2007 WWE draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Professional wrestling |
Date(s) | June 11 and 17, 2007 |
Location | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
Overview | |
League | World Wrestling Entertainment |
Teams | Raw SmackDown! ECW |
The 2007 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) draft, the fifth WWE Draft, took place at the Wachovia Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on June 11. The first half of the draft was televised live for three hours on World Wrestling Entertainment's program, Raw on USA Network.[1][2][3] The second half of the draft, or the "supplemental draft", was conducted over WWE's website, WWE.com, for four hours on June 17, 2007, as draft picks were announced at twenty-minute intervals.[4] There were twenty-three draft picks, with twenty-seven wrestlers drafted overall, between the promotion's three main brands: Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW.[1][5] For the televised half of the draft, each brand's draft pick was determined by nine matches, one being a battle royal for two draft picks, where wrestlers from their respective brands wrestled to earn a draft pick.[6][7] The supplemental draft, however, was conducted randomly, with each brand receiving random draft selections. Raw and SmackDown! received five random draft picks, while ECW received three random draft picks.[4] The televised draft picks were randomly selected by a computer that was shown on the Raw titantron.[8][9] Every WWE wrestler from Raw, SmackDown!, and ECW was eligible to be drafted.[10]
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