Ranking Every Night Two WWE 2021 Draft Pick From Worst To Best

The first night of WWE's 2021 Draft showed two things.

Firstly, having a live crowd there to actually react to announcements helps loads. Second, WWE haven't learned from prior mistakes - the company seems to think that saying, "Wrestler A is staying put on Show B" is the most thrilling way to pad out this Draft. Being blunt, it's really not.

WWE dropped the same clanger on Monday's episode of Raw. They tried to keep things interesting here and there by having some major stars, like Becky Lynch, reveal their own destinies. That worked to a point, but there's still something missing from this annual Raw/SmackDown/NXT free-for-all.

On the plus side, Raw had a few sneaky surprises in store for fans who waited until the end, and the creative team did (at least) try to remedy some longstanding niggles with the tag-team and women's divisions on both major brands.

Everyone will have their own opinions, but here's a glance at every pick announced on TV; the Supplemental Draft isn't included, because "supplemental" is basically WWE's way of saying, "LOL, these wrestlers don't matter".

Time to dig in...

Draft Position: #3 to SmackDown. #6 overall.

Brand Switch: N/A.

'King' Nakamura will presumably interact with the next 'King Of The Ring', and that's why he's been left on SmackDown. That's fine, and makes sense, but did he or tag-along pal Rick Boogs need to be part of this year's Draft? Nah, not really.

That was a wasted pick.

The slight upside to this one is that Naka and Boogs haven't burned through enough storytelling as a duo to warrant splitting them up. It was the right call to keep Rick 'I Love A Van Halen Mix Tape' Boogs by Shinsuke's side. Again though, pointless announcement.