▁CE O ▁V ince ▁Mc M ah on ▁introduced ▁the ▁Wild ▁Card ▁Rule , ▁in ▁which ▁up ▁to ▁four ▁wrest lers ▁would ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁the ▁oppos ing ▁brand ' s ▁show ▁by ▁inv itation ▁for ▁one ▁night ▁only ▁with ▁uns an ction ed ▁appearances ▁pen al ized . ▁Following ▁this , ▁however , ▁the ▁Wild ▁Card ▁Rule ' s ▁st ip ulations ▁were ▁not ▁enfor ced , ▁was ▁immediately ▁broken , ▁with ▁numerous ▁wrest lers ▁freely ▁appearing ▁on ▁both ▁shows ▁week ly , ▁and ▁many ▁super st ars ▁crossing ▁over ▁both ▁br ands ▁without ▁any ▁pen alt ies , ▁bl urr ing ▁the ▁lines ▁between ▁the ▁Raw ▁and ▁Sm ack Down ▁br ands . ▁With ▁Sm ack Down s ▁move ▁to ▁FO X ▁in ▁October ▁and ▁Raw ▁remaining ▁on ▁the ▁USA ▁Network ▁( part ▁of ▁Com cast ' s ▁N BC Univers al ), ▁W WE ▁decided ▁to ▁hold ▁a ▁second ▁draft ▁for ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁to ▁definit ively ▁split ▁the ▁two ▁br ands . ▁The ▁draft ▁was ▁announced ▁to ▁occur ▁on ▁the ▁October ▁ 1 1 ▁and ▁ 1 4 ▁episodes ▁of ▁Sm ack Down ▁and ▁Raw , ▁respectively . ▁Return ing ▁to ▁its ▁original ▁name ▁( the ▁" W WE ▁D raft ") ▁and ▁a ▁traditional ▁draft ▁format , ▁personal ities ▁from ▁FO X ▁and ▁N BC Univers al ▁were ▁scheduled ▁to ▁appear ; ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁television ▁networks ▁were ▁presented ▁as ▁having ▁an ▁influence ▁over ▁W WE ' s ▁draft ing ▁dec isions .