IWE Draft (2005)

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The 2005 International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) Draft Lottery took place over a three week period in June. There were ten draft picks and an eleven-person trade conducted between the promotion's two brands: Meltdown and Fusion!, where twenty-two superstars were drafted and traded overall. The draft took place on IWE's two hour television programs, Meltdown, which aired on Spike TV, and Fusion!, which aired on OPN. Post-draft trades were announced on IWE's official website, IWE.com. The draft picks were announced each Monday on Meltdown and each Thursday on Fusion! from June 6 to June 30. Each draftee was drafted at random. Every superstar from Meltdown and Fusion! was eligible to be drafted, including divas, announcers, commentators and general managers.
==Report==
====Background====
On the April 18, 2005 episode of Meltdown, Mr. Mayer, the IWE Chairman, announced that a Draft Lottery would take place the following month in May. On the May 16, 2005 episode of Meltdown however, Mayer announced that the draft would take place in June over a one month period. Following the announcement, he made note that there were no exceptions from the draft, including the injured and the champions.
===Superstar selections===
====Draft lottery====
Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee 	Role 	Brand (from)
1 	Meltdown 	Dustin Simpson 	Male wrestler	Fusion!
2 	Fusion! 	Kevin Hunter 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
3 	Meltdown 	Matt Borske 	Male wrestler	Fusion!
4 	Fusion! 	Kevin McAlmond 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
5 	Meltdown 	Michael Ferry 	Male wrestler	Fusion!
6 	Fusion! 	Muhammad Hassan and Daivari(Nicholas Gauthier and Jacob Miller)	Male wrestler	Meltdown
7 	Meltdown 	The Big Marc 	Male wrestler	Fusion!
8 	Meltdown 	Kyle Van Johnson 	Male wrestler	Fusion!
9 	Fusion! 	Jared Hunt 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
10 	Fusion! 	Jesse Dern 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
====Post-draft trades====
Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee	Role 	Brand (from)
1 	Meltdown 	Mark SemmlerDupréeMichael BashamSuzuki
Hiroko
Josh Nuss	Male wrestlers/Divas	Fusion
1 	Fusion! 	
William KapphanMichaelle HaiteSilver Grenier
Simon
Richard Veach	Male wrestlers/Divas	Raw