WWE Draft 2016: 10 Most Notable Picks

4. John Cena To SmackDown

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For the longest time, John Cena has been considered WWE's franchise player. For years and years, he's been the poster boy of the current generation, a multi-time World Champion that is often referred to as the hardest working man in the entire organisation (aside from Vince McMahon, naturally).

Keeping Cena on Monday Night Raw seemed plausible, especially considering he's seemingly content not to hog the spotlight for himself these days. It's a real show of faith in SmackDown that WWE decided to put him on that brand, because there are those who will now only tune into the Tuesday night show because of Cena's continued presence.

For at least a while, Cena won't be tangling with the likes of Seth Rollins, Brock Lesnar, Kevin Owens or Rusev again. That said, his current rival AJ Styles is right there with him on SmackDown.

This seems to suggest that issues between both guys will extend beyond what happens at Battleground. Surely, there's another big match between AJ and Cena in the works for SummerSlam. Now they're on the same brand, it'd be a shame not to exploit that.

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