention the Batista injury. That was an insane head-on-head collision between he and Edge. I hope both are OK.

I don't think JR is that good of an actor- he seemed legitimately ticked off ( just the way he took that swipe at Adamle and his enthusiasm (or lack of) calling the matches afterwards).
I also noticed Tazz's frustration at the way ECW was being shafted throughout the night- hard to say if that was legit oacting either.
I am glad they split up the Hardys, because at this point they both deserve a push as singles wrestlers (although Matt's will be in relative obscurity).
I hope HHH's ego allows him to stay on Smackdown for awhile, as a title picture with Jeff Hardy, Edge, HHH and Mr Kennedy (and maybe Umaga?) could be fresh and interesting.
As a Kane fan, I'm resigned to him being lost in the shuffle again. The title picture on RAW seems fun too, with Cena, HBK, Batista and maybe CM Punk and Jericho butting heads.
Overall, I think they did an excellent job of shaking up RAW and Smackdown (not so much ECW). If only they didn't end the show with that awful Vince storyline....

I agree With u on the triple H Thing bc he was one of my fav and i dont watch smackdown but raw did good on the batissta pick but there was alot of dumb drafts And Im mad matt hardy got drafted I Wanted the hardy boyz

Edge, Cena, & Triple H breaking character is a nice touch, and Vince calling out for "Paul" was as well. Would have been more realistic had the camera man not had access so close to the "rescue", and Vince faking the eyes closed. He should have had his eyes open with a "what the F#$% just happened" attitude.
I'll be the first to claim Hogan was responsible!

Once again the intrigue of the Draft is nothing more then a failure. At this point why is ECW even still a TV show? Why not just give the time slot to FCW and that way we have a reason to watch the up and coming talent instead of seeing stars that will never flourish and constantly misused? I mean the only titles they have now is the US Title and the Smackdown Tag Team belts and its probably safe to assume that those belts will still be mainly defended on Smackdown. So has ECW just truly become the Smackdown "B" show?

As for the title situations, I guess there's no real reason to order the PPV since Batista will likely defeat Edge and bring the World Heavyweight Title to Raw, HHH will retain over Cena and move the WWE Title to Smackdown, and presumably Kane drops the ECW belt to Big Show so he can move on to more appearances on ECW.

Once again the biggest loser is Shelton Benjamin. Why he hasn't called for his release and go to TNA I will never understand.

Ross was indeed legitimately upset. Reading around the internet today, apparently he was close to quitting the WWE last night because of it.

As someone who was looking forward to seeing Triple H, Jeff Hardy, and Kennedy when Raw comes to DC later in July, I'm pretty disappointed at what happened last night.

I do think Triple H will be back on Raw sooner rather than later, though.

kane loses to big show so ecw title remains on ecw, edge loses to batista so that world heavyweight championship goes to raw w/ batista, and triple h retains against john cena so wwe championship goes w/ triple h to smackdown.

For everyone asking, Bobby Lashley was stripped of the ECW title last year just because he was feuding with McMahon, and McMahon wanted the last laugh. In all other instances of champions switching shows (both in 2005 and the present), the champions were not stripped of their titles.

the tazz (as the mike Adamle likes to calls him) had the line of the night. the rich get richer. (in reference to raw get in top draft picks)

Smackdown made out? They lost their top babyface and got no one to replace him. Who can fill Mysterio's role as the top face on the brand? Taker, Triple H, and Kennedy are all closer to being tweeners than being faces, and I don't know that Jeff has the same drawing power as Mysterio. Sure, he's good, but Mysterio was selling the fued with Edge perfectly, and everyone pretty much agrees that Jeff's biggest weakness is making the fued interesting outside of the ring.

Is it obvious to others that Shane is behind the collapse to prevent Vince from giving away his inheritance?

Mike Adamle "Gaffe of the Week" : Omaga,The Samoan Bulldog!

The good thing is we got Batista and if he wins we got ECW and Havywight title and Now that we got Cm Punk in Raw He has the CONTRACT from money in the Bank and he can cashe it any Time So Raw will be #1
IF THEY WIN!!!

