WIW Draft (2020)

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2020 WIW draft
General information
Sport	Professional wrestling
Dates	October 10–14
Location	Shopko Center (ShowDown) Macy's Arena (Rage)
Overview
League	WIW
Teams	Rage ShowDown NGW (outgoing only)
← October 2019

The 2020 WIW Draft is the ongoing fifteenth WIW Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WIW between their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. It took place on the October 10 episode of Saturday night ShowDown and concluded on the October 14 episode of Wednesday Night Rage. ShowDown was broadcasted from Shopko Center, while Rage was broadcased from the Macy's Arena in Helena, Montana with ShowDown airing on FOX and Rage on NBC.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 1.2 2020 draft rules 2 Drafting pool 2.1 Night 1: SmackDown (October 10) 2.1.1 Supplemental picks: Talking Smack (October 11, 2020) 2.2 Night 2: Rage (October 14, 2020) 2.2.1 Supplemental picks: Raw Talk (October 12, 2020) 3 Notes 4 References

Production

Background

2020 draft rules

The rules for the 2020 WIW draft were revealed by Montana Sports on October 8, which are the same as the October 2019 draft. Over 60 male and female wrestlers, as well as individual tag teams and stables, including current champions, were placed into the 2020 drafting pools. Over 20 wrestlers were announced as being eligible to be drafted on the October 9 episode of SmackDown and more than 30 wrestlers will be eligible to be drafted on the October 12 episode of Raw.

The rules of the draft are as follows:

• Due to the length of each show, for every two picks ShowDown gets, Rage receives three (as ShowDown is two hours and Rage is three).
• Tag teams and stables will count as one pick unless FOX or NBC, in conjunction with WIW, wants to specifically pick one wrestler from the group.^[a]
• Any undrafted wrestlers will immediately (in kayfabe) be declared free agents and are able to sign with the brand of their choosing.

Drafting pool

Night 1: SmackDown (October 10)

There were four rounds of draft picks during Night 1 of the 2020 draft. WIW's Chief Brand Officer (CBO) Dixie Finnegan announced the draft picks for each round.

Rnd.	Pick #	Wrestler(s)	Pre-draft brand	Post-draft brand	Role	Brand pick #
1	1	Quay Painter	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler WIW World Champion	1
1	2	Martin McAlmond	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler WIW Heavyweight Champion	1
1	3	Jenna Lilley and Sis Bates	Rage	Rage	Female tag team WIW World Women's Champion	2
1	4	Michael Phelps	Rage	ShowDown	Male wrestler	2
1	5	The Hurt Mafia (John Lehr, Eric Stevens, Ryan Gleason, Brian Tobol, and Junior Remeriz)	Rage	Rage	Male stable WIW United Nations Champion (Stevens)	3
2	6	Kevin Hunter	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	4
2	7	Jacki Weikart	ShowDown	ShowDown	Female wrestler	3
2	8	Sarah Hicks	ShowDown	Rage	Female wrestler	5
2	9	Willa Holland	Rage	ShowDown	Female wrestler	4
2	10	Michelle Skuletich and Renae Geerlings	Rage	Rage	Female tag team Women's Tag Team Champions[b]	6
3	11	Bradlee Woehl	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	7
3	12	Steven Larson	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler	5
3	13	Leah Messer	Rage	Rage	Female wrestler	8
3	14	Richard Munoz and Miro Munoz	Rage	ShowDown	Male tag team	6
3	15	The Wolf Pack	ShowDown	Rage	Male and Female stable	9
4	16	Steve Britz and Brandon	ShowDown	Rage	Male tag team WIW Heavyweight Tag Team Champions[c]	10
4	17	Marc Beltran	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler	7
4	18	Emily Bett Rickards	Rage	Rage	Female wrestler	11
4	19	Kallen Kleinschimdt	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler Men's Money in the Bank contract holder	8
4	20	Tadd Mason	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	12

Notes

1. One stable was split up as a result of the first night: Marc Beltran remained on ShowDown while his Dooms Day stablemates Steve Britz and Brandon were drafted as a team to Rage.
2. One tag team was split up as a result of the draft: Kallen Kleinschimdt was drafted separately from his Heavy Load tag team partner Steven Zimmerman, who was drafted to Rage during the supplemental draft on Talking Show the following day.

