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Tuesday 19th July 2016!

SMACKDOWN Live opened with footage of the SMACKDOWN Live management team Commissioner, Shane McMahon & General Manager, Daniel Bryan making their way into the arena clearly in deep discussion about tonight’s draft and were heard as they walking past the camera saying they need to stick to their plan.

Shortly after RAW’s management team Commissioner, Stephanie McMahon & General Manager, Mick Foley were also shown arriving at the arena but unlike Shane and Bryan they were not entering together, Stephanie was ahead of Foley on the phone and surrounded by her staff as Foley followed Steph into the arena trying to keep up…

SMACKDOWN Live Open!

Following the fireworks display and shots of the crowd Mauro Ranallo’s voice welcomed everyone to the first SMACKDOWN live and immediately hyped tonight’s Draft which would officially kick off the start of the WWE’s New Era! The announcers were shown at ringside and was joined by Byron Saxton, Jerry Lawler his regular broadcast partners but also representing RAW – Michael Cole.

WWE Chairman & Owner, Vince McMahon the Father of both Shane & Stephanie made his way out on to the stage to huge ovation. Either side of Vince was a podium for RAW & SMACKDOWN Live where the Draft would take place. McMahon welcomed everyone to the dawning of the new era here in the WWE. Momentarily the draft would kick off but beforehand Vince would quickly go over the rules and his vision. Rules appeared on screen (see post above) noting that RAW as the 3 hour show would have exclusive footage to both the WWE Women’s Division and WWE Cruiserweight Division. McMahon also pointed out that the only times we would see RAW against SMACKDOWN live would be in the Royal Rumble match at WWE Survivor Series in a traditional elimination match and a match at WWE WrestleMania! Both management teams would get free reign over their shows, they can add as many titles or events as they like, they can hire whoever they wish but Vince warned he would be keeping a close eye on both brands before announcing that after tonight’s opening contest the 2016 WWE Draft would begin!

Renee Young sitting in the WWE Draft Centre was shown on camera and announced that following SMACKDOWN live tonight, live and exclusive on the WWE Network the entire male NXT Roster would be drafted to either RAW or SMACKDOWN Live! Young made it clear that this doesn’t mean call ups were going to happen immediately but both management teams want a clear picture on who will be a part of their brand today and in the future.

SUNDAY 24TH JULY 2016| WWE BATTLEGROUND| 6 MAN| JOHN CENA, ENZO & BIG CASS V THE CLUB (AJ STYLES, KARL ANDERSON & LUKE GALLOWS)!

MATCH 1| THE CLUB (AJ STYLES, KARL ANDERSON & LUKE GALLOWS) BEAT APOLLO CREWS & LUCHA DRAGONS (KALISTO & SIN CARA) VIA PIN FALL| Ahead of facing John Cena, Enzo & Big Cass this Sunday at WWE Battleground on the WWE Network, The Club wanted to prove that you can’t just throw 3 men together and hope to beat them. The Club have dominated Japan and now they want to dominate the WWE! Entertaining match, wasn’t a walk over for The Club like they may have thought with Crews & Lucha Dragons giving AJ, Anderson & Gallows a couple of scared but in the end AJ managed to drop Sin Cara with his Styles Clash for the victory.

Post-match Anderson & Gallows dropped Kalisto with their Magic Killer while AJ grabbed a microphone from ringside. AJ stood on the announce table and said he hopes John Cena and his little buddies were watching! AJ Styles is the greatest professional wrestler in the world today and The Club are the most dominant force in the world today. John Cena can rise above the hate but John Cena cannot rise above The Club and they will prove that this Sunday at WWE Battleground!

RAW and SMACKDOWN Live management teams (Stephanie McMahon, Mick Foley and Shane McMahon, Daniel Bryan) were shown making their way from their respective offices, the WWE Draft kicks off next!

Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley were behind their podium while Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan were behind their podium after the two teams shared some words, Stephanie McMahon made the first draft pick on behalf of RAW…

RAW’s 1st Draft Pick… SETH ROLLINS!
SMACK DOWN’S 1st Draft Pick… BROCK LESNAR!

