5 Superstars who could be picked last in the 2019 WWE draft

After a hectic week of season premieres, the WWE Universe can now focus on the upcoming 2019 draft, which will begin on the October 11 episode of SmackDown and finish on the October 14 episode of RAW.

WWE has confirmed that every active member of the RAW and SmackDown rosters will be involved in the draft, meaning Superstars will be ranked from most wanted to least wanted.

If you take a quick scroll through your social media timelines, you will likely find WWE fans explaining why Becky Lynch, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins or “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt should be chosen as the #1 pick in the draft.

However, in this article, we want to take an alternative look at the roster changes by counting down five Superstars who could realistically be chosen as the last pick on RAW or SmackDown.

It has been announced that there will be separate Draft Pools for Friday's SmackDown and Monday's RAW, which means a Superstar will be picked last on both nights.

Disclaimer: Carmella and Heath Slater were involved in successful storylines based on their low positions in the 2016 draft, so this is by no means a list of WWE’s ‘worst’ Superstars. In fact, it’s the total opposite. Whoever gets picked last will likely be involved in a post-draft storyline!

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#5 Mojo Rawley

In early 2019, WWE began releasing videos of RAW Superstars cutting promos in front of live audiences during commercial breaks.

One of the Superstars who often appeared in front of the crowd was Mojo Rawley, who has continued to feature in ‘RAW Exclusive’ videos on WWE’s YouTube channel throughout the year.

The problem, however, is that these promos have gotten Rawley’s new facepainted heel character absolutely nowhere, as he has only competed in one singles match – a victory over Apollo Crews in May – on RAW in the last 14 months.

Perhaps being the last pick in the draft could be the wake-up call that the former Hype Bro needs. After all, his RAW promos in front of a mirror earlier this year appeared to be about him being honest with himself and his failures in WWE, so maybe being chosen last could prompt a major change in his approach.

#4 Drake Maverick

Drake Maverick began 2018 as the General Manager of 205 Live and ended the year by combining that role with the position of being AOP’s manager.

Moving into 2019, the Brit was left without much direction as a character after AOP’s Akam underwent knee surgery, meaning the former RAW Tag Team Champions did not appear on television for several months.

To compensate for that, Maverick used his creativity to personally create posters to track down 24/7 Champion R-Truth. It has since been revealed by Triple H that this was not part of the storyline but WWE’s decision-makers liked Maverick’s ideas, which is why he has been so integral in 24/7 Championship storylines since the title was introduced.

Whether he has been a General Manager, a manager, a wrestler or a backstage personality, Maverick has shown that he can take whatever storyline is thrown at him and he can make it work.

Technically, he is not currently a member of the RAW or SmackDown rosters, but the 205 Live GM is bound to feature in the upcoming draft if his number of appearances on television in recent months are anything to go by.

If he is chosen as the last pick, there is no doubt that Maverick would make the most of the opportunity!

#3 EC3

When EC3 joined the NXT roster in January 2018, it would not have been too far-fetched to predict that he could one day hold the NXT Championship.

However, his run on the black and gold brand was relatively underwhelming, with the highlight being his rivalry with Velveteen Dream, and he ended up moving to RAW and SmackDown without much buzz in early 2019.

Although he picked up a quick victory over a departing Dean Ambrose, the former Impact star never really established himself on the main roster in the same way that fellow call-ups Lacey Evans, Lars Sullivan, Heavy Machinery and Nikki Cross did.

Now, eight months on from his first RAW appearance, EC3 has not been involved in any meaningful storylines and his “Top One Percent” character is proving to be anything but that at the moment. Granted, he is already a four-time 24/7 Champion but, in all honesty, that means absolutely nothing.

Moving forward, it feels like any storyline would be better than no storyline for EC3, which is why being picked last in the draft might not be such a bad thing. At least then, much like Mojo Rawley, his character would have some motivation to prove his RAW and SmackDown doubters wrong.

#2 Mike Kanellis

One of the most bizarre WWE stories of 2019 so far has involved Mike Kanellis, Maria Kanellis, Ricochet, Rusev and various other Superstars on RAW.

The year began with the Kanellis’ reportedly requesting their releases from WWE after hardly being used on television during their first 18 months in the company as a couple.

However, after initially being featured on 205 Live, they signed new deals midway through the year and became involved in a storyline on RAW shortly after Paul Heyman was named the Executive Director of the red brand.

To briefly sum up what has happened so far, Maria is pregnant and views her husband as a complete loser. She has told him that he is not the father of her unborn child, but it is not yet known whether she is telling the truth or not.

There have even been hints that US television presenter Maury Povich, whose guests often take lie detector tests, could get involved in this story.

Simply put, Mike has a lot of problems right now (to say the least!) and there is no way that RAW or SmackDown would want him on their roster, so being the last unwanted draft pick would be fitting for a character who is down on his luck at the moment.

#1 Heath Slater

In 2016, WWE showed half of the draft on a live episode of SmackDown and revealed the rest of the names on a special draft broadcast on the WWE Network.

When the show came to an end, Heath Slater was shown sitting alone in a room in the backstage area, and it soon became clear that WWE’s on-screen authority figures had purposely forgotten about the former 3MB member so that he could appear on both RAW and SmackDown as a ‘free agent’.

In the end, Slater won a contract on SmackDown and went on to become a SmackDown Tag Team Champion with Rhyno, who has since left WWE.

Now, with no Rhyno by his side, the former Nexus member finds himself without a storyline and with very little direction as a character, just like in 2016 when he separated from The Social Outcasts at the time of the draft.

Maybe, just maybe, WWE could turn this into an ongoing storyline by having RAW or SmackDown reluctantly accept Slater as the final member of their roster after the 2019 draft.

Slater has been one of WWE’s best comedy characters over the last few years, so perhaps being an unwanted Superstar (again) could kick-start another storyline for him on television.

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