7 Mistakes WWE made in 2019

#1 WWE Draft 2019

It’s @WWE Draft Day & our @WWEonFOX War Room is open for business. Me & Cleatus have something special in mind with our #1 pic.twitter.com/nJCTWzrCUb

— Rob Stone (@RobStoneONFOX) October 11, 2019

The move of SmackDown to the FOX Network was one of the biggest positives of the year, and the announcement of a draft taking place made it feel even more special. Having separate rosters was the correct step, especially after the Wild Card Rule had nearly ruined the brand split. Unfortunately, there was a lot that left a sour taste in the mouth of the fans at the WWE Draft 2019.

WWE tried to have an NFL style draft, but the attempt to make it look more realistic backfired badly. The backstage "war rooms" of both RAW and SmackDown looked like nothing more than a parody and we were not sports entertained by any of it. I mean, what was a robot doing there? Another major mistake was Stephanie McMahon announcing the draft picks, which certainly wasn't the most interesting way to go with it.

Adding to that, there were many confusing decisions made. WWE Champion Brock Lesnar was drafted to SmackDown and so was Bray Wyatt. With the former winning the Universal Championship soon thereafter, there were two World Champions on the same brand. The solution to this wasn't the best one either as Lesnar just "quit" SmackDown and joined the RAW roster.

Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross also changed brands from RAW to SmackDown after the original draft. Superstars changing brands in this way did undermine the importance of the WWE Draft and came out looking as hastily made mistakes - something WWE was trying to correct.