***

I think that’s finally it. Fingers crossed. It is. Phew.

RAW get Kofi Kingston
Rey Mysterio gets a high flyer to fight. I’m ecstatic about this swap. Turns out someone has been watching Kofi’s impressive ECW performances these last few weeks.

RAW get Layla
This supplemental draft is longer than the NFL draft. Had I known I would have split this into two posts.

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SmackDown get Carlito
Please let this mean that Santino Marella is shifting brands as well. It doesn’t.

ECW get Finlay
The writing should have been on the wall after the Hornswaggle switch. Finlay’s a step above the ECW and I’m guessing he’s going to be holding the ECW championship within the year. He’s also been featured on ECW nearly every week for the past few months so this isn’t much of a surprise.

SmackDown get Shelton Benjamin
This is a big one. Shelton is one of my favorite wrestlers and he deserves a step up from ECW. He should do well at SmackDown and I think he could even challenge for a title. Really. By the end of the supplemental draft will ECW have anyone worth watching left?

SmackDown get Maria
My wish has been granted. Wait a second this could be bad news. My local Comcast cable provider doesn’t carry MyNetworkTV in HD. What happens when SmackDown moves away from UPN and I can’t see Maria in hi-def? The horror! The horror!

RAW get Matt Striker
Can we please start drafting the ladies? BTW, props have to go out to the guy who is updating the wrestler profiles on the Wikipedia. That dude is faaaaast!

SmackDown get Brian Kendrick
The genie-pantsed tag team are officially no more and I can’t say I’m that bothered.

RAW get Chuck Palumbo
Good thing I kept hitting F5, no? Does this mean John Cena and Randy Orton are getting custom-made hogs?

***

Since no picks have been announced in the last 20 minutes I’m guessing this supplemental draft is over. Just in case, though, I going to hit F5 on the wwe.com’s supplemental draft page once every thirty seconds for the next three hours. Just in case.

ECW get Super Crazy
I had honestly forgotten that Super Crazy was alive and just assumed he was wrestling in an independent circuit somewhere. [Insert ECW joke here.]

ECW get Hornswaggle
Finally! Someone Colin Delaney can beat. Could ECW have drafted a more unlikely pair than Mark Henry and Hornswaggle?

SmackDown get DH Smith
What’s happened here? ECW gets jobbed out of another pick. Just scandalous. Although my guess is that the Tuesday night brand wouldn’t have gone with Davey Boy’s rarely-wrestling son.

RAW get Deuce
I’m still shocked every time I realize Deuce is my favorite wrestler of all-time’s son. Maybe he’ll get to change his tired gimmick as well.

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SmackDown get Big Daddy V
SmackDown was so downtrodden to have lost Mark Henry, a gross-looking gargantuan strongman, that they had to pick up another gross-looking gargantuan strongman as soon as possible. Has Big Daddy V actually wrestled in 2008? Just wondering.

SmackDown get Trevor Murdoch
The Lance Cade schism has been finalized. We’re ambivalent. We’ve heard that the only thing Jim Ross liked about moving to SmackDown was leaving behind Murdoch’s singing. Too bad JR. Vince is out to get you.

RAW get Jamie Noble
The little guy couldn’t win in SmackDown and it’s doubtful he’ll be able to pull off any W’s in the larger RAW. He will probably lose to Rey Mysterio for the remainder of 2008.

ECW get Mark Henry
I’m confused. Wasn’t he already in ECW? Because, as Me’shell Ndegeocello says, he was last night.

The rest of the wrestler wresting has commenced. Let’s see if ECW gets somebody worthwhile. Be forewarned, I’m guessing this draft is largely going to be a snoozefest. Especially since wwe.com hasn’t given it a cool flash graphic. So disappointing.

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WWE 2008 Supplemental Draft

Friday Night SmackDown, May 30, 2008

The Setup
Batista sure cleans up well. He’s decked out in a pitch black pinstripe suit with a black tie and sun glasses that seem to have a gargoyle on their sides. Versaces, of course. He wants forgiveness from the people because he wants to “hurt Shawn Michaels“. It’s OK Animal, we understand.

Vickie Guerrero, however, doesn’t understand. She’s being wheeled out by the interchangeable Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins and she warns Batista not to look past Michaels and to the Heavyweight championship because he might not even be inSmackDown (in the future). The 2008 Draft and all. Vickie, who is showing a great deal of cleavage, is being rained on by a chorus of “You Suck” catcalls. She is not loved in Colorado Springs.

This protracted segment ends with Vickie setting up a match with Zach and Curt vs. Batista and any friend he can find backstage. Who will come to the Animal’s defense?

Segment Grade: D This is certainly not an exciting beginning. A Main Event that includes a pair known for being an entourage doesn’t exactly get our blood started.

Match One
Matt Hardy def. Elijah Burke
How can Jeff Hardy be so exciting and his brother Matt so boring? After a turgid seven minutes Hardy hits Burke with a Twist of Fate and a quick pin. What was the most interesting thing about the match? The FCC crawl informing us that the switch from analog to digital is coming soon. Matt certainly looks to be going through the motions.

Segment Grade: D

Post-Match Nonsense
After the match, pint-sized Jamie Noble comes to save the stunning WWE Diva Eve Torres from having to interview the self-obsessed M.V.P. any longer. There are two problems, however, with his intervention: 1) Eve sneaks off the set when they’re arguing and 2) We are going to have to watch this mismatch. Ughh.

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SmackDown 5/30 Part One: The Yawns Begin

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Wrestlemania 24 Match Lineup

Here is a complete list of wrestlers participating in the tri-branded match:

Elijah Burke, Lance Cade, Deuce, Domino, Tommy Dreamer, Jim Duggan, Festus, The Great Khali, Mark Henry, Hardcore Holly, Jesse, Kane, Brian Kendrick, Kofi Kingston, The Miz, Shannon Moore, Trevor Murdoch, Jamie Noble, Chuck Palumbo, Cody Rhodes, Snitsky, Matt Striker, Val Venis and Jimmy Wang Yang.

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Pre-Wrestlemania 24 Man Battle Royal