10 Superstars who were picked ahead of Braun Strowman in the 2016 WWE draft

Published Dec 20, 2017 10:49 GMT

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#3 Zack Ryder

It wasn’t all that surprising when Zack Ryder was chosen as the 43rd pick – five places ahead of Braun Strowman – when he was drafted to SmackDown Live in 2016.

He had his big ‘WrestleMania moment’ four months earlier, winning the Intercontinental Championship in a seven-man ladder match, and he had several more years of experience in WWE than Strowman.

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Danny Hart has been one of the most active writers at Sportskeeda since he began working for the WWE section of the site in October 2017.

Danny currently writes around 100 articles per month about WWE. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked for seven years as a writer and editor for the football website Goal.com. He also reported live from Premier League stadiums around England.

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