2008 Draft IDEAS/ Predictions

Rey Mysterio to RAW- Now this would be the shocker surprise draft pick for RAW. Although this rumor had been going on a while back, but it’s kind of not been mentioned as of late. This would probably be the only real huge name pick RAW will get. Rey hasn’t been a part of the RAW roster so this will give him some new opponents and will give RAW probably a new demographic that this show has yet to tap into.

CM Punk to RAW- The guy needs a change of scenery and I think with Smackdown probably getting stacked, RAW would be the place for him to be. A long term fued with Jericho and down the line fueds with the Hardys, Shawn Michaels and Randy Orton could really elevate his career.


MVP to RAW- The man has proven he has what it takes to move up to the next level. Now let’s see how he can handle the political BS on RAW. If he can survive that then he can do just about anything and maybe possibly the second ever African american world champion. Plus he’s faced everyone possible and he needs some new competition before things become stale for him.

Matt Hardy to RAW- Except for when he’s teamed up with Jeff, Matt hasn’t been on RAW since the whole Edge/Lita deal. It’s time for him to move over to RAW. Although I know Michaels Hayes probably has big plans for him I think Matt needs a change himself, plus if he and Jeff could travel together maybe Jeff can really stay focused on turning things around and not getting strike number three. Plus a fued with a heel Jericho would be quite interesting.

Natalya to RAW- This gal is one of the best female wrestlers in the company she is not a diva she is a woman and it would be disgrace for him to be a divas champion. Because to me diva means a girl who does all the pretty little pictures and poses in mens magazines. Not someone who is a great wrestler. Nattie needs to be where the in ring talent is at it’s finest and that is on RAW, unless they switch the women’s division to ECW. However, if they do bring her to RAW she can join the alliance that I think probably will be formed with DH Smith, Ted Dibiase Jr. and possibly Cody Rhodes if that storyline is going to play out the way I think it will. Every good alliance needs a good woman and I think she can pull that off. Plus if this groups mission is to do very much like the Original Hart Foundation faction was and that was to take all the championships they could get they very well could do that with this group.


Big Show to RAW- Because they haven’t really figured out how they want to use him, and with ECW soon being tagged along with RAW this would be a good way to be able to use him on two shows depending on what they might want to do with him.

Finlay to RAW- He has yet to ever have run on RAW so it’d get him fresh opponents. Plus once ECW gets hooked up with RAW he would be a great guy to have around to help out and mentor the younger talent.

Gregory Helms to RAW- You are probably thinking why? Well I know he’s out of action and I know he might not be back for quite some time if ever. But I figured if they can build an alliance in Smackdown maybe they could build an alliance on RAW. If you have Matt, Jeff, and Gregory on RAW they could for some sort of faction. It wouldn’t really ellivate Matt or Jeff because they are already at the top but it could help out Helms and maybe some others.

Shannon Moore to RAW- This would give Shannon a fresh start, plus like I said before add him to some sort of alliance with the Hardys and they could be a force, plus this would probably give Shannon the rub he really needs to be move up to at least a mid carder.

Victoria to RAW- One of the best female wrestlers in Wrestling period and the lone female veteran of the WWE. She needs to be back on a show where the other gals can actually go so she can do some things you can’t necessarily do with those who aren’t that great at wrestling.


Triple H to Smackdown - This is exactly the big shock and excitement the WWE really needs from this draft. The likeliness of this happening is very slim, but it should happen. HHH has ruled over RAW for way too long and if he was over on Smackdown maybe ratings would go back up on RAW because they wouldn’t have to listen to a long winded, thinks he’s amusing, promo ever freaking week. And why he is at it take the RAW writers with him and he can throw the Smackdown writers over to RAW. That probably would also freshen things up big time.

John Cena to Smackdown- This also will be the big shocker that I think all the little kiddies will like, that way they don’t have to stay up past their bedtime to watch him. Cena appeals to that mass audience that are more likely to watch on free tv than on pay tv. It wouldn’t be a major shocker like moving HHH but it would get quite a bit of people interested in watching Smackdown. It’d be even funnier if they moved him to ECW, but I highly doubt they’d put any of their top 5 stars on that show.

JBL to Smackdown- This is another top talent that could be moved over to Smackdown. His move over to RAW was rather flat and his fued with Jericho was blah. I’m not a big fan of JBL, because I don’t think he’s that great of a wrestler, but he is an excellent talker. And if they move MVP like I think they will they need someone who is talker to fill that void. Plus if they do move HHH over to Smackdown you’ll be sure they’ll be a JBL/HHH fued.


Umaga to Smackdown- Well this one will not be surprise if it happens because everyone is predicting this. But with Undertaker gone and not being eligble for the draft and not knowing whether when the Undertaker comes if he for sure will be coming back to Smackdown this might not be a wise move if they idea is for him to eventually fued with the Undertaker down the road. However, a new change of scenery would be good for Umaga, because he needs to get some wins against some guys he has yet to face to make him look unstoppable once again.

