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WWE Draft 2016 to be held on July 19, first live Smackdown

By Jack Crosby

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 23: Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns celebrate their victory at the WWE SummerSlam 2015 at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on August 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 23: Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns celebrate their victory at the WWE SummerSlam 2015 at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on August 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images) /
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We now know for sure what date the WWE Draft will be held as the brand split takes shape

A few weeks ago the professional wrestling world was thrown for a bit of a loop with the news that there will indeed be another brand split taking place. Both RAW and Smackdown will have specific storylines and rosters, meaning that we figured that a draft was on its way, even though nothing was made official in that regard.

Well as of Monday, just one day after the Money in the Bank show, we know that there will be a draft and we know specifically when it will be taking place.


On July 19, Smackdown will be moving to Tuesdays and that is also the first date that it will be live. Now we know that it will also be historic for the reason that it will hold the first WWE Draft of this new era.

Now, you can all let the speculation begin as to who will be going where. As of Money in the Bank, Dean Ambrose is the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, so which show will he be anchoring? Will they keep the main title holder on RAW or will the “Lunatic Fringe” be going to lead the new Smackdown charge?

Where will Roman Reigns be headed?

John Cena?

Seth Rollins?

Charlotte?

There are a lot of questions to be answered here, but we know that they will be answered on July 19 when the draft will be held on Smackdown.

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