Supplemental picks: Talking Smack (October 11, 2020)

A supplemental draft took place on Talking Show with wrestlers who were not drafted on Night 1.

Rnd.	Pick #	Wrestler(s)	Pre-draft brand	Post-draft brand	Role	Brand pick #
5	21	Ryan Mason	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	13
5	22	Nick Reimer	Rage	ShowDown	Male wrestler	9
5	23	Sayer DeLumeau	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	14
5	24	Ridge Blevins	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler	10
5	25	Steven Zimmerman	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	15

Night 2: Rage (October 14, 2020)

There were six rounds of draft picks during Night Two of the 2020 draft. WIW's Chairwomen and Chief Executive Officer Glennda McAlmond announced the draft picks for each.

Rnd.	Pick #	Wrestler(s)	Pre-draft brand	Post-draft brand	Role	Brand pick #
1	1	"The Horror Fiend" Jon Rispens	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	1
1	2	Ashley Holshue	ShowDown	ShowDown	Female wrestler ShowDown's Heavyweight Women's Champion	1
1	3	Brent Huntley	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	2
1	4	The Starling Arrows (Stephen Amell and David Ramsey)	Rage	ShowDown	Male tag team World Tag Team Champions	2
1	5	Avery Gold	Rage	Rage	Female wrestler	3
2	6	Mad Hanson	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	4
2	7	Mark Semmler	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler	3
2	8	Antony Speranza	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	5
2	9	Daniel Mazurek	Rage	ShowDown	Male wrestler	4
2	10	Tyler Posey (with The Wolf Pack)	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler (with Stable)	6
3	11	Sons of Chaos	Rage	Rage	Mixed gender stable	7
3	12	James Alexander	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler	5
3	13	Brett Hall	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	8
3	14	King Elijah	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler	6
3	15	Brittany Hiatt	ShowDown	Rage	Female wrestler	9
4	16	Aaron Kelly	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	10
4	17	Jared Hunt	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male wrestler International Champion	7
4	18	Ashley Boland	ShowDown	Rage	Female wrestler	11
4	19	Charlie Hunnam and Ryan Hurst	ShowDown	ShowDown	Male tag team	8
4	20	Jason Downing	ShowDown	Rage	Male wrestler	12
5	21	Brooke Wright	ShowDown	Rage	Female wrestler	13
5	22	Michael Fonger and Jordan Keltz	Rage	ShowDown	Male tag team	9
5	23	Joe Smith	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler 24/7 Heavymetal Champion	14
5	24	Mikhail Schmalzried and Aaron Schmalzried*	Rage	ShowDown	Male or tag team wrestler(s)	10
5	25	Evolved Revolution	Rage	Rage	Mixed gender stable	15
6	26	Ryan Garr	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	16
6	27	Kadee Jones	ShowDown	ShowDown	Female wrestler	11
6	28	Allison Hunthausen	Rage	Rage	Female wrestler	17
6	29	Cody Koffman	Rage	ShowDown	Male wrestler	12
6	30	Cody Bechdol	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	18

Supplemental picks: Raw Talk (October 12, 2020)

A supplemental draft took place on Rage Talk with wrestlers who were not drafted on Night 2.

Rnd.	Pick #	Wrestler(s)	Pre-draft brand	Post-draft brand	Role	Brand pick #
7	31	Teresa Turville	Rage	Rage	Female wrestler	19
7	32	Beatrice LaGreca	Rage	ShowDown	Female wrestler	13
7	33	James Alexander	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	20
7	34	The Hope Squad (Courtney Hope and Rachele Brooke Smith)	Rage	ShowDown	Female tag team	14
7	35	Justin Eldridge	Rage	Rage	Male wrestler	21

Notes

1. One tag team was split up as a result of the supplemental draft: Teresa Turville, who won a dual-brand battle royal to determine Jenna Lilley's number-one contender for the Raw Women's Championship, remained on Raw, while Beatrice LaGreca, the superstar last eliminated in said match, was drafted to SmackDown.

Notes

a. Although WIW claims the draft picks are conducted by officials of the FOX and NBC networks, the results are predetermined by WIW as the draft is a storyline.

References

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