2004 WWE Draft Lottery
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The 2004 champions, and general managers.[2]
The
main event was a SmackDown! exclusive match, in which Eddie Guerrero defeated Triple H to retain the WWE Championship by disqualification after Christian
attacked Guerrero resulting in a brawl between SmackDown! and Velocity wrestlers against Raw and Heat wrestlers.
Background
The tagline for
Selections
Draft lottery
| Pick No. | Brand (to) | Wrestler (Real name) |
Role | Brand (from) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmackDown! | René Duprée (René Goguen) |
Male wrestler | Raw |
| 2 | Raw | Shelton Benjamin | Male wrestler | SmackDown! |
| 3 | SmackDown! | Mark Jindrak | Male wrestler | Raw |
| 4 | Raw | Nidia (Nidia Guenard) |
Female wrestler | SmackDown! |
| 5 | SmackDown! | Triple H1 (Paul Levesque) |
Male wrestler | Raw |
| 6 | Raw | Rhyno (Terry Gerin) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown! |
| 7 | SmackDown! | Rob Van Dam (Robert Szatkowski) |
Male wrestler | Raw |
| 8 | Raw | Tajiri (Yoshihiro Tajiri) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown! |
| 9 | SmackDown! | Teddy Long | Manager | Raw |
| 10 | Raw | Edge (Adam Copeland) |
Male wrestler | SmackDown! |
| 11 | SmackDown! | Spike Dudley (Matt Hyson) |
Male wrestler | Raw |
| 12 | Raw | Paul Heyman2 | General manager | SmackDown! |
Post-draft trades
| Pick No. | Brand (to) | Wrestler (Real name) |
Role | Brand (from) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmackDown! |
|
Male/female wrestlers | Raw |
| 2 | Raw |
|
Male wrestlers | SmackDown! |
- 1 – Triple H was traded back to Raw prior to his redebut on the SmackDown! brand.
- 2 – Heyman resigned prior to his first appearance on the Raw brand.
Aftermath
After
brand to the Raw brand, he kayfabe quit the WWE, thus leaving the SmackDown! brand without a General manager.[1][3] Shortly after the draft, the WWE chairman, Vince McMahon announced that a new general manager had been appointed to the SmackDown! brand, and that he would conduct the supplemental trades with Raw general manager, Eric Bischoff. On the March 25, 2004 episode of SmackDown!, Kurt Angle came down to the ring and announced that he was the new SmackDown! General manager.[6]
References
- ^ a b Tylwalk, Nick (March 23, 2004). "RAW: Draft day an unpredictable night". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ^ a b c "The 2004 WWE Draft Lottery". World Wrestling Entertainment. April 25, 2004. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ^ a b c "A Career Changing Night". World Wrestling Entertainment. March 24, 2004. Archived from the original on April 11, 2004. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ^ Powell, John. "WrestleMania XX bombs". SLAM! Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- ^ "Mr. McMahon Drops a Bombshell!". World Wrestling Entertainment. March 15, 2004. Archived from the original on March 26, 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "The More Things Change..." World Wrestling Entertainment. March 25, 2004. Archived from the original on April 16, 2004. Retrieved 10 February 2023.