WIW Draft (2019)

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This article is about draft in October 2019. For the Superstar Shake-up in April 2019, see 2019 WIW Superstar Shake-up.

2019 WIW draft
General information
Sport	Professional wrestling
Dates	October 12 and 16, 2019
Overview
League	WIW
Teams	Rage ShowDown
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The 2019 WIW draft is the thirteenth WIW draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WIW between the Rage and ShowDown brands. Simply called the draft and returning to a traditional format, it will be the second draft of 2019, following April's Superstar Shake-up. The draft is scheduled to occur on the October 12 and 16 episodes of Saturday Night ShowDown and Wednesday Night Raw, respectively, with ShowDown airing on Fox – its second episode on the network – and Rage airing on the NBC.

Contents 1 Background 2 Drafting pool 2.1 ShowDown (October 12) 2.1.1 Additional picks after ShowDown 3 References

Background

In April 2019, the WIW held the Superstar Shake-up draft, a draft between WIW's brands with an untraditional format in which drafting decisions were made behind the scenes. Shortly after the Shake-up, one of WIW authority figures Rex Martin introduced a Wild Card Rule, in which up to four wrestlers would be allowed to appear on the opposing brand's show by invitation for one night only with unsanctioned appearances penalized. Following this, however, the Wild Card Rule's stipulations were not enforced, with numerous wrestlers freely appearing on both shows weekly without any penalties, blurring the lines between the Rage and ShowDown brands. With ShowDown's move to Fox in October and Rage moving to the NBC Network, the WIW decided to hold a second draft for 2019, simply called the draft, to definitively split the two brands. The draft was announced to occur on the October 12 and 16 episodes of ShowDown and Rage, respectively. Returning to a traditional draft format, personalities from FOX and NBC are scheduled to appear to make the drafting decisions, along with two WIW authority figures who will be revealed on the first night. It was also confirmed that the Wild Card Rule would end with this new draft.

Drafting pool

The drafting pool was divided between the broadcasts of both shows, with up to 30 picks allotted on ShowDown and 41 on Rage. Any remaining picks from the respective draft pools are announced on WIW's website. Undrafted wrestlers (those not selected on the shows or announced via WIW.com) immediately become free agents and can sign with the brand of their choosing.

ShowDown (October 12)

There were four rounds of draft picks during Night 1 of the 2019 draft. WIW's Chairwomen Glennda McAlmond]] announced the draft picks for each round.

Rnd.	Pick #	Wrestler(s)	Pre-draft brand	Role	Post-draft brand	Brand pick #
1	1	Ali Richards	Rage	Female wrestler Rage World Women's Champion	Rage	1
1	2	Michael Phelps	ShowDown	Male wrestler	ShowDown	1
1	3	The S.O.C. Kevin Hunter, Jesse Dern, Dustin Simpson)	Rage	Male stable United Nations Champion (Hunter)	Rage	2
1	4	"The Horror Fiend" Jon Rispens	Rage	Male wrestler	ShowDown	2
1	5	Quay Painter	Rage	Male wrestler	Rage	3
2	6	Brent Huntley	ShowDown	Male wrestler	Rage	4
2	7	Alicia Charles	Rage	Female wrestler	ShowDown	3
2	8	Bradlee Woehl	Rage	Male wrestler	Rage	5
2	9	Mad Hanson	Rage	Male wrestler	ShowDown	4
2	10	Eric Stevens with Victoria Lehr	Rage	Male wrestler and manager	Rage	6
3	11	Brenah McAlmond-Quinn	Rage	Female wrestler	Rage	7
3	12	Ashley Boland	Rage	Female wrestler	ShowDown	5
3	13	Richard Munoz	ShowDown	Male wrestler	Rage	8
3	14	The Hawaiian Blondes (Ben Wilson and Kody Baker)	Rage	Male tag team Heavyweight Tag Team Champions	ShowDown	6
3	15	Beatrice	Rage	Female wrestler	Rage	9
4	16	The War/Viking Varsity (Gilreath and Carbon)	Rage	Male tag team	Rage	10
4	17	The Ericksons (Josh Erickson and Tyler Erickson)	Rage	Male stable	ShowDown	7
4	18	Brooke Wright	Rage	Female wrestler	Rage	11
4	19	Heavy Load (Kallen Kleinschimdt and Steven Zimmerman)	ShowDown	Male tag team	ShowDown	8
4	20	The Street Dohlen's (Dawson Dohlen and Coner Dolan)	NGW	Male tag team	Rage	12

Additional picks after ShowDown

Eight additional picks were announced on WIW's website on October 14, all wrestlers selected had initially gone undrafted during Night 1.

Wrestler(s)	Pre-draft brand	Role	Post-draft brand
Justin Hensen	ShowDown	Male wrestler	ShowDown
The O-Team Michael Nathe and Kyle Webster	ShowDown	Male tag team	ShowDown
Sayer DeLumeau	Dynamite Live	Male wrestler	ShowDown
Lucas Bazacas	Rage	Male wrestler	Rage
Kenneth Brown	Rage	Male wrestler	Rage
Cam Dana	Rage	Male wrestler	ShowDown
Marchus Batey	ShowDown	Male wrestler	Rage
Kara Magill	Rage	Female wrestler	ShowDown
Britney McAlmond-Kelly	Rage	Female wrestler	Rage
James Allred	Rage	Male wrestler	ShowDown

References

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