The bad thing is We lost Triple H and he got the most inportant thing in the Wwe The Wwe Title in other better words we got JOHN CENA so we can have 4 TITLES on Raw

REMEMBER! IT depends on Night of Chapions! and If Cm Punk cashes in his CONTRACT!

That Has 46% PERCENT of Hapennig

The most probable scenario after NOC in my mind is Batista bringing the WHC to Raw where he can feud with Cena(do i smell a new spinner belt?) whille Trips retains and brings the WWE title to Smackdown. This would allow Edge& Taker to feud after he inevitably interrups the wedding without clouding the title picture. That feud should be about Edge& La Familla being jerks by banning Taker, not the title IMO

I'd like to see the Vince thing be a set-up by CrimeTyme as an attempt to steal that money money yeah yeah

The draft dissapointed me. I am going to miss CM Punk on ECW, but if he gets a renewed push on Raw, my attitude will change. I too considered the possibility of the Punk-Mysterio program that George alluded to.

I was sure that ECW would win the battle royal and get the last two draft picks. After all, ECW had experienced such an awful draft up to that point that they had to win those picks, right? I must be pretty darn naive.

I have always favoured Smackdown over Raw, but with Trips heading to Friday nights, my preference may change. I don't know what HHH does backstage, but I do know that I don't like HHH the on-screen character. While I'm at it, Trips applying his stupid facebuster on Mark Henry was the dumbest spot of the night. It really tested the limit of my suspension of disbelief.

I say CM Punk gets Edge's belt from him with the briefcase and thus the belts switch sides again.

Still don't know how they're gonna get the ECW title back to the third show tho...

I think it's pretty obvious for the raw superstars and Edge that the incentive to win is that you don't want to have to worry about being drafted to another show. You win and you're guaranteed to be staying where you're at.

Also, I think it's a real shame that they gave Matt Hardy the shaft. He has huge potential and every single time it looks like they will give him a solid push to go to the next level he gets the shaft.

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: Unless it is someone like Edge, who does have incentive for wanting to stay on Smackdown because of Vickie Guerrero, why would other wrestlers care about being drafted to another show?

i think that batista, cena, and possibly kane are premier choices for the title on raw, and smackdown champ, ell be HHH. But wat about ecw ( the show for losers).

I swear I heard McMahon call out for Kevin not Paul .

Matt hardy is good but he's not top dog material, you know what i mean?

I think ecw should have gotten edge,Jeff hardy,Kennedy or HBK cause those guys can do a lot in the tribe of extreme with their history with ladder and tlc matches and all.

I liked it better when the GM would announce their selection. Showing fast-moving stills of each wrestler and revealing the draftee is lame, especially when they show the still of someone who already was drafted earlier in the night.

At the very least, break out the old pingpong ball machine.

Here's hoping WWE goes back to one roster. That way we can have one BIG title -- the WWE strap. We don't need a WCW ... I mean, World Heavyweight Champion.

hopefully there is a supplement draft. I really wanted to see some divas get drafted. I'm all for Jillian and Kelly to SD and Layla to Raw. Also Ashley to ECW i mean ick who wants to see her on raw anymore?

Well, I've read all the comments and poster's opinions - some of them 40-50 times (am I the only one that reads them all?) and there's one thing I haven't seen mentioned: Triple H gets drafted to Smackdown. Stephanie is one of the main writers on Smackdown (when she's not pregnant). Does anyone else remember the McMahon-Helmsly era?

I think SmackDown is the better show and I think having Triple H there as a face is a good idea. I would of perfered the King being drafted to SmackDown instead of J.R. Also I was disapointed that Kofi Kingsten wasn't drafted to SmackDown. I don't like the idea of the Hardy's teaming up or going againce each other but for the last 2 years I've enjoyed watching Matt Hardy just as much as watching Jeff Hardy in singles competition and I think it sux that he's going to EcW. Also why is the Great Kali still there? FIRE HIM ALREADY!

man i wanted HBK to come to smackdown too so DX would form again and kick la familias butt....

dont u agree?

Here's why I think the draft worked: As an avid Raw watcher -- I try to catch it even when I'm at work -- and someone who rarely watches an entire SmackDown!, I'm going to do what I can to see it now that Triple H and Jeff Hardy are there. Say what you will about Triple H, but he's a quality superstar. He gives SD some much-needed credibility.

