7 Worst WWE Drafts In History

7. 2017 Superstar Shakeup

An awful name, to go with an equally awful concept on how to handle it. Throwing away any traditional semblance of what a draft was, the superstars who were swapping brands just sort of... showed up on their new home.

Sure, a few were announced prior on social media to try to create a buzz, but that doesn't really work either. It just felt like a giant afterthought, as if we were missing a full week of programming that should've made this all make sense. And with only 21 "picks" being made, they were mostly very forgettable.

Dean Ambrose, then Intercontinental Champion, and the United States champion Kevin Owens swapped brands. So that was... something? It was already a bit spoiled by the "Raw exclusive" pay-per-view Payback featuring him prominently because of his match with Chris Jericho. So even fewer "surprises" were left in store for the Superstar Shake-up due to their poor timing leading into that event.

This was a bit of a massive flop considering the name change was likely meant to coincide with a big impact. Instead, ratings dropped from the previous week (which also happened to be post-'Mania week), going from a 2.62 down to a 2.35 for Raw.

This draft certainly fell short on WWE's expectations, and the wrestling fans all agreed.