WWE Draft Night 2 - Best and worst- Disrespectful botch, Former Champion reverts to NXT character, Missed opportunity with Roman Reigns?

Goldberg went into James Bond mode on this week's show
Goldberg went into James Bond mode on this week's show

WWE Draft Night 2 wasn't nearly as exciting as the first one. It may be that 3 hours of WWE RAW may get a bit tiresome after a while. It may even be that the first night of the Draft had the element of freshness.

This episode of RAW was presented as a special affair, but the two title matches on the show were rematches that we'd already seen.

WWE Draft Night 2 will go down in the history book as a night where a lot of eventful things happened after WWE RAW ended. Did you know Nox and Shotzi have been split up? And they did not even get the title match that they were owed? Natalya and Tamina have seemingly gone their separate ways following the draft as well!

Did you know that following WWE Draft Night 2, Veer will branch off on his own on RAW whereas Shanky and Jinder Mahal will be on SmackDown? Some puzzling decisions indeed.

Share all your thoughts about WWE Draft Night 2 in the comments section below.


#3 WWE Draft Night 2 Best/Worst: Gable Steveson

Is it too premature to have Gable Steveson on the main roster already, or does he need a run in NXT? Will he take to the business as quickly as Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey did and rise to the very top? Will he be overwhelmed under the bright lights and succumb to the pressure? Will he cut promos or will there be someone speaking for him?

This was the biggest takeaway coming out of WWE Draft Night 2. All eyes will be on the young man to see what happens next. Let's all hope for the best.

WWE is clearly invested in him to be giving him the push of a lifetime!

#2 WWE Draft Night 2 - Best: Shayna Baszler looks as dominant as ever

Poor Dana Brooke. During WWE Draft Night 2 this week on RAW, Shayna Baszler decimated her opponent, giving her no respite at all. This was a callback to her character in NXT which was violent. She stands out as a dominant force of nature in a cast of cartoonish PG characters, and we love every single second.


#2 Worst: Does Adam Pearce not watch NXT?

Listen, Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair put on quite the match and nobody can take it away from them. But the fact that WWE Draft Night 2 began with WWE's on-screen authority figures announcing the first-ever match between Charlotte Flair and Bianca Belair, two women who've faced each other before, is absolutely absurd.

It's not even like the match took place in AEW or IMPACT Wrestling. It happened on WWE's very own TV show. A TV show which is on the same Network as RAW is! Let's hope this was a botch. If not, it was very disrespectful.

#1 WWE Draft Night 2 - Best: The No DQ stipulation

The level of dialogue during WWE Draft Night 2 was atrocious and the lines sounded like they could belong to a teen drama. We went from Big Bob and Big D to Bobby Lashley, a legitimate lethal fighter, commenting on Goldberg's fashion sense.

Goldberg was the only person on the entire program who sounded like he wanted to hurt his opponent. He did not sound scripted, and the No DQ stipulation will allow him to run through Alexander and Benjamin in Saudi Arabia. It will hide his weaknesses in the ring.


#1 Worst: Missed opportunity with The Usos?

What was the point of teasing dissent between Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman if the angle did not even play out if it should have? On Night 1 of the Draft, it was teased that The Bloodline would split up.

Paul Heyman would have been the fall guy. But everything was alright on WWE Draft Night 2 because The Usos were drafted to SmackDown at the very start of the show!

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