RAW’s 2nd Draft Pick… WWE World champion, DEAN AMBROSE!
SMACK DOWN’s 2nd Draft Pick… JOHN CENA!
*Daniel Bryan was clearly annoyed that RAW had drafted the WWE World champion. It also appeared that while Shane and Bryan were working together, Stephanie was not really taking Foley’s opinion into consideration.

RAW’s 3rd Draft Pick… ROMAN REIGNS!
SMACK DOWN’s 2nd Draft Pick… AJ STYLES!
Following each pick a video on each individual was shown. Announce team reacted at ringside to the 1st round of Draft picks saying both brands have got off to a strong start but agreed that RAW must be delighted that they are the exclusive home for the WWE World title! As one of their 1st 3 draft picks (Ambrose, Reigns or Rollins) will leave WWE Battleground this Sunday as the WWE World champion. Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon were shown backstage, Bryan was not happy that they had missed out on the WWE World title, Shane was 100% sure that Stephanie would not have drafted either Ambrose or Reigns! McMahon said their initial plan backfired but they should still be happy with the quality they had picked up…

Elsewhere backstage Seth Rollins caught up with Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley just as Foley was about to address something with his boss. Rollins was delighted that Stephanie drafted him, Stephanie told Rollins that he would be the foundation RAW would be built upon before asking Rollins to join her in her office. Foley attempted to follow only to have the door closed in his face before Stephanie opened the door and apologised before ordering Foley to go and get her and Seth a drink.

SUNDAY 24TH JULY 2016| WWE BATTLEGROUND| MAIN EVENT| TRIPLE THREAT| WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP © DEAN AMBROSE V ROMAN REIGNS V SETH ROLLINS!

HIGHLIGHTS| RAW| LAST NIGHT| MAIN EVENT| WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP © DEAN AMBROSE V SETH ROLLINS WENT TO A DRAW (DOUBLE PIN)!

TONIGHT’S MAIN EVENT| WWE WORLD CHAMPION| DEAN AMBROSE & SAMI ZAYN V SETH ROLLINS & KEVIN OWENS!

MATCH 2| DARREN YOUNG W. BOB BACKLUND BEAT HEATH SLATER VIA TAP OUT| Biggest match of Darren Young’s career takes place this Sunday at WWE Battleground when he challenges The Miz for the WWE Intercontinental championship. Young brought in former WWE World champion, Bob Backlund to help make Darren Young great again! Young has been improving under Backlund’s guidance and it didn’t take long for Young to make the Social Outcast member tap out to Backlund’s patent Cross face Chicken wing! Later tonight, The Miz will go one on one against recent rival Cesaro!

Following the commercial, Team RAW (Stephanie & Foley) and Team SMACKDOWN live (Shane & Bryan) were back out on the stage to make their next draft picks. As Raw opened the last round. SMACKDOWN live got to pick first this time and Daniel Bryan didn’t hesitate in making his first selection…

SMACKDOWN’s 4th Draft Pick… WWE United States champion, RUSEV W. LANA!
RAW’s 4th Draft Pick… WWE Intercontinental champion, THE MIZ W. MARYSE!
SMACKDOWN’s 5th Draft Pick… WWE Tag Team champions, NEW DAY (BIG E, KOFI KINGSTON & XAVIER WOODS)!
RAW’s 5th Draft Pick… WYATT FAMILY (BRAY WYATT, BRAUN STROWMAN & ERICK ROWAN)!
SMACK DOWN’s 6th Draft Pick… SAMI ZAYN!
RAW’s 6th Draft Pick… KEVIN OWENS!
*SMACKDOWN had RAW on the ropes in that round and RAW’s picks were more reacting to SMACKDOWN’s previous picks and/or trying to hurt SMACKDOWN by taking their next predicted pick. Following the selections, Stephanie stormed off…

Renee Young again in the WWE Draft Centre again hyped the NXT Draft taking place on the WWE Network following SMACKDOWN Live tonight and also revealed that following the show tonight there would be changes regarding announcers and other personnel which would be revealed throughout the night and week on WWE.Com.

SUNDAY 24TH JULY 2016| WWE BATTLEGROUND| 6 MAN| NEW DAY (BIG E, KOFI KINGSTON & XAVIER WOODS) V THE WYATT FAMILY (BRAY WYATT, BRAUN STROWMAN & ERICK ROWAN)!