WWE has been so heavy on the Raw side for so many years, that I didn't watch SD after The Rock and Stone Cold were done being regulars. Balance to its shows is what WWE needs if it's not going to go back to one roster.

I'm also going to order the encore presentation of Night of Champions on Sunday night when I get done with work. I couldn't say that two days ago.

at 44 second into replay on wwe.com you can watch vince pull the lever that activates the sisn to fall at which the leg moves on the hinge system it is built on. they zoomed in way to close it only took my son twice to pick it up

hey... you could always see triple h lose to cena, which could lead to a cena-batista feud at summerslam for the wwe title... then have a jeff hardy-edge feud with hardy winning teh title, having his brother matt cost him his title... then have the hardy-hardy matchup on ECW, perhaps when that title returns to ecw... which would make ratings for teh show since i honestly don't know anyone who watches it... all this leads to a hardy-hardy match at wrestlemania, plus and edge-HHH matchup, and maybe a cena/mysterio/punk three way in Houston...

Supplemental draft--Wednesday at Noon ET

"I know some people will say that it’s just wrestling and that I’m over-thinking it, but this kind of stuff drives me crazy."

So it isn't just me, then? Cooooooool.

The only things I found disappointing about last night's draft was the shortage of picks (until I found out about tomorrow's supplemental draft), and the fact that Triple H is STILL in the picture. I think the announcement of his switch came right after Kennedy's.

Kennedy's I was excited about because, IMO he'd be the perfect figurehead for Smackdown now that he's turned over a new leaf, and with him as one of the top faces on SD, a feud with Edge over (a) World title was certain! I'd even grown fond of Edge as World Heavyweight champion, and the leader of SD, but with Triple H headed over there, I have a bad feeling that that's all going down the drain.

Smackdown was really shaping up until they made that announcement. I hope he gets traded back in the supplemental draft in exchange for Orton and Matt Hardy. I would love to see Rated RKO reunited against the Hardys and Kennedy.

Even that Hardy Boyz feud sounds nice.

Although i know Pro Wrestling is staged, i still enjoy it for it's entertainment value. however, it kinda makes me twich everytime i see the mechanical/safety elements of the stunts. two quick examples. WM 17 an Undertake to HHH chokeslam from camera scaffolding to a foam pad covered in a black cloth... and jeff hardy's jump from the RAW set to ortion. a mysterious black wooden box at the foot of the stage that is never there for any other shows. this time with vince. A few weeks ago I was at RAW in Oakland the first time the "money stand" thingy was there. then i watched the video again and compared the stand to the pics i took at the show. the one during the incident was different near the base. it could have either been triggered to fall remotely, or vince himself could have pulled the trigger when he knew he was at the correct spot. also, if it would have been legit, all the mainstream media would have covered the story, like they did during the owen hart, benoit, and eddie gurrero incidents. so yeah...

As soon as Batista was in the ring with Cena when raw was about get a superstar, i knew it would be Batista. Since Raw got batista i figured that sd would get HHH because they haven't had a show with Batista and Cena. That will be a awesome rivalry

As for Night of Champions, I think that Cena will win. HHH wants to have time off for the birth of his child. Edige will beat Batista (with the help of La Familia of course).

I also believe that Undertaker will join Raw. It will turn out that he will be the one that destroyed the Raw set. Taker hasn't been on Raw in a long time. It's about time to bring him back.

Hey...I'm game for any change but the one I would be most interested in...boot'n the Edge image. He's not mean enough to hate... and the "cheat'n" tactics were old before they were started.... in addition to the sickliness of slobbering and drooling over Vickie poo... and that's rated "R"?
What an insult to peoples intelligence and I'm getting tired of muting the TV until he's gone.
The story lines need a push... though Vinces Millions was a nice push in the right direction.
I have no desire to go see a match until the likes of the Edge image is gone.
And I use to think HHH's sledge hammer and Steiner's lead pipe were the bottom of the barrel..hmmf!

