10 Wrestling Careers Damaged By The WWE Draft
2. Ron Simmons
In the 2002 draft longtime friends Bradshaw and Farooq were split up. It was a bittersweet moment. Bradshaw went to Raw to largely battle in the Hardcore Division, and Farooq went over to SmackDown, and changed his ring name to his real name.
Without Bradshaw, Simmons briefly entered singles competition before being paired up with Reverend D-Von for no real reason.
The two didn’t enjoy a lot of success together as a team. Both were popular based off their past accomplishments in the tag division, and because of the chemistry they’d developed with their old partners, but together they weren’t very exciting. After six months on the blue brand, Simmons left TV for seven months before once again returning to team up with Bradshaw.
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