WWE Brand Split 2016: 20 Top Draft Picks For Raw And Smackdown
17. Raw #2 Pick: Roman Reigns
With Brock Lesnar in her pocket to boost Raw's ratings, Stephanie McMahon will move to keep the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on Raw. Lucky for her, there are two other competitors guaranteed a shot at the title just after the draft at WWE Battleground. She will secure at least one of them by drafting Roman Reigns.
Unless WWE backdated the start of his suspension, Reigns will not even be able to attend the draft, but that won't matter. WWE is sticking with him in the Battleground main event, so the company is obviously ready to proceed with all of its big plans for Reigns.
WWE really wants Roman Reigns to be the man. It makes sense to keep him on Raw, which will always be thought of internally as the "A" show. If Cena is committed to Smackdown, Reigns will have every opportunity to sink or swim as the present and future of WWE.