5 WWE Superstars who were legitimately disappointed after draft decisions

AJ Styles (left); Charlotte Flair (right)
AJ Styles (left); Charlotte Flair (right)

#3 AJ Styles (WWE Draft 2016)

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In 2020, WWE released a WWE Day Of episode which showed footage from the backstage area on the day of the 2016 Draft.

Heading into the draft, AJ Styles formed a three-month alliance with his former Bullet Club colleagues Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows. Known in WWE as The Club, the group split up in the draft when Gallows and Anderson joined RAW and Styles moved to SmackDown.

Backstage footage showed the exact moment that Styles was informed he was no longer going to be associated with his friends on WWE television.

“Did you just hear that? I just heard that. My boys… hey, hey hey... Wait, wait, wait, what? You’re kidding me? You’re freaking kidding me? I cannot believe… [shakes head]. Another first right there. There you have it. Looks like I’m on my own. That’s alright, I’ve been there before,” Styles said.

Two months after the draft, Styles defeated Dean Ambrose at Backlash 2016 to win the WWE Championship for the first time. Gallows and Anderson also achieved success on RAW, winning the RAW Tag Team Championship at the 2017 Royal Rumble.

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