The 2002 World Wrestling Federation (WWF) draft lottery, the initial WWF draft, took place at Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, on March 25.[1][2] The first half of the draft was televised live on TNN for two hours, as part of the WWF's program, Raw.[1] The second half was conducted over the Internet on WWF's official website, WWF.com.[3] There were thirty draft picks, with sixty wrestlers drafted overall by co-owners of the WWF, onto their respective brands, Raw and SmackDown!.[4] The remaining wrestlers were divided randomly in a draft lottery, with each brand receiving a grand total of thirty wrestlers.[5]
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