IWE Draft (2008)

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The 2008 International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) Draft Lottery took place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas on June 23, 2008. The Draft took place live for three hours on IWE's flagship program, Meltdown on US Network. For the second consecutive year, the Draft took place among IWE's three brands: Meltdown, Fusion and XCW. Every IWE employee, diva, announcer, commentator and general manager were eligible to be drafted. Similar to the 2007 IWE Draft, superstars from each brand competed in matches to win a random draft pick for their brand. Draft picks were kayfabe selected at random via a computer that was shown on the Meltdown titantron. Like the previous year, a supplemental draft took place on June 25, where draft selections were randomly conducted. The Draft featured the Meltdown brand randomly drafting XCW Champion Chris LeGreca, from XCW brand. It also featured the XCW brand drafting IWE United States Champion, Matt Hooper, from the Fusion brand. The final selection in the draft was conducted by the Fusion brand, and they drafted IWE Champion, Triple K, from the Meltdown brand. As per pre-Draft stipulations, all the three champions brought their respective titles to the brand to which they were drafted.
==Background==
==Superstar selections==
===Televised draft===
====Matches====
#	Match 	Stipulation 	Winner
1	Meltdown: Triple K vs. XCW: Steven Larson 	Singles Match for 1 draft pick 	Triple K
2	Fusion: Dan Hooper and Hornswoggle vs. Meltdown: Michael and Justin Black 	Tag Team Match for 1 draft pick 	Dan and Hornswoggle
3	Meltdown: Steven Murnion and Mark Semmler vs. XCW Josh Nuss and Quinn Noel 	Tag Team Match for 1 draft pick 	Semmler and Murnion
4	XCW: Joe Linderman and Joe Smith vs. Fusion: The Hoopers 	Tag Team Match for 1 draft pick 	Linderman and Smith
5	Meltdown: Denise and Sari Pasma vs. Shannon and Courtney 	Tag Team Match for 1 announcer only draft pick 	No Winner
6	Meltdown: Dustin Simpson vs. Fusion: Chris Gomez 	Singles Match for 1 draft pick 	Dustin Simpson
7	Fusion: Mikhail Schmalzried vs. XCW Tommy Brown 	Singles Match for 1 draft pick 	Mikhail Schmalzried
8	Meltdown: John "Bradshaw" Goff vs. XCW Jose Serrano 	Singles Match for 1 draft pick 	John Goff
9	Meltdown: Dustin Simpson, Triple K, Jesse, Justin Eldridge and LeGreca vs. Fusion: Big Marc, Gomez, The Great Reg, Mikhail and Josh Hooper vs. XCW: Matt Hooper, Joe Linderman and Joe Smith and Junior Remeriz	Tri-branded 15-Man Battle Royal Match for 2 draft pics	Chris Gomez
Tri-branded 15-man Battle royal for 2 draft picks	SmackDown: E
====Selections====
Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee 	Role 	Brand (from)
1 	Meltdown 	Scott Wright 	Male wrestler	Fusion
2 	Fusion! 	Josh Hooper 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
3 	Meltdown 	Justin Eldridge	Male wrestler	Fusion
4 	XCW 	Matt Hooper 	Male wrestler	Fusion
5 	Fusion 	Jim Ross 	Commentator 	Meltdown
6 	Meltdown 	Michael Cole 	Commentator 	Fusion
7 	Meltdown 	Jesse Dern 	Male wrestler	Fusion
8 	Fusion 	Keith Coleman 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
9 	Meltdown 	Chris LeGreca 	Male wrestler	XCW
10 	Fusion 	Mr. Andy 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
11 	Fusion 	Triple K 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
===Supplemental draft===
Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee 	Role 	Brand (from)
12 	XCW 	Steven Larson 	Male wrestler	Fusion
13 	Meltdown 	Jamie 	Male wrestler	Fusion
14 	Fusion 	Dominic 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
15 	Fusion 	Big Daddy K 	Male wrestler	XCW
16 	Meltdown 	Duce 	Male wreslter	Fusion
17 	Fusion 	DH Aldrich 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
18 	XCW 	Hornswoggle 	Male wrestler	Fusion
19 	XCW 	RJ Farrell 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
20 	Meltdown 	Chuckie 	Male wrestler	Fusion
21 	Fusion 	Brian Woods 	Male wrestler	Meltdown
22 	Meltdow 	Matt Striker 	Male wrestler	XCW
23 	Fusion 	Ali Richards 	Diva 	Meltdown
24 	Fusion 	Junior Remeriz	Male wrestler	XCW
25 	XCW 	Dan Hooper 	Male wrestler	Fusion
26 	Fusion 	Michael Ferry 	Male wreslter	Meltdown
27 	Meltdown 	Victoria Lehr 	Diva 	XCW
28 	Meltdown 	Jose Serrano 	Male wreslter	XCW