IWE Draft (2004)

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The 2004 International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) Draft Lottery took place at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on March 22, 2004. The draft took place live for two hours on IWE's flagship television program, Meltdown on Spike TV. Post-draft trades were announced on IWE's official website, IWE.com, until midnight on March 22, 2004. There were twelve draft picks, with nineteen superstars overall switching between the promotion's two brands: Meltdown and Fusion!. During the draft lottery, the General Manager of Meltdown, [[Eric Bischoff, and the General Manager of Fusion! Paul Heyman, stood on opposite ends of the stage on the Meltdown set, where they drafted six superstars randomly via two machines. At the conclusion of the draft, the two GMs would then be allowed to trade anyone on the roster until Midnight EST, which was later extended until Tuesday night after Heyman resigned. Every IWE employee was eligible to be drafted, including injured superstars, commentators, champions and general managers.
==Report==
===Background===
===Superstar Selections===
====Draft Lottery====
Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee 	Role 	Brand (from)
1 	Fusion! 	Rene 	Male Wrestler 	Meltdown
2 	Meltdown 	Junior Remeriz	Male Wrestler 	Fusion!
3 	Fusion! 	Marcus Rowey 	Male Wrestler 	Meltdown
4 	Meltdown 	Nikki 	Diva 	Fusion!
5 	Fusion! 	Triple K 	Male Wrestler 	Meltdown
6 	Meltdown 	Peter 	Male Wrestler 	Fusion!
7 	Fusion! 	Rob Van Dam 	Male Wrestler 	Meltdown
8 	Meltdown 	Park 	Male Wrestler 	Fusion!
9 	Fusion! 	Theodore Long 	General Manager	Meltdown
10 	Meltdown 	Chris Gomez 	Male Wrestler 	Fusion!
11 	Fusion! 	Spike 	Male Wrestler 	Meltdown
12 	Meltdown 	Paul Heyman 	General Manager	Fusion
====Post-Draft Trades====
Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee 	Role 	Brand (from)
1 	Meltdown 	Tirple K 	Male wrestler 	Fusion!
1 	Fusion! 	Steve Britz
Scott and Harlan	Male wrestlers	Meltdown
2 	Meltdown 	B-Train 	Male wrestler 	Fusion!
2 	Fusion! 	Ricki and Jacki Weis	Male wrestlers	Meltdown
*1 - Triple K was traded back to Meltdown prior to his redebut on the Fusion! brand.
*2 - Heyman resigned prior to his first appearance on the Meltdown brand.