5 big mistakes WWE made on RAW's Draft: Champion drafted in late rounds, big error made with title-holders (14th October 2019)

We're going to start off by saying that we quite enjoyed the 2019 WWE Draft. It was very different from the drafts of the past as the Network executives seemed directly involved in the matters, while Stephanie McMahon's role was minimal as she only appeared to announce the Draft picks.

It was the perfect use of her as an authority figure and no superstar was overexposed in the past couple of episodes of RAW and SmackDown. Things concluded well in the draft, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't without its faults.

It's true that the show as a whole was a solid one - easily one of the better ones in the last month and we now know the two established rosters as the year begins to reach a quick conclusion. Here are the mistakes that WWE made in the Draft on Day 2!

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#5. Drafting Shinsuke Nakamura so late

Is a champion not the first priority?

Here is something that's a bit difficult to understand. If you were FOX or the USA Network, would your priority not be to get champions on your brand? AJ Styles was drafted in the first round, as was Becky Lynch, Brock Lesnar and Bayley.

The fact that the Intercontinental Champion was the second pick in round 3 seems a bit too far and goes to show that they continue to neglect Nakamura's reign as Intercontinental Champion. It's almost as though history is repeating itself with his United States Championship reign last year and this time, it's all the more surprising because he has Sami Zayn as his mouthpiece.

Either way, we hope that Nakamura has a rejuvenated run on the blue brand. However, his draft position seems to suggest that it won't exactly be the case.

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#4. Not sending certain champions directly to specific brands

Why did the RAW Women's Champion need to be drafted to RAW?

Let's start by saying that we love the fact that Becky Lynch was the overall #1 draft pick. She deserves that spot after all the years of hard work she put in and she has risen to become one of WWE's biggest superstars - male or female.

However, there's one part that we don't quite understand. Is there a necessity to draft RAW and SmackDown champions instead of directly assigning them? For example, the RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch needn't have gotten a draft spot because she holds a title that belongs to the RAW brand.

The same happened with Bayely and The Revival and WWE just narrowly avoided that with Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode, who dropped the titles to The Viking Raiders (RAW) before being drafted over to SmackDown.

It just seems to be one of those slight hiccups in logic but it's nothing that had an overtly-negative effect on the show. It only comes across as a tad bit inconsistent.

#3. King Corbin to SmackDown

Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin is one of the few superstars who benefited from jumping over to RAW from SmackDown. Not only did he get a whole lot more TV time, but he also got pushed pretty hard as well.

His time as Constable Corbin was annoying, but it undeniably helped him grow as a character. A year on, he has won a few more accolades while also having beaten Kurt Angle in his retirement match at WrestleMania 35.

Now, Corbin will be moving back to SmackDown after over a year - taking the place of Randy Orton from the look of things. While WWE has always been high on Corbin, a move to SmackDown may not have been the wisest.

Sure, he'll be present among some of the biggest stars in the company, but SmackDown is going to be so overstacked with talent now that Corbin's screentime may end up reducing on the two-hour show.

If he wants screentime, RAW would have been the place for him. He may even be out-of-place on the blue brand.

#2. Underwhelming later rounds

The quality of the draft picks had reduced

Overall, the quality of the draft picks had reduced quite a bit as the rounds went on. This was only expected as the top-tier talent is usually mentioned first. However, adding one top talent in the later rounds doesn't help the fact that it got rather underwhelming.

You could audibly hear the reactions getting softer as the night went on, but that doesn't mean that midcard drafts were less significant. There were quite a few rising superstars who were assigned as well and from WWE's point of view, they were left with no choice but to keep the last few rounds underwhelming as they had to present 5 rounds on RAW as compared to SmackDown's 3.

Either way, WWE should mix it up a bit more and perhaps throw in a few more top stars in the later rounds. It can add a nice element of unpredictability that hasn't been seen before. They could do it next time since they're trying different things.

#1. A rushed and weird ending to RAW

What?

Don't get us wrong. We love the idea that Seth Rollins invaded the Firefly Fun House. It added a very different element to the show. However, we can't help but feel as though everything was rushed. For one, the show ran overtime.

Secondly, the finish to the Women's Tag Team match seemed all too abrupt as a whole and with seconds left, it cut to Firefly Fun House. This was a rather short-lived episode - one that saw Seth Rollins somehow find the Fun House and attack Wyatt, throwing down all the frames and then burning the house down.

It certainly stuck with Rollins' "Burn it down" theme, but had the segment not been at the very end with a minute or two to spare, then it would have been a better segment. Rushing things never results in a good segment and though this was fun and different to watch, it left a lot to be desired.

It also doesn't help that they're dragging out the feud until Crown Jewel, where we will get another dusty finish before the two finally part ways.

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