MATCH 3| BRAY WYATT BEAT XAVIER WOODS VIA PIN FALL| We had just learned that following WWE Battleground this Sunday opponents New Day & the Wyatt Family will be on separate brands. New Day visited the Wyatt Family compound on RAW and a huge brawl broke out. Xavier Woods tonight was trying to conquer his fear of the ‘Face of Fear’ Bray Wyatt and while Xavier gave it his best shot Woods could not overcome one of the toughest men in the WWE, Bray Wyatt. Wyatt scored the victory following his Sister Abigail.

Stephanie McMahon was shown in a hall way backstage being joined by Mick Foley. Stephanie was not happy with how the last round played out, Foley tried to convince Stephanie that RAW still made some strong draft picks but Stephanie wasn’t happy and blamed Foley for what happened, saying while she was dealing with the face of RAW and next WWE World champion, Seth Rollins – Foley should have had his eyes on the ball!

Renee Young back in the WWE Draft Centre announced that due to injury or inactivity the following names were free agents and would not be drafted tonight; Luke Harper, Neville, Randy Orton, Ryback, Triple H, Tyson Kidd, the Undertaker and from NXT – Elias Sampson & Hideo Itami!

SUNDAY 24TH JULY 2016| WWE BATTLEGROUND| CHRIS JERICHO’S HIGHLIGHT REEL W. RANDY ORTON!
SUNDAY 21ST AUGUST 2016| WWE SUMMERSLAM| MAIN EVENT| RANDY ORTON V BROCK LESNAR W. PAUL HEYMAN!

3rd round of the Draft saw clear tension between Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon on Team RAW while Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan were a lot happier after round 2 after missing out on the WWE World title in round 1. RAW kicked off the 3rd round of the Draft…

RAW’s 7th Draft Pick… BIG CASS & ENZO!
SMACKDOWN’s 7th Draft Pick… CESARO!
RAW’s 8th Draft Pick… THE CLUB (KARL ANDERSON & LUKE GALLOWS)!
SMACKDOWN’s 8th Draft Pick… ALBERTO DEL RIO!
RAW’s 9th Draft Pick… CHRIS JERICHO!
SMACK DOWN’s 9th Draft Pick… DOLPH ZIGGLER!
*Mick Foley was left in charge it seemed of this round of the Draft and with every selection he seemed to win Stephanie round to the point when they were done, Stephanie patted Foley on the shoulder and told him he had done a good job. Both brands could be happy with their selections in this round but the big news coming out of round 3 was that following WWE Battleground this Sunday – The Club will be split up!

MATCH 4| NON-TITLE MATCH| CESARO BEAT WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION, THE MIZ W. MARYSE VIA PIN FALL| The Miz will defending his WWE Intercontinental title against Darren Young at WWE Battleground but beforehand Miz had to get past a recent rival in Cesaro. Cesaro & Miz will be on different brands from Monday so tonight was Cesaro’s last chance at revenge. Darren Young was shown watching backstage with Bob Backlund. Cesaro and Miz had a good match which the crowd were into, the match was given a fair amount of time which saw both men score a number of near falls before Cesaro managed to put the Miz away following his Neutralizer. Miz will have to rebound quickly and his confidence is going to be low heading into his title defence this Sunday. Big win for Cesaro who will be hoping for more opportunities to impress on SMACKDOWN live!

STILL TO COME TONIGHT| ENZO & BIG CASS V THE VAUDEVILLIANS – ZACK RYDER V SHEAMUS!

WWE Reporter, Tom Phillips was backstage with WWE World champion, Dean Ambrose & Sami Zayn ahead of tonight’s Main Event. Phillips asked Ambrose & Zayn for this thoughts on tonight’s Main Event. Ambrose spoke first saying tonight two huge rivalries collide when he and Sami Zayn take on Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens. Ambrose said he and Zayn have a lot in common and have something to prove this Sunday against a former friend/brother. Ambrose despite being the WWE World champion still needs to prove that he was the alpha male in the Shield while Zayn is going show Kevin Owens that he was always the better of the two but tonight they are going to have some fun and get ahead of themselves when they kick Owens & Rollins ass! Ambrose walked off and Zayn joked that he’s going to miss Ambrose….

