WWE draft
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The WWE draft is an annual event in which World Wrestling Entertainment reassigns its wrestlers between different brand rosters, reshaping storylines and matchups.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WWE Draft Lottery | 2 |
| WWE draft canonical | 2 |
| WWE Brand Extension Draft | 1 |
| WWE Draft 2002 | 1 |
| WWE Draft Lottery 2002 | 1 |
| WWE Superstar Draft | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6530046 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: WWE draft Context triple: [WWE roster, subjectTo, WWE draft]
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A.
WWE Network
WWE Network is a subscription-based streaming service owned by WWE that offers live and on-demand professional wrestling events, original programming, and an extensive archive of past shows.
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B.
WWE
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) is a global sports entertainment company best known for producing professional wrestling events, television programs, and media featuring larger-than-life wrestlers and storylines.
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C.
WWE NXT
WWE NXT is a professional wrestling brand and developmental territory of WWE known for showcasing emerging talent and high-quality in-ring action.
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D.
WWE Hall of Fame 2020
WWE Hall of Fame 2020 is a class of inductees honored by WWE for their significant contributions to professional wrestling, including legendary figures such as Hulk Hogan.
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E.
WWE Raw
WWE Raw is a long-running weekly professional wrestling television program produced by WWE, known as one of the company’s flagship shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: WWE draft Target entity description: The WWE draft is an annual event in which World Wrestling Entertainment reassigns its wrestlers between different brand rosters, reshaping storylines and matchups.
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A.
WWE Network
WWE Network is a subscription-based streaming service owned by WWE that offers live and on-demand professional wrestling events, original programming, and an extensive archive of past shows.
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B.
WWE
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) is a global sports entertainment company best known for producing professional wrestling events, television programs, and media featuring larger-than-life wrestlers and storylines.
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C.
WWE NXT
WWE NXT is a professional wrestling brand and developmental territory of WWE known for showcasing emerging talent and high-quality in-ring action.
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D.
WWE Hall of Fame 2020
WWE Hall of Fame 2020 is a class of inductees honored by WWE for their significant contributions to professional wrestling, including legendary figures such as Hulk Hogan.
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E.
WWE Raw
WWE Raw is a long-running weekly professional wrestling television program produced by WWE, known as one of the company’s flagship shows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Wrestling Entertainment event
ⓘ
professional wrestling draft ⓘ television special ⓘ |
| affects |
WWE live event touring rosters
ⓘ
WWE television storylines ⓘ
linked to:
WWE
championship contenderships ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
WWE Brand Extension Draft
ⓘ
linked to:
WWE draft
WWE Draft Lottery ⓘ
linked to:
WWE draft
WWE Superstar Draft ⓘ
linked to:
WWE draft
WWE Superstar Shake-up ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
WWE NXT brand
ⓘ
linked to:
WWE NXT
WWE Raw brand ⓘ
linked to:
WWE Raw
WWE SmackDown brand ⓘ
linked to:
WWE SmackDown (in certain years)
WWE championships ⓘ WWE main roster ⓘ
linked to:
WWE roster
WWE stables ⓘ
linked to:
Legacy (WWE stable)
WWE tag teams ⓘ
linked to:
WWE tag team division
|
| basedOn | sports drafts ⓘ |
| broadcastOn |
Fox
ⓘ
Peacock ⓘ Spike TV ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Network
Syfy ⓘ USA Network ⓘ WWE Network ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| feature |
on-screen authority figures making draft picks
ⓘ
televised draft rounds ⓘ title holders being eligible for selection ⓘ wrestlers changing brands ⓘ |
| follows | WWE brand extension announcements ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
creating new rivalries
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ending existing feuds ⓘ moving NXT talent to main roster ⓘ separating brand-exclusive rosters ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
reassign WWE wrestlers between brand rosters
ⓘ
refresh matchups between wrestlers ⓘ reshape WWE storylines ⓘ |
| involves |
Raw General Manager
ⓘ
SmackDown General Manager ⓘ WWE Chief Content Officer ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
WWE brand extension
ⓘ
linked to:
WWE Brand-exclusive pay-per-views
|
| organizer |
WWE
ⓘ
World Wrestling Entertainment ⓘ
linked to:
WWE
|
| partOf |
WWE brand split era
ⓘ
WWE programming ⓘ |
| startTime | 2002 ⓘ |
| typicalFormat |
alternating brand selections
ⓘ
pools of eligible wrestlers ⓘ time-limited draft rounds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WWE draft Description of subject: The WWE draft is an annual event in which World Wrestling Entertainment reassigns its wrestlers between different brand rosters, reshaping storylines and matchups.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Ruthless Aggression era (early–mid 2000s)
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