WWE: Why They Should Just Forget About Doing a Draft Lottery This Year

Once upon a time, in a sports entertainment company far, far away...

There was one World Champion, four big pay-per-view events and one united roster. It was a golden age in professional wrestling. Anything could happen on any given day. With that idea in mind, the average fan never knew who might pop up and was anxiously anticipating every weekly show.

In the early 2000s, WWE officials, who were stuck with all the extra talent after buying out WCW, decided to separate the roster in two. Raw and Smackdown, red and blue, came to be and it remained so until winter of 2011.

Triple H, the chief executive officer of the company, decided to reunify the rosters once more and dub the weekly programs "Supershows." This allowed for the possibility of your favorite Superstars and Divas to appear on any show despite being on one brand exclusively.

To this day, that hasn't changed and it is a formula that works well. This company has other problems to worry about than where people are to end up. They should just go ahead and forget about all this mess of sending people packing here and there.

Here's why...

One Roster Maintains the Element of Surprise

Randy Orton on Monday night facing Brock Lesnar? How many would tune in for that you think?

If current rosters were to remain separate, that would not be possible. It is important to mix things up in 2012's WWE because people get tired really fast. Having the same stuff happen week after week prevents people from being interested in the programs.

I haven't watched Smackdown in full since 2010. The "roster" there and its stories bore me. No more Mickie James, no more Melina and no more Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio. But when I hear that CM Punk or The Miz are going to wrestle on Friday, I definitely make plans to watch.

They don't usually appear there, so to a fan like me, it is very interesting to discover what'll happen next.

Smackdown is often viewed as WWE's B-show. That is unfortunate because from where I stand, 2009 was a far better year on Friday than it was on Monday. Avoiding a draft to keep things united allows for endless possibilities and gives the blue brand a chance to even the odds.

One Roster May Help Unify Championships

The idea of having two World Champions irritates me still after such a long time. Why is it still like that, I ask you? There is no longer any use for the World Heavyweight championship. It is treated as a second-rate title and has outlived its usefulness.

Having more people challenge for specific championships augments the value of those prizes. You can have your strong main-eventers but an equally strong midcard is a thing reminiscent of the late '80s and '90s.

Here is how I could see things down the road:

- One Undisputed WWE championship scene featuring Superstars like CM Punk.

- An Intercontinental Champion who bridges the gap between the main event and the upper midcard, which is loaded with main event-caliber performers.

- The United States or European or Cruiserweight championship (third tier) for the other single Superstars who are either on their way or not big enough for the big leagues (in a nut shell).

- A strong Tag Team division! (Use the guys that have no real place and build them up like the good old days.)

- A strong Amazon nation (Divas). The ladies must have their place in this company and they must start taking control of their destiny at the risk of being released. People have fought and died throughout humanity's existence, no difference here. Only the strong survive!

Things are certainly heading in that sort of direction anyway. It is only a matter of time.

Megastars Hardly Ever Change Brands

When Randy Orton was drafted to Smackdown last year, that came as a shocker, but John Cena too? Television sets everywhere must have blown up. It seemed like WWE was hellbent on shaking things up; moving big stars over to another show was proof that anything can happen in this company.

Unfortunately, that wouldn't stick, as then-WWE Champion The Miz won a match and earned Raw the final pick of the night. That led to John Cena being returned to Monday nights as if he had never left. What a cruel joke!

It's the same thing really with megastars like that. The A-show is Raw, so to maximize ratings they just have to be around. Mind you, if Creative has a storyline planned, they can just resort to simply making it happen. They phase out enough things anyway, why not try the reverse, right?

There is no way Brock Lesnar is going to be drafted to Smackdown. If he wants to fight Randy Orton or John Cena or The Undertaker, then he will. No divide in the roster can stop him. I personally would enjoy a match or two versus Sheamus, so with a united roster, things are capable of happening.

HHH said it best: "From now on and for the foreseeable future..."

No doubt about it, there will not be a draft this year.

WWE Drafts Are a Thing of the Past

It was nice while it lasted but given the state of the roster right now, there shouldn't be a WWE draft in 2012.

Things can still happen, but it is time to move forward and should rosters return to their separate form, then we wouldn't be moving forward, would we?

When a draft lottery was announced for the next week, it did provide for exciting moments, but as the actual show went on, it was hardly anything special. The supplemental draft was actually more exciting at times with all those names switching almost all at once.

Maybe a new formula could be created instead. Like a No. 1 contender's night or something. Perhaps restoring the use of the King of The Ring tournament would be a much better use of a three-hour show. 

No matter how you see it, WWE brings people together and that translates over to the Superstars and Divas as well as the fans.

United they stand, divided they fall.