2011 WWE Draft

2011 WWE draft
General information
SportProfessional wrestling
Date(s)April 25, 2011
LocationRaleigh, North Carolina
Overview
LeagueWWE
TeamsRaw
SmackDown
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The 2011 WWE draft was the ninth and final overall WWE draft before the first WWE brand extension ended on August 29, produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, which took place on April 25. With a core business of professional wrestling, the corporation held a draft to exchange personnel assigned to one of its two brands (Raw and SmackDown) that are (in terms of storyline) independent brands that represent WWE. The draft aired live on the USA Network on Raw in the United States[a] for two hours in Raleigh, North Carolina, from the RBC Center. As a standard for previous drafts, most on-air personnel were eligible to be drafted.[2] A continuation of the draft took place on WWE's official website at 12:00pm Eastern time on the following afternoon.[3]

Matches determined the recipient of draft picks for the television portion of the draft while the continuation of the draft via the Internet was conducted at random. The draft's 30 selections featured 29 wrestlers being exchanged between WWE's two brands. SmackDown received 16 additional members to its roster while Raw received 13. For the first time in draft history, two of the draft picks consisted of the same wrestler (John Cena) being selected to SmackDown with the first pick and back to Raw with the last televised pick.

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  2. ^ "The WWE Draft's biggest moment's". WWE. 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2011-04-19.
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