The 2016 WWE Draft is in the books. The dawning of a new era has officially begun. So what does each show look like going forward?
There were surprises, there were NXT call-ups, there was controversy and there are plenty of questions coming out of the 2016 WWE Draft. So how does each roster stack up from next week onwards? Where are the titles going? What happened with the Women’s Division and the Tag Team Divisions? Who got called up from NXT?
Here is how the new era of WWE looks for the foreseeable future.
(All superstars are listed in the order they were drafted):
MALE SUPERSTARS
Seth Rollins
Finn Balor (NXT Call-up)
Roman Reigns
Brock Lesnar
Sami Zayn
Chris Jericho
Rusev (United States Champion)
Kevin Owens
Big Show
Neville
Cesaro
Sheamus
Titus O’Neil
Darren Young (with Bob Backlund)
Sin Cara
Jack Swagger
Mark Henry
Braun Strowman
Bo Dallas
Curtis Axel
TAG TEAMS
The New Day (WWE World Tag Team Champions)
Enzo & Big Cass
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
Golden Truth
The Dudley Boyz
The Shining Stars
FEMALE SUPERSTARS
Charlotte (WWE Women’s Champion)
Sasha Banks
Lana
Nia Jax (NXT Call-up)
Paige
Summer Rae
Alicia Fox
Dana Brooke
COMMENTARY TEAM
Michael Cole
Corey Graves
Byron Saxton
MALE SUPERSTARS
Dean Ambrose (WWE Champion)
AJ Styles
John Cena
Randy Orton
Bray Wyatt
The Miz (Intercontinental Champion)
Baron Corbin
Dolph Ziggler
Alberto Del Rio
Kane
Kalisto
Apollo Crews
Erick Rowan
TAG TEAMS
American Alpha (NXT Call-up)
The Uso’s
The Ascension
Breezango
The Vaudevillains
The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley called up from NXT)
FEMALE SUPERSTARS
Becky Lynch
Maryse
Natalya
Naomi
Alexa Bliss (NXT Call-up)
Eva Marie
Carmella (NXT Call-up)
COMMENTARY TEAM
Mauro Ranallo
JBL
David Otunga
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INELIGIBLE DRAFT PICKS
Emma (injury)
Luke Harper (injury)
Nikki Bella (injury)
Tamina (injury)
The Undertaker
QUICK FACTS
Seth Rollins was the overall number one draft pick.
RAW currently has no World Champion.
Raw has the United States Championship.
Raw has the WWE World Tag Team Championships.
Raw has the WWE Women’s Championship.
SmackDown has the WWE Championship.
Smackdown has the Intercontinental Championship.
Smackdown currently has no Tag Team Champions.
SmackDown currently has no Women’s Champion.
The title situations were not addressed.
Tag Teams are currently evenly split across both brands (6 each)
While Raw has an “exclusive Cruiserweight Division” only 4 of their current Superstars actually qualify for it.
Heath Slater did not get drafted.
The Wyatt Family were broken up.
Lucha Dragons were broken up.
Social Outcasts were broken up.
Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens are still destined to fight forever.