2016 WWE Draft Lottery

The 2016 WWE Draft was the ninth annual and tenth overall draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, taking place on July 19 on the live premiere of SmackDown on the USA Network in Worcester, Massachusetts from the DCU Center. It was the first draft since 2011.
==Background==
On July 17, WWE announced on their website that Raw would get the first overall pick, as well as receive three picks for every two that SmackDown receives. Additionally, six draft picks will be made from the NXT roster. On the July 18 episode of Raw, Stephanie McMahon announced Mick Foley as the General Manager of Raw, with Shane McMahon announcing Daniel Bryan as the General Manager of SmackDown.
==Roster selections==
===SmackDown Live===
Rnd.	Pick #	Brand 	Brand Pick #	Superstar 	Notes
1 	1 	Raw 	1 	Seth Rollins 	
1 	2 	SmackDown	1 	Dean Ambrose 	WWE Champion
1 	3 	Raw 	2 	Charlotte 	WWE Women's Champion
1 	4 	SmackDown	2 	AJ Styles 	
1 	5 	Raw 	3 	Finn Bálor 	Drafted from NXT
2 	6 	Raw 	4 	Roman Reigns 	
2 	7 	SmackDown	3 	John Cena 	
2 	8 	Raw 	5 	Brock Lesnar 	
2 	9 	SmackDown	4 	Randy Orton 	
2 	10 	Raw 	6 	The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) 	WWE Tag Team Champions
3 	11 	Raw 	7 	Sami Zayn 	
3 	12 	SmackDown	5 	Bray Wyatt 	
3 	13 	Raw 	8 	Sasha Banks 	
3 	14 	SmackDown	6 	Becky Lynch 	
3 	15 	Raw 	9 	Chris Jericho 	
4 	16 	Raw 	10 	Rusev with Lana 	WWE United States Champion
4 	17 	SmackDown	7 	The Miz with Maryse 	WWE Intercontinental Champion
4 	18 	Raw 	11 	Kevin Owens 	
4 	19 	SmackDown	8 	Baron Corbin 	
4 	20 	Raw 	12 	Enzo & Cass (Enzo Amore and Big Cass) 	
5 	21 	Raw 	13 	Gallows and Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)	
5 	22 	SmackDown	9 	American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) 	Drafted from NXT
5 	23 	Raw 	14 	Big Show 	
5 	24 	SmackDown	10 	Dolph Ziggler 	
5 	25 	Raw 	15 	Nia Jax 	Drafted from NXT
6 	26 	Raw 	16 	Neville 	
6 	27 	SmackDown	11 	Natalya 	
6 	28 	Raw 	17 	Cesaro 	
6 	29 	SmackDown	12 	Alberto Del Rio 	
6 	30 	Raw 	18 	Sheamus 	Final televised draft pick; later drafts to be aired on the WWE Network
===WWE Network ===
Rnd.	Pick #	Brand 	Brand Pick #	Employee 	Notes
7 	31 	Raw 	19 	Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth)(Dustin Runnels and Ron Killings) 	
7 	32 	SmackDown	13 	The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso)(Jonathan Fatu and Joshua Fatu) 	
7 	33 	Raw 	20 	Titus O'Neil(Thaddeus Bullard Sr.) 	
7 	34 	SmackDown	14 	Kane(Glen Jacobs) 	
7 	35 	Raw 	21 	Paige(Saraya-Jade Bevis) 	
8 	36 	Raw 	22 	Darren Young with Bob Backlund(Frederick Rosser III with Robert Backlund) 	
8 	37 	SmackDown	15 	Kalisto(Emanuel Rodriguez) 	
8 	38 	Raw 	23 	Sin Cara(Jorge Arias) 	
8 	39 	SmackDown	16 	Naomi(Trinity Fatu) 	
8 	40 	Raw 	24 	Jack Swagger(Donald Hager Jr.) 	
8 	41 	SmackDown	17 	The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor)(Ryan Parmeter and Eric Thompson) 	
9 	42 	Raw 	25 	The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley)(Mark LoMonaco and Devon Hughes)	
9 	43 	SmackDown	18 	Zack Ryder 	
9 	44 	Raw 	26 	Summer Rae 	
9 	45 	SmackDown	19 	Apollo Crews 	
9 	46 	Raw 	27 	Mark Henry 	
9 	47 	SmackDown	20 	Alexa Bliss 	Drafted from NXT
10 	48 	Raw 	28 	Braun Strowman 	
10 	49 	SmackDown	21 	Breezango (Tyler Breeze and Fandango) 	
10 	50 	Raw 	29 	Bo Dallas 	
10 	51 	SmackDown	22 	Eva Marie 	
10 	52 	Raw 	30 	The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico) 	
10 	53 	SmackDown	23 	The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) 	
11 	54 	Raw 	31 	Alicia Fox 	
11 	55 	SmackDown	24 	Erick Rowan 	
11 	56 	Raw 	32 	Dana Brooke 	
11 	57 	SmackDown	25 	Mojo Rawley 	Drafted from NXT
11 	58 	Raw 	33 	Curtis Axel 	
11 	59 	SmackDown	26 	Carmella 	Drafted from NXT
Heath Slater was the only active talent listed by WWE as eligible for the draft who was not picked by either brand. He would later get drafted to Smackdown Live.
==See also==
*WWE Draft
==External links==
*Official website of the 2016 WWE Draft
* WWE Draft Centre Live on WWE Network
Category:WWE Draft