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WWE Draft: What we learned from the Raw, SmackDown separation

It is the latest new era in the WWE with the split of Raw and SmackDown into their own distinct brands. On Tuesday night, the company held a draft splitting up the roster with Stephanie McMahon and GM Mick Foley picking for Raw while Shane McMahon and GM Daniel Bryan made the selections for SmackDown.

The event will shape the WWE for the foreseeable future. Now we’ll see how it plays out and if this decision to revisit the brand extension — which was first done in 2002 — works or not.

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Here are some of the biggest takeaways from the draft.