Chavo Guerrero to Smackdown- Like with Bam Neely to keep the familia on one show. Plus never really understood why they switched Chavo to ECW anyways.

Carlito to Smackdown (or ECW) - This one I think just about everyone agrees on. Carlito has been pushed to the backburner and his comments about top people aren’t helping. The jump would freshen up his gimmick and give him a chance to shine once again. However, if they move HHH over to Smackdown I say move Carlito to ECW, whereas ECW soon will be hooked up with RAW instead of Smackdown.

Maria to Smackdown- She has yet to be moved to another brand and I think she’d fit in well over there with that gals on Smackdown. Plus over there she’d be given a chance to look better as her skills are probably better than a lot of the gals on Smackdown.

John Morrison and The Miz to Smackdown- They are the Smackdown tag team champions so you might as well put them on that roster instead. Plus there isn’t enough time for tag team matches on ECW really.


William Regal to Smackdown- Since they fired him on RAW they might as well move him. I know he still has time on his suspension but if they move him to Smackdown they could follow through with the whole he got fired from RAW but is eligble to wrestle on Smackdown or ECW, although I doubt they’d put him over there.

Armando Estrada to Smackdown- The dude is a great manager and he and Umaga need to be back together. Plus Armando could add more people to his stable of wrestlers. Maybe like bringing up Afa Jr. to the main roster

Bam Neely to Smackdown- This way all of the familia can be on one show.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan to Smackdown- I don’t even know why he’s even on the roster so just move him for the heck of it.


The Highlanders to Smackdown- This team was pushed to the high heavens when they came into the WWE and then they just stopped. They need a change before they become extinct.





Mark Henry to ECW- With the inevitable fued with Kane coming about over the ECW title this would make sense to switch Henry over to the brand. Plus then once ECW and RAW or joined he can do a Big Show and be used on both brands. But ECW needs a bigger name to join there brand and this will certainly be the biggest name they probably will get.

Jamie Noble to ECW- Like with most people who I believe should be drafted to this brand it’s because this will give them an opportunity at least of being tv more often. Jamie can wrestle and he can talk he just needs some sort of lasting gimmick or fued or storyline to give him that push to really become a major player. By becoming a top guy in ECW he would given creditbility that maybe could eventually down the line lead him to becoming an IC or US champion.

Katie Lea and Paul Burchill to ECW- The land of extreme would be the proper place for the Burchills because I do remember watching a show on Sci Fi where there was incest. Although I know they’ve tone it down I think they both could be bigger stars on ECW than on RAW.

Trevor Murdoch to ECW- The guy is going to get buried if they don’t move him. I’d say move him over to Smackdown but this year I believe Smackdown is going to be the roster that gets stacked. Murdoch is a great heel, and if they would have used the Mickie James storyline they had going on a while back to breakup the tag team the breakup of them would have been more effective, but creative has their heads up their asses. So Murdoch needs to stay heel and go over to Smackdown where maybe they could have him fued with Kane.

Ashley to ECW- This needs to happen for the simply fact she has improved they don’t know how to really use her. Thus throw her on the show where they don’t know what to do with anybody except there top 2 guys. Plus her little punk rock chick image maybe would go over well in the land of extreme.

Charlie Haas to ECW(or Smackdown)- He really needs to be moved because he’s just being buried on RAW. The guy can really wrestler, but yes he doesn’t exude the most exciting charisma in the world. Hence why he is a real good tag team wrestler not singles, since in tag teams you can always push off the meaty stuff to your partner. Anyhow if they want to go with Haas as a singles wrestler ECW would be the place to put him. There they could focus on his wrestling and maybe have him shave off that goattee why they are at it. I think he could have some good matches Kofi Kingston. But if they want to make him a tag team wrestler put him on Smackdown and find someone who is need of tag team partner and put him with him.

Kenny Dykstra to ECW- He was on RAW got a push then he fizzled. They moved him to Smackdown he had a bit of a push and then he slowly fizzled after Victoria was no longer at his side for some strange reason. (LOL) So why not just move him over to ECW and see what he can do over there. If they’d focus more on wrestling matches and less on the talking segments this show could be really good. Plus it’d give guys who otherwise aren’t given tv time a better opportunity of slowing progressing into becoming someone with some credibility which seems to be lacking with a lot of the younger talent who are thrust into the big leagues before they really should be.

Super Crazy to ECW- Maybe he’d actually be given a chance to be one of their top talents, unlike on RAW where he rarely is ever seen or if he is he’s either the joke or the jobber. Super Crazy is funny, but he is also and exciting guy to watch when you let him do what he does best which is high flying out of control moves.

Funaki to ECW- Because he’s not doing anything on Smackdown so why not bring him over to the land of extreme for a change of pace.


Jimmy Wang Yang to ECW- With his suspension and they fact they really didn’t have anything for him to do on Smackdown since the Cruiserweight title became extinct maybe Yang could have another gimmick change and get some more TV time with some fresh opponents. I so wish they could bring Mr. Fuji back to manage him. Because if he had a kickass manager like that he could really be something big.