9 Reasons WWE Draft 2016 Was A Colossal Failure
4. Factions Were Broken Up For No Reason
WWE has a terrible habit of splitting up tag teams and factions for no reason, and long before it's actually time. The Shield is a perfect example of this. While the trio has had tremendous success on their own, they were white hot as a unit and could have run for quite some time before pulling the trigger on the breakup. It's like WWE writers don't know how to tell a story for a team past a certain time frame and then it becomes time to split them up, often with no direction in mind.
The Wyatt Family fell victim to this scenario when they were inexplicably broken up last year and "set free" by their leader, Bray. It quickly became apparent the experiment was a failure and they threw them back together with no storyline explanation, adding Braun Strowman to the group.
The draft has now done the same thing, splitting Strowman away from Wyatt and Erick Rowan. While Braun may have more potential than his fellow Family members, he also has the least amount of experience and was really benefiting from being a part of the group. There's no telling where Luke Harper will wind up when he returns from injury. Does WWE put him on Raw with Strowman or have him rejoin his original brother on SmackDown?
Another faction split apart by the draft was The Club. AJ Styles becomes one of the top pics for the blue brand while Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows end up on Raw. A decision like this is puzzling considering The Club are in the midst of one of the biggest feuds in the company and getting over with the fans.
The obvious answer is that they replace AJ with Finn Balor, but with Raw in dire need of top faces, putting him with the villainous club without turning Anderson and Gallows seems counterproductive.
Other groups that seem to have come to an end are The Social Outcasts. Both Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel are on Raw while Heath Slater remains undrafted, and the Lucha Dragons are no more, with Kalisto possibly in line for a push.