5 strangest picks from WWE Draft 2020

#1 Jeff Hardy, Matt Riddle picked in 2nd round before IC Champion Sami Zayn (4th round) at WWE Draft 2020

One of these men is the Intercontinental Champion. The other is not.

By far, the weirdest draft position of WWE Draft 2020 was Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn. The Great Liberator had to wait until the fourth round of Night Two of WWE Draft 2020 to hear his name called. It was strange since he's the mid-card Champion on SmackDown. Those WWE Superstars are usually picked in the first two rounds. Not Zayn. The Champ himself even called the move out on Twitter after his fourth-round selection by SmackDown.

Imagine having the undisputed Intercontinental Champion and perhaps the most complete pro wrestler on earth in the prime of his career available to you & letting him slip into the 4th round. Worst part is I’m not even surprised. This is how little honesty & integrity are valued.

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) October 13, 2020

What's even stranger is that one of the men he beat for the Undisputed Intercontinental Championship, Jeff Hardy, was taken at the bottom of the second round by RAW. Matt Riddle, a potential future mid-card Champion, was also taken ahead of Zayn as RAW made Riddle the third pick of the second round at WWE Draft 2020.

1️⃣0️⃣ #WWERaw ▶️ @JEFFHARDYBRAND pic.twitter.com/RH3WPgCV1x

— WWE (@WWE) October 13, 2020

If this is all a part of some long storyline that sees Zayn gain some retribution (sorry for the word use) on those drafted ahead of him, then it will make sense. But to have such a prestigious WWE title drafted behind Riddle, Hardy, King Corbin, and Lars Sullivan just seems off.

Some will argue that Hardy is a WWE Legend and Riddle has upside. They could also say that Corbin has been a main-eventer more than Zayn, but Corbin has been losing a lot lately. Despite all that, the Great Liberator is the Intercontinental Champion and should have been picked much sooner than the fourth round.