2009 WWE Draft

The televised portion was held in Atlanta, Georgia, at Philips Arena.

For the televised half, matches determined which brand received a random draft selection.

As a result, the draft impacted championships and split tag teams.

Raw obtained the first overall pick in the draft by winning the first match, which resulted in the acquisition of United States Champion Montel Vontavious Porter from SmackDown.

ECW's sole televised draft pick was Vladimir Kozlov from SmackDown.

[4] Via its website on February 11, WWE announced that the 2009 Draft was to take place on April 13 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

After the televised draft, Joey Styles, the Director of Digital Media Content for WWE's official website, interviewed the draftees on their reactions.

Edge would bring the World Heavyweight Championship back to SmackDown two weeks later at Backlash when he defeated John Cena in a Last Man Standing Match.

During the televised portion of the draft, ECW tag team John Morrison and The Miz was split up.

The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki), Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG), and The Colóns were split up during the supplemental draft, although the duos went to the same brands afterward.

[15] As stated by WWE commentator Jim Ross, the draft would not come into effect until after Backlash, when the final inter-brand matches took place.