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9. Bray Wyatt To SmackDown/Braun Strowman To Raw

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Back in 2002, management decided to split up some teams during the brand extension. There was a lot of talk that The New Day might be the unfortunate ones to be broken up this time, but they were drafted to Raw as a collective. That makes sense, due to the fact they are the current WWE Tag-Team Champions.

Others weren't so fortunate, and one big group in WWE has been splintered. On SmackDown, Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan announced that Bray Wyatt would be heading to the blue brand exclusively. Those expecting that Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan would join automatically beware, only Bray's name was called.

Later on the WWE Network, Strowman was drafted to Raw. Rowan does stay on SmackDown, meaning he can still align with Wyatt, but it seems Braun is no longer by his side and will have to strike out on his own.

Now, The Wyatt Family have lost their largest physical member. It remains to be seen whether or not Strowman can be valuable to WWE as an individual, he's an unproven commodity at the moment.

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