Team RAW and Team SMACKDOWN Live were back out for the 4th round of the WWE Draft. SMACKDOWN live kicked things off this time round…

SMACKDOWN’s 10th Draft Pick… USOS (JEY & JIMMY USO)!
RAW’s 10th Draft Pick… SHEAMUS!
SMACKDOWN’s 11th Draft Pick… BARON CORBIN!
RAW’s 11th Draft Pick… LUCHA DRAGONS (KALISTO & SIN CARA)!
SMACKDOWN’s 12th DRAFT PICK… BIG SHOW!
RAW’s 12th DRAFT PICK… KANE!

MATCH 5| ENZO & BIG CASS BEAT THE VAUDEVILLIANS (AIDEN ENGLISH & SIMON GOTCH) VIA PIN FALL| These two teams have built up quite a rivalry over the years in both NXT and the WWE, it was earlier in the year that the Vaudevillians seriously injured Enzo. Tonight Enzo & Big Cass were out to rebound from their loss on RAW last night which saw a miscommunication with John Cena. Enzo had the crowd on their feet pre-match with his mic work and the his fans had reason to celebrate as Enzo & Cass looked good on their way to victory over the former NXT Tag Team champions. Post-match John Cena joined Enzo & Big Cass in their celebrations and held a huddle in the middle of the ring to motivate all 3 men ahead of their huge challenge against The Club this Sunday at WWE Battleground live on the WWE Network!

Ringside, Mauro Ranallo, Michael Cole, Byron Saxton & Jerry Lawler reminded viewers that WWE Owner, Vince McMahon announced at the start of the show that the WWE Women’s Division would be exclusive to RAW going forward and tonight the women had been given the night off but this Sunday live on the WWE Network – WWE Battleground will see two big WWE Women’s Division matches when Becky Lynch looks for revenge against Natalya while Sasha Banks and a mystery partner will face WWE Women’s champion, Charlotte & her protégé Dana Brooke! Quick video aired looking at the history between Sasha Banks and Charlotte including their time in NXT plus Charlotte becoming the first WWE Women’s champion at WWE WrestleMania!

Stephanie McMahon & Mick Foley headed back out for the penultimate round of the WWE Draft and were followed by Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon. RAW’s turn to get things started…

RAW’s 13th Draft Pick… APOLLO CREWS!
SMACKDOWN’s 13th Draft Pick… ZACK RYDER!
RAW’s 14th Draft Pick… TITUS O’NEIL!
SMACKDOWN’s 14th Draft Pick… DARREN YOUNG!
RAW’s 15th Draft Pick… JACK SWAGGER!
SMACKDOWN’s 15th Draft Pick… DUDLEY BOYZ (BUBBA RAY & D-VON DUDLEY)!

MATCH 6| ZACK RYDER BEAT SHEAMUS VIA PIN FALL| Sheamus the former WWE World champion was not happy being drafted so late into proceedings and took his frustration out on Zack Ryder who is looking to shock the world once again this Sunday at WWE Battleground when he challenges Rusev for the WWE United States championship. Sheamus almost lost control and was almost disqualified by the match officials for not listening to orders and the frustration ended up costing Sheamus as Ryder surprised the ‘Celtic Warrior’ with a roll up for the victory.

Post-match Zack Ryder rolled straight out of the ring but was immediately followed from behind on the ramp by Rusev! Ryder got back up only to be dropped by a jumping kick from the ‘Bulgarian Brute’ before Rusev locked his opponent this Sunday in his Accolade and it was only after officials came out to pull Rusev from Ryder that Rusev released the hold! Rusev with Lana by his side held up the WWE U.S title in celebration as the officials checked on the fallen Zack Ryder.

Seth Rollins was shown backstage talking at Kevin Owens ahead of their Main Event tonight telling Owens that following WWE Battleground he will once again be the WWE World champion while Kevin Owens can be his number 2. Rollins thought this was a great idea but Owens walked off in disgust after repeating the words number two.

Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley (RAW) and Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan (SMACKDOWN) were back out for the last round of the WWE Draft being shown on SMACKDOWN live tonight! For this last round both brands would get 4 picks! Nobody in the WWE wants to be their respective brands last pick…

SMACKDOWN’s 16th Draft Pick… MARK HENRY!
RAW’s 16th Draft Pick… VAUDEVILLIANS (AIDEN ENGLISH & SIMON GOTCH)!
SMACKDOWN’s 17th Draft Pick… SHINING STARS (EPICO & PRIMO)!
RAW’s 17th Draft Pick… GOLDEN TRUTH (GOLDUST & R-TRUTH)!
SMACKDOWN’s 18th Draft Pick… THE ASCENSION (KONOR & VIKTOR)!
RAW’s 18th Draft Pick… SOCIAL OUTCASTS (BO DALLAS, CURTIS AXEL & HEATH SLATER)!
SMACKDOWN’s Last Draft Pick… TYLER BREEZE!
RAW’s Last Draft Pick… FANDANGO!

Announcers (Ranallo, Cole, Lawler & Saxton) reacted to the draft at ringside highlighting RAW drafting all 3 former members of the Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) guaranteeing that the WWE World title will end up on RAW while SMACKDOWN live got hold of John Cena, AJ Styles and the ‘Beast Incarnate’ Brock Lesnar! Raw also took the WWE Intercontinental championship while SMACKDOWN live have the WWE Tag Team titles and WWE United States title. Other draftees highlighted were Kevin Owens and Bray Wyatt to RAW while SMACKDOWN took Cesaro and Sami Zayn, also due to the draft Breezango & the Club will be forced to split following WWE Battleground this Sunday which is live on the WWE Network!

Following SMACKDOWN Live tonight on the WWE Network the WWE Draft continues with the NXT male roster being drafted plus we would hear from some of the WWE Superstars effected by tonight’s draft.

Video played going over the history of Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins. The 3 men debuted together at the 2012 WWE Survivor Series and for almost 2 years they dominated the WWE taking out everyone who crossed their path from The Rock, The Undertaker, John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Wyatt Family and Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton & Batista) until Seth Rollins turned his back on his brothers and joined the Authority! This Sunday for the first time ever we will finally find out which member of the Shield is the alpha male when they compete for the richest prize in the game, the WWE World championship a title all 3 members held at WWE Money in the Bank! Dean Ambrose walked out WWE champion on that night but who will walk out of WWE Battleground as the WWE World champion!

SUNDAY 24TH JULY 2016| WWE BATTLEGROUND| SAMI ZAYN V KEVIN OWENS!
SUNDAY 24TH JULY 2016| WWE BATTLEGROUND| MAIN EVENT| TRIPLE THREAT| WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP © DEAN AMBROSE V ROMAN REIGNS V SETH ROLLINS!

MATCH 7| MAIN EVENT| DEAN AMBROSE & SAMI ZAYN V SETH ROLLINS & KEVIN OWENS| Big Main Event heading into WWE Battleground this Sunday. All four men are no strangers to one another. Zayn and Owens former best friends will meet for potentially the last time ever this Sunday with both men hoping to come out of their ‘Final Battle’ victorious! Stephanie McMahon was shown watching backstage cheering on Seth Rollins during the match. Out of the 4 men in tonight’s Main Event only Sami Zayn would be heading to SMACKDOWN live. Really strong match and it seemed like Zayn was going to lead his team to victory after catching Owens with his Hell’uva kick only to turn into a Pedigree from Rollins but before Rollins could cover Zayn, Ambrose tackled Rollins out of the ring leaving Owens and Zayn alone in the ring as Ambrose & Rollins brawled at ringside. Owens arrogantly leaned down to pick Zayn up only for Zayn to surprise Owens with a small package for the victory! DEAN AMBROSE & SAMI ZAYN BEAT SETH ROLLINS & KEVIN OWENS VIA PIN FALL

Kevin Owens was livid and floored Sami Zayn straight after the bell before planting his former best friend with his Pop-Up power bomb, Ambrose was quickly back in the ring and the ‘Lunatic Fringe’ spiked Owens with his Dirty Deeds before Seth Rollins hit the WWE World champion in the back with a steel chair just like Rollins did the night he turned his back on his brothers in the Shield! Rollins grabbed hold of Ambrose by the face and told him he would reclaim his WWE title before nailing Ambrose with a Pedigree in the middle of the ring. SMACKDOWN live went off the air as Seth Rollins stood tall in the middle of the ring with the WWE World title in his hand as RAW Commissioner, Stephanie McMahon came out and applauded her number 1 draft picks actions!

I will start booking NXT following WWE SummerSlam weekend all results until Takeover Brooklyn II will reflect actual.