2009 WWE Draft Lottery The 2009 World Wrestling Entertainment Draft was the seventh Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE . The Draft took place over two days : the first day was televised live for three hours on April 13 ; the second part , the " Supplemental Draft " , was held on April 15 . The first day was broadcast on WWE ' s program Raw on the USA Network in the United States , and the Supplemental Draft was available on the Internet , at WWE ' s official website . The televised portion was held in Atlanta , Georgia at Philips Arena . The 2009 WWE Draft marked the third time that the Raw , SmackDown , and ECW brands were featured in the Draft ; wrestlers , general managers and commentators were all eligible to be drafted from the company ' s roster . For the televised half , matches determined which brand received a random draft selection . During the Supplemental Draft , brand and employee selections were made at random . Due to Draft regulations , drafted champions took their titles to their new brands , and tag teams were not exempt from being selected . As a result , the Draft impacted championships and split tag teams . Overall , 36 draft selections were made , the most since the original draft in 2002 ( which featured 57 selections ) . Twelve selections were made on television ; five were made by Raw , four by SmackDown , and one by ECW . All of the draftees were wrestlers : 28 males ( 10 drafted on television ) and 8 females ( 2 drafted on television ) . Raw obtained the first overall pick in the Draft by winning the first match , which resulted in the acquisition of United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter from SmackDown . Women ' s Champion Melina from Raw was SmackDown ' s first selection . ECW ' s sole televised draft pick was Vladimir Kozlov from SmackDown . Additionally , SmackDown ' s WWE Champion Triple H was drafted by Raw , resulting in SmackDown ' s loss of its prime championship . At the end of the televised portion , the final draft choices were Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio of Raw by SmackDown , replacing the loss of the U . S . Champion , and SmackDown ' s Divas Champion Maryse by Raw , replacing the loss of the Women ' s Champion . In the Supplemental Draft , Mr . Kennedy , who was sidelined with a non - scripted shoulder injury , was drafted from SmackDown to Raw as the first ( 13th overall ) supplemental pick . SmackDown obtained Shad Gaspard from Raw as their first ( 14th overall ) supplemental selection . Ezekiel Jackson was ECW ' s first supplemental pick . WWE and World Tag Team Champions The Colons ( Carlito and Primo ) were drafted from SmackDown to Raw ; this left SmackDown without a tag team championship . Brie Bella ( from SmackDown to Raw ) , Charlie Haas ( from Raw to SmackDown ) , and Hurricane Helms ( from SmackDown to ECW ) were the final supplemental picks . Roster selections . Televised draft . During " Raw " , 10 matches were held among representatives of the three brands to determine which would receive a draft pick ; two of the matches were for two selections . Each match featured a wrestler representing their brand ; if a wrestler was drafted earlier in the program , they would represent their new brand . After the matches , a computerized system , which appeared on the " Raw " stage titantron , randomly selected a member from the two opposing brands ' roster for the winning brand . Aftermath . After the televised draft , Joey Styles , the Director of Digital Media Content for WWE ' s official website , interviewed the draftees on their reactions . The drafted wrestlers generally expressed approval of the draft and described what they hoped their experiences would be with their new brand . Seven of the wrestlers were champions with their original brand , and as outlined in the draft regulations , they carried their titles over to their new brand ; this affected seven of nine WWE championships . Champion draft selections included : WWE and World Tag Team Champions The Colóns ( Carlito and Primo ) , United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter , WWE Champion Triple H , and Divas Champion Maryse from SmackDown to Raw ; Women ' s Champion Melina and Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio from Raw to SmackDown . Since Triple H was drafted to Raw , it left SmackDown without a top contested title , as Raw now featured two of the three top contested championships in WWE : the WWE and World Heavyweight Championship s . When Mysterio and Porter switched brands , the two secondary championships switched brands for the first time in WWE ' s history . This also occurred when Melina and Maryse switched brands , as the two female contested titles also switched brands for the first time . The final changes in championships came during the Supplemental Draft , when The Colóns were drafted from SmackDown , resulting in Raw hosting both Tag Team Championships . Numerous tag team s were affected by the Draft overall . During the televised portion of the Draft , ECW tag team John Morrison and The Miz was split up . The Miz was drafted to Raw and Morrison to SmackDown ( during the Supplemental Draft ) . The Bella Twins ( Brie and Nikki ) , Cryme Tyme ( Shad and JTG ) , and The Colóns were split up during the Supplemental Draft , although the duos went to the same brands afterward . SmackDown tag teams Jesse and Festus and Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder were also split up , with Festus drafted to Raw and Ryder to ECW . The Draft had little effect on the television ratings for WWE ' s programming . Generally , the ratings of the three shows during the week of the draft were consistent with the ratings of each from the previous week . The ratings for WWE programming the week before the Draft were the following : the April 6 episode of " Raw " was watched in by 5 . 7 million viewers in its first hour and by 6 . 1 million viewers in its second hour for an average 3 . 9 rating , the April 7 episode of " ECW on Sci Fi " earned a 1 . 3 television rating , and " Friday Night SmackDown " earned a 2 . 0 television rating . The Draft episode of " Raw " was watched by 4 . 7 million viewers in its first hour , 5 . 7 in its second hour , and 6 . 1 in the final hour for an average 3 . 7 television rating . As stated by WWE commentator Jim Ross , the draft would not come into effect until after Backlash 2009 ; the final inter - brand match took place on the April 24 episode of " Friday Night SmackDown " .