2016 WWE Draft

On May 25, 2016, it was announced that due to SmackDown moving to Tuesdays and to a live broadcast starting July 19, necessitating a brand extension, WWE announced that the draft would be coming back. It would later be announced that the 2016 WWE Draft will be taking place on July 19, on the USA Network, during SmackDown's first live episode. Representing SmackDown was Shane McMahon and representing Raw was Stephanie McMahon.

Draft Picks

Televised on SmackDown

1. Raw - Seth Rollins
2. SmackDown - Dean Ambrose
3. Raw - Charlotte
4. SmackDown - AJ Styles
5. Raw - Finn Bálor
6. Raw - Roman Reigns
7. SmackDown - John Cena
8. Raw - Brock Lesnar
9. SmackDown - Randy Orton
10. Raw - The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods)
11. Raw - Sami Zayn
12. SmackDown - Bray Wyatt
13. Raw - Sasha Banks
14. SmackDown - Becky Lynch
15. Raw - Chris Jericho
16. Raw - Rusev with Lana
17. SmackDown - The Miz with Maryse
18. Raw - [Kevin Owens]]
19. SmackDown - Baron Corbin
20. Raw - Enzo & Cass (Enzo Amore and Big Cass)
21. Raw - The Club (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)
22. SmackDown - American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan)
23. Raw - Big Show
24. SmackDown - Dolph Ziggler
25. Raw - Nia Jax
26. Raw - Neville
27. SmackDown - Natalya
28. Raw - Cesaro
29. SmackDown - Alberto Del Rio
30. Raw - Sheamus

WWE Network

1. Raw - Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth)
2. SmackDown - The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso)
3. Raw - Titus O'Neil
4. SmackDown - Kane
5. Raw - Paige
6. Raw - Darren Young with Bob Backlund
7. SmackDown - Kalisto
8. Raw - Sin Cara
9. SmackDown - Naomi
10. Raw - Jack Swagger
11. SmackDown - The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)
12. Raw - The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley)
13. SmackDown - Zack Ryder
14. Raw - Summer Rae
15. SmackDown - Apollo Crews
16. Raw - Mark Henry
17. SmackDown - Alexa Bliss
18. Raw - Braun Strowman
19. SmackDown - Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango)
20. Raw - Bo Dallas
21. SmackDown - Eva Marie
22. Raw - The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico)
23. SmackDown - The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch)
24. Raw - Alicia Fox
25. SmackDown - Erick Rowan
26. Raw - Dana Brooke
27. SmackDown - Mojo Rawley
28. Raw - Curtis Axel
29. SmackDown - Carmella

See Also

WWE Brand Extension, WWE