Marko had it partially right about Triple H. According to lordsofpain.net Triple H went to Smackdown because he wants the same schedule as Stephanie. When he was on Raw and she wrote for Smackdown they would only see each other a couple days a week because of the different TV and house show schedule. With him on Smackdown he is only gone for the house shows which she doesn't attend. When she comes back she will attend the tapings on Tuesday so they will be together a lot more.

I was very shocked to hear that HHH and JR were dratfed to Smackdown. But what made me a little confused what the fact that Smackdown now has the two top titles and ECW has none. But things could change at the night of champions. But I was very disappionted that non of the WWE Divas were drafted on RAW as many of them do need to move.
I feel that Juliana needs to go to smackdown and Maria needs to go to ECW ect.
But overall, many of the wrestlers that needed a change, didn't get it such as MVP, that even stated on Smackdown that he doesn't feel that his talents are being utilised properly, in which i agree with. But with Kennedy making the move, and with both of them being the "loud mouth trash takers" whoch could easly be main event, instead of counting on guys like Batista and Edge, like they normally do.

thnk god batista has moved to raw. aftera couple of weeks it's got soo boring watching vicky and edge continuasly giving him terrable matchs

well i think if u put Mr.McMahons "injury" aside i think givin away a million is kool and seeing how he was hurt last time it seems to repeat its seif. But i kind think that Jeff bein traded was really STUPID and now i plan to watch smackdown more than raw cause of JR and Jeff and getting DAVE or "BATISTA" was a latterall move. And HHH has to worry bout RKO cause Randys gona get em yall watch!!!! :)PEACE(:

Jim Ross wasn't surprised about the move. He is one of the top execs with the WWE, and had a hand in deciding who should go where, including himself.

RESPONSE FROM KEVIN ECK: That's incorrect. Ross used to be VP of Talent Relations, but he hasn't held that job for several years. He isn't involved in the decision-making progress. Ross himself has said on his blog that he was unaware ofthe move until it happened, and he is a straight shooter for the most part on his blog.

I thought the draft was great. Cena, Edge and Bigshow to win on Sunday.

I'm betting the McMahon angle will lead in to Regal's return. After all, revenge over being fired could be a great motivator, especially since he's already gotten a proven following with Burchill...they can expand the faction a bit, maybe go as far as doing an NWO rip-off.

at first i though the draft was iffy, but also kelpt in the back of my head that smackdown was dwindling...they needed veteran talent to bulk up the viewers...i find my self wanted to watch smackdown on fridays. and after reading the numerous responses the draft is much clearer...and the new stroty lines should fall right into place, the draft makes perfect sense now...the only thing that i dont agree with is breaking up all the tag teams...i guess that is something that we will have to deal with for a while...=(

Great analysis of the draft. I am also shocked that Triple H & Jim Ross have gone to Smackdown. I only watch RAW and I was happy to see Kane, Batista and CM Punk be drafted to RAW. I hope Triple H and Jim Ross get the chance to move back to RAW. I can't see why Smackdown needs two major champions such as Triple H as Edge.

the reason kane was drafted to raw is bc undertaker is returning to raw and they will reform their tag team.

and i think they will fight with the newly forming stable with Ted Dibiasse, cody rhodes. also possibly orton will join dibiase and NOC he said on raw he will be back sooner then anyone thinks, and Ted said his partner was close to priceless. also orton is a 3rd generation guy so it fits the 2nd and 3rd generation mold for the new stable.

HHH going to smackdown sadly makes sense. that way HHH can have almost all week off to so he can see his kids and wife. the smackdown house shows start after friday nights.

and the Vince McMahon limo explosion didnt happen during the draft last year. It was actually quite a few shows after the draft.

Its all about the ratings. The more Vince can get as many people watching his show the richer he gets and the more popular the whole organization gets. This is drama t.v and the more twists and turns he can take you on he will to get the rating he will do. As far as the wrestlers are concerned they dont care they get paid a salery and the more popular they are the higher the salery. bottom line ratings is what its all about

u brtter check into edge wife on raw because she not doing a good job if u watch her she do any thind for her hubsand and big show and let them get away with everything in the book they inter fier with mat ch they dont be long to she want do anything to randy orton art all