8 Puzzling Things About The Original WWE Draft
3. Not Drafting The Cruiserweight Champion
As you enjoy the Cruiserweight Classic and appreciate the steps Triple H and others have taken to bring international and independent flavours to the WWE world, remind yourself that there was a time where WWE seemed to rue the idea that they had a weight-exclusive belt for smaller wrestlers.
This was made clear when Cruiserweight Champion Tajiri went undrafted during the televised portion of the show.
Instead, Tajiri was taken in the 'random selection' portion, getting whisked to Smackdown along with the belt. While McMahon was lamenting (in story) not getting to draft Intercontinental Champion Rob Van Dam, and even booked Smackdown pick Kurt Angle to try and win the belt from him that night, the Cruiserweight title was an afterthought.
It was just, "Oh, I guess the belt's exclusive to my brand", and that was that.