9 Ways WWE Raw Setup Tonight's Draft

5. SmackDown Draft Centre

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That's not the only show that the WWE Network will be airing in relation to Tuesday's Draft; they'll also be showing a special Draft Centre Live show at the same time that SmackDown will be on USA.

This may seem slightly counterintuitive, but the idea is that this will of course serve as a "unique second-screen experience," in the words of Byron Saxton. Which, as well as being one of the buzziest of buzz phrases, will provide us with a breakdown of every single Draft pick from the main SmackDown show.

So rather than cannibalising the USA Network viewership, the intention is that you'll watch this at the same time as you watch SmackDown live, given that they're on two separate channels. That just seems a tad inconvenient if you ask me, though.

But if this show includes some of the Superstar reactions, it could make for fairly decent viewing. The Draft fallout has provided us with some cool little segments over the years; there were backstage shenanigans in 2002 and of course Triple H spraying his water (this time not for the usual reasons) in 2004.

But if we just get Scott Stanford and Booker T discussing picks, then count me out.

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