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Original Plans For The WWE Draft Included A Major Cliffhanger

The WWE Draft kicked off last week on Friday Night SmackDown, and the big event continued this week on Monday Night Raw. The draft kicked off in a major way as Universal Champion Roman Reigns was the first draft pick for SmackDown, and WWE Champion Big E was selected as the first pick for Raw.

PWInsider reports that original plans called for Bobby Lashley to be the first draft pick for Monday Night Raw on SmackDown last week. The idea was that fans would have to tune into Raw to find out where Big E would end up with the thought being that he could reunite with The New Day on SmackDown.

However, the idea was dropped at some point on Friday, and the decision was made to go with Big E as the first draft pick for WWE Raw.

It was announced on Raw this week that Big E will defend his WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, October 21.

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