News Coming Out Of Big Draft Trade Made Last Night

By Chris Walters on July 1, 2005 at 2:31 PM EST

Credit: PWInsider.com

Just a quick recap on the trades, in case you missed them.

Going to RAW: Chavo Guerrero Jr., Danny Basham, Rene Dupree, Mark Jindrak, Hiroko, and Kenzo Suzuki.

Going to SmackDown: William Regal, Candice Michelle, Simon Dean, Sylvain Grenier, and Steven Richards.

Some people are effected differently than others as a result of this trade. Here's a run down of some of the changes as a result of the 11-person trade:

-Simon Dean will be leaving Maven behind, just around the time they were focusing on pushing the two was a gimmicky tag-team, giving them the spotlight recently in one of 'Stone Cold" Steve Austin's one-night RAW returns, among other segments on RAW.

-Danny Basham going to RAW obviously leaves Doug Basham without a partner on SmackDown. So, cancel out one of the few remaining legitimate looking tag-teams in WWE.

-Sylvain Grenier moving to SmackDown! officially kills the La Resistance tag-team without even really finishing the split angle they had going between he and Rob Conway.

-Chavo Guerrero Jr. moving to RAW effectively kills any chance of him helping establish what WWE hopes to be a repackaged Cruiserweight division. However, giving Juventud, Super Crazy, and Psicosis the 'Mexicool" gimmick isn't doing that 'weight-class" any favors on SmackDown! anyway.

-Candice Michelle moving to SmackDown! confirms her a chance to remain in WWE, as RAW is where the female atheletes of WWE go, where SmackDown! is considered more of the eye-candy 'brand", in terms of utilizing female talents.

-William Regal is close friends with Triple H, but moving to SmackDown! may not conflict with that, as Triple H often attends the SmackDown! tapings with Stephanie McMahon anyways.

Another 7-Person RAW/SD! Trade Confirmed - SHOCKING Roster Moves!!