brand from August 26 2002 until June 6 2005 , when the WWE Champion , John Cena , was drafted to the RAW brand during the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery . This left the RAW brand with the two top titles in WWE until the World Heavyweight Champion , Batista , was drafted to the SmackDown ! After three years on the SmackDown brand , the WWE Championship switched brands during the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery , in which the WWE Champion John Cena was drafted to Raw while the World Heavyweight Champion Batista was drafted to SmackDown .