WIW Draft (2024)
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| 2024 WIW draft | |||
| General information | |||
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| Sport | Professional wrestling | ||
| Dates | April 27 – May 1, 2024 | ||
| Location | Adam's Event Center (April 27, 2024) Four Seasons Arena (May 1, 2024) | ||
| Overview | |||
| League | IWE | ||
| Teams | Rage SmackDown NGW | ||
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The 2024 WIW Draft is the 17th WIW Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WIW between their Rage, ShowDown and NGW brand divisions. The two-night event will begin with the April 27 episode of Saturday Night ShowDown (in Missoula, Montana) and will conclude with the May 1 episode of Wednesday Night Rage (in Great Falls, Montana), with ShowDown airing on FOX and Rage on NBC Network.
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[edit] Production
[edit] Background
The WIW Draft is a process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WIW while a brand extension, or brand split, is in effect. The original brand extension occurred from 2002 to 2011, while the second and current brand split began in 2016. During a brand extension, the company divides its roster into what they call brands and wrestlers exclusively perform for each brand's respective television show, albeit with some exceptions. The draft is used to refresh the rosters of the brand divisions, typically between the Rage and ShowDown brands, which are regarded as the main roster. Since 2016, wrestlers from WIW's developmental brand, NGW, have been eligible to be drafted to either Rage or ShowDown. This will be the first WIW draft where wrestlers from Rage and ShowDown will eligible to be drafted to NGW.
[edit] Draft pools
The draft pools were announced on April 24, 2024 during the Rage broadcast. At the same time it was announced that defending champions – Kevin McAlmond, Jared Hunt, Ali Richards and Deranged Truth (Kody Baker and Josh Smith) for Raw and Ryan Barnhart, Chris Colfer, Ashley Holshue and 5-Star Yellowstone DZone (Justin Eldridge and Brady Ferriter) for ShowDown – would be draft eligible and would remain on their respective brands. The WIW Women's Tag Team Champions the Oregon Warriors (Gwen Svekis and Jenna Lilley) remained eliglble as their championship is defended across all three brands.
