• The 2002 World Wrestling Federation (WWF) draft lottery, the initial WWF draft, took place at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, on...
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    extension began on March 25, 2002, with a draft on Raw and went into effect one week later on April 1. On May 6, 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling...
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  • draft was first used in 2002 when the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF) introduced the brand split. It was initially called the WWF Draft Lottery...
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  • name. This expansion became known as the "Brand Extension". In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Following these...
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  • media related to 2002 in professional wrestling. List of FMW supercards and pay-per-view events List of WWA pay-per-view events List of WWF/E pay-per-view...
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    Test (wrestler) (category WWF European Champions)
    in six-man tag team match on Sunday Night Heat. At the 2002 WWF draft lottery, Test was drafted to the SmackDown! brand. On the May 2 episode of SmackDown...
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    Batista was drafted to SmackDown! as the last draft pick, leaving only the WWE Championship on Raw. In the 2008 draft lottery, CM Punk got drafted to Raw and...
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    (WWF) originally planned to make SmackDown! an all-women's brand but ultimately decided against it because of the lack of talent. In March 2002, WWF underwent...
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  • brand split, an annual draft was established in 2002. Each year (except 2003), the General Managers participated in a draft lottery in which select members...
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    Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The term "WWF Attitude" was used to describe its programming from November 9, 1997, to May 6, 2002. It began during the...
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