IWE Draft (2004)

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The 2004 International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE) Draft Lottery took place at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on March 22, 2004. The draft took place live for two hours on IWE's flagship television program, Meltdown on Spike TV. Post-draft trades were announced on IWE's official website, IWE.com, until midnight on March 22, 2004. There were twelve draft picks, with nineteen superstars overall switching between the promotion's two brands: Meltdown and Fusion!. During the draft lottery, the General Manager of Meltdown, [[Eric Bischoff, and the General Manager of Fusion! Paul Heyman, stood on opposite ends of the stage on the Meltdown set, where they drafted six superstars randomly via two machines. At the conclusion of the draft, the two GMs would then be allowed to trade anyone on the roster until Midnight EST, which was later extended until Tuesday night after Heyman resigned. Every IWE employee was eligible to be drafted, including injured superstars, commentators, champions and general managers.

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Superstar Selections

Draft Lottery

Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee	Role	Brand (from)
1	Fusion!	Rene	Male Wrestler	Meltdown
2	Meltdown	Junior Remeriz	Male Wrestler	Fusion!
3	Fusion!	Marcus Rowey	Male Wrestler	Meltdown
4	Meltdown	Nikki	Diva	Fusion!
5	Fusion!	Triple K	Male Wrestler	Meltdown
6	Meltdown	Peter	Male Wrestler	Fusion!
7	Fusion!	Rob Van Dam	Male Wrestler	Meltdown
8	Meltdown	Park	Male Wrestler	Fusion!
9	Fusion!	Theodore Long	General Manager	Meltdown
10	Meltdown	Chris Gomez	Male Wrestler	Fusion!
11	Fusion!	Spike	Male Wrestler	Meltdown
12	Meltdown	Paul Heyman	General Manager	Fusion

Post-Draft Trades

Pick #	Brand (to)	Employee	Role	Brand (from)
1	Meltdown	Tirple K	Male wrestler	Fusion!
	Fusion!	Steve Britz Scott and Harlan	Male wrestlers	Meltdown
2	Meltdown	B-Train	Male wrestler	Fusion!
	Fusion!	Ricki and Jacki Weis	Male wrestlers	Meltdown

• 1 - Triple K was traded back to Meltdown prior to his redebut on the Fusion! brand.
• 2 - Heyman resigned prior to his first appearance on the Meltdown brand.