Enjoy this free preview from the POST Wrestling Café — John Pollock and Wai Ting review the March 25, 2002, episode of WWF Raw featuring the inaugural draft and start of the Brand Extension. They discuss:​

• How the WCW Invasion's failure lead to WWF’s in-house brand split
• Stone Cold Steve Austin’s forgotten first walkout of 2002
• Vince & Flair’s on-screen chemistry as duelling authority figures
• How the Draft attempted to benefit new stars in Edge and Brock Lesnar
• Dudley Boyz break-up
• The nWo in 2002
• Stephanie McMahon competing for the WWF World Championship

This episode was brought to you by Espresso Executive Producer, Blake Lovell.​

Listen to the full two-hour episode in the POST Café: https://www.patreon.com/posts/first-wwf-draft-146169824

WWF Raw

Monday, March 25, 2002

Penn State University

• Tazz vs. Mr. Perfect
• Christian & Booker T. vs. Edge & DDP
• Trish Stratus vs. Ivory
• The Rock & Hulk Hogan vs. Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & X-Pac
• Billy Gunn vs. Jeff Hardy
• Intercontinental Championship: Rob Van Dam (c) vs. Kurt Angle
• Undisputed WWF Championship: Triple H (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Stephanie McMahon

Next time on Rewind-A-Wai: WatchAlong: Royal Rumble Matches 1990 & 1995

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