7 Worst WWE Drafts In History

Whilst the debut draft happened under the WWF banner in 2002, the next marked the first to be conducted under the WWE name. Vince promised a new start beginning with the drafting process. Lofty with their build up, they proclaimed everything not bolted down could switch brands.

Commentators, referees, announcers (save that awful idea for later), champions, general managers, regular managers and all were just as likely to have a new home as a result. Except they decided to barely utilize that new rule at all.

Paul Heyman was "drafted" with the 12th pick from Raw to SmackDown. He decided he would rather leave the company than join the blue brand, however. This ended up making it so that all the other 11 picks (except for Teddy Long) were all wrestlers. Which is fine, if you didn't hype the new rule so intently.

René Duprée, Shelton Benjamin, Mark Jindrak, Nidia, Triple H, Rhyno, Rob Van Dam, Tajiri, Edge, and Spike Dudley were all the other moving parts. So aside from the few obvious names, it was essentially midcarders being swapped for equally over midcarders. Doesn't scream bold and fresh, does it?

A post-draft trade sent Triple H right back to Raw (probably his decision given his track record) further letting people not care this ever happened. This will forever be a disappointing sequel stuck in the shadow of what we had in 2002.