IWE Draft (2016)
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The 2016 IWE draft will be the ninth annual and tenth overall draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion IWE, taking place on July 19 on the live premiere of SmackDown on the USA Network in Worcester, Massachusetts from the DCU Center.
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[edit] Background
On the July 11 episode of Raw, Vince Matteson would appoint Shane Matteson as the commissioner of SmackDown and Kaila Matteson as the commissioner of Raw, before tasking them to name the general manager of their respective shows. On the July 18 episode of Raw, Mick Foley was announced as the general manager of Raw and Daniel Bryan as the general manager of SmackDown.
On July 17, IWE announced on their website the rules of the draft; Raw would get the first overall pick, as well as recieve three picks for every two that SmackDown get. Tag teams will count as one pick unless the commissioner and general manager specifically want one member of the team. Six draft picks will also be made from the NXT roster.
[edit] Selection
[edit] SmackDown Live
| Rnd. | Pick # | Brand (to) | Pick # | Employee (Real name) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Raw | 1 | Seth Rollins (Chris Lopez) | |
| 1 | 2 | SmackDown | 1 | Dean Ambrose (Jonathan Mahrt) | IWE Champion |
| 1 | 3 | Raw | 2 | Charlotte (Allyson Meyer) | IWE Women's Champion |
| 1 | 4 | SmackDown | 2 | KJ Styles (Kevin Jones) | |
| 1 | 5 | Raw | 3 | Finn Bálor (Kevin Devitt) | Drafted from NXT |
| 2 | 6 | Raw | 4 | Roman Reigns (Kevin Anoa'i) | |
| 2 | 7 | SmackDown | 3 | Dustin Simpson (Dustin Simpson) | |
| 2 | 8 | Raw | 5 | Rob Lesnar Rob Lesnar) | |
| 2 | 9 | SmackDown | 4 | Kevin Orton (Kevin Orton) | |
| 2 | 10 | Raw | 6 | The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) (Cory Elliot, Jose Serrano-Mensah and Austin Reed) | IWE Tag Team Champions |
| 3 | 11 | Raw | 7 | Sami Zayn (Ryan Sebei) | |
| 3 | 12 | SmackDown | 5 | Bray Wyatt (Weston Hellbusch) | |
| 3 | 13 | Raw | 8 | Sasha Banks (Tascha Anderson) | |
| 3 | 14 | SmackDown | 6 | Becky Lynch (Katelyn Kovich) | |
| 3 | 15 | Raw | 9 | Khris Jericho (Kristopher Irvine) | |
| 4 | 16 | Raw | 10 | Alexander Rusev|Rusev with Lana (Marcus Barnyashev with Kara Perry) | IWE United States Champion |
| 4 | 17 | SmackDown | 7 | The Miz with Maryse (Mike Rinehart with Riley Austin) | IWE Intercontinental Champion |
| 4 | 18 | Raw | 11 | Kevin Owens (Russell Steen) | |
| 4 | 19 | SmackDown | 8 | Baron Corbin (Greg Romine) | |
| 4 | 20 | Raw | 12 | Enzo & Cass (Erik Moore and Tim Morrison) | |
| 5 | 21 | Raw | 13 | Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson (Jason Barrow and Kev Anderson) | |
| 5 | 22 | SmackDown | 9 | American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) (Jacob Corcoran and Matt Etherington) | Drafted from NXT |
| 5 | 23 | Raw | 14 | Big Show (Marc Beltran, Jr.) | |
| 5 | 24 | SmackDown | 10 | Dolph Ziggler (Nicholas Kessler) | |
| 5 | 25 | Raw | 15 | Nia Jax (Hauna Knudson) | Drafted from NXT |
| 6 | 26 | Raw | 16 | Neville (Kevin Satterly) | |
| 6 | 27 | SmackDown | 11 | Natalya (Shannon Furlong) | |
| 6 | 28 | Raw | 17 | Cesaro (Eric Malstrom) | |
| 6 | 29 | SmackDown | 12 | Alberto Del Rio (Justin Marlen) | |
| 6 | 30 | Raw | 18 | Sheamus (Joshua Kuhn) | Final televised draft pick; later drafts to be aired on the IWE Network |
[edit] IWE Network
| Rnd. | Pick # | Brand (to) | Pick # | Employee (Real name) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 31 | Raw | 19 | Golden Truth (Goldust and B-Truth) Dustin Semmler and Blake Wheeler) | |
| 7 | 32 | SmackDown | 13 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) (Roman Adelbai and Patrick Adelbai) | |
| 7 | 33 | Raw | 20 | Titus O'Neil (Travis Watts, Sr.) | |
| 7 | 34 | SmackDown | 14 | Kane (Glenn McAlmond) | |
| 7 | 35 | Raw | 21 | Paige (Saraya-Jade Bevis) | |
| 8 | 36 | Raw | 22 | Darren Young with Bob Backlund (Andy Younkin III with Robert Backlund) | |
| 8 | 37 | SmackDown | 15 | Kalisto (Joseph Rodriguez) | |
| 8 | 38 | Raw | 23 | Sin Cara (Jorge Remeriz) | |
| 8 | 39 | SmackDown | 16 | Naomi (Faith Grover) | |
| 8 | 40 | Raw | 24 | Jack Swagger (Charlie Wilson) | |
| 9 | 41 | Raw | 25 | The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) (James Thomas and Andrew Peery) | |
| 9 | 43 | Raw | 26 | The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) (Harlan LoMonaco and Scott Hughes) | |
| 9 | 44 | SmackDown | 19 | Zack Ryder (Zack Nuss) | |
| 9 | 45 | Raw | 27 | Summer Rae (Danielle Monte) | |
| 10 | 46 | Raw | 28 | Apollo Crews (Sesugh Mahanna) | |
| 10 | 47 | SmackDown | 20 | Mark Henry | |
| 10 | 48 | Raw | 29 | Alexa Bliss (Allison Hunthausen) | Drafted from NXT |
| 10 | 48 | Raw | 28 | Braun Strowman (Ezra Schilling) | |
| 10 | 49 | SmackDown | 21 | Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) (Mattias Miller and Bradlee Woehl) | |
| 10 | 50 | Raw | 31 | Bo Dallas Taylor Hellbusch) | |
| 10 | 51 | SmackDown | 22 | Eva Marie (Natalie Kapphan) | |
| 10 | 52 | Raw | 32 | The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico) (David Ferry and Orlando Ferry) | |
| 10 | 53 | SmackDown | 23 | The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) (Austin Patrick and Carson Yahvah) | |
| 11 | 54 | Raw | 33 | Alicia Fox (Kayla Cummins) | |
| 11 | 55 | SmackDown | 24 | Erick Rowan (Garett Joseph) | |
| 11 | 56 | Raw | 34 | Dana Brooke (Aubrey Allen) | |
| 11 | 57 | SmackDown | 25 | Mojo Rawley (Nathaniel Nelson) | Drafted from NXT |
| 11 | 58 | Raw | 35 | Curtis Axel Kooper McAlmond) | |
| 11 | 59 | SmackDown | 26 | Carmella (Shanelle Van Dyke) | Drafted from NXT |
Heath Slater was the only active talent not drafted to either show.
[edit] Aftermath
Following the post-show on the IWE Network, Heath Slater was seen as the only competitor to not have been drafted.
