| has gloss | eng: The 2009 WWE Draft took place April 13, 2009 at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. It was the sixth yearly draft and the seventh overall. The WWE draft is run by World Wrestling Entertainment as a way to refresh their rosters after their promotion was separated into two separate rosters (Raw and SmackDown!) in 2002, this is known as the WWE Brand Extension. ECW was added to the mix when it was revived as WWEs third brand in 2006. Under the brand extension, superstars are brand exclusive, meaning they belong to and perform on brand. A brand uses its brands show to perform. For example, SmackDown Superstars perform on SmackDown. |
| has gloss | eng: The 2009 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Draft was the seventh Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. The Draft took place over two days: the first day was televised live for three hours on April 13; the second part, the "Supplemental Draft", was held on April 15. The first day was broadcast on WWEs program Raw on the USA Network in the United States, and the Supplemental Draft was available on the Internet, at WWEs official website. The televised portion was held in Atlanta, Georgia at Philips Arena. The 2009 WWE Draft marked the third time that the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands were featured in the Draft; wrestlers, general managers and commentators were all eligible to be drafted from the company's roster. For the televised half, matches determined which brand received a random draft selection. During the Supplemental Draft, brand and employee selections were made at random. Due to Draft regulations, drafted champions took their titles to their new brands, and tag teams were not exempt from being selected. As a result, the Draft impacted championships and split tag teams. |
