Lengkepan kalimah di handap ieu: Tanggal 25 Méi 2016, diumumkeun yén WWE bakal ngenalkeun deui perpecahan mérek dina bulan Juli, kalayan daptar anu béda pikeun Raw sareng SmackDown. Dina épisode 11 Juli "Raw", Vince McMahon ngaranna Stephanie McMahon Komisaris "Raw". Draft lumangsung dina perdana langsung "SmackDown" dina 19 Juli, kalayan Manajer Umum mérek masing-masing milih gulat pikeun mérekna. Komisaris Raw Stephanie McMahon jeung General Manager Mick Foley nyiptakeun kajawaraan anyar - WWE Universal Championship. Kejuaraan ieu bakal éksklusif pikeun merek Raw, sabab Kejuaraan Dunya WWE parantos janten éksklusif pikeun merek SmackDown. Clash of Champions dijadwalkeun salaku reintroduction of the cruiserweight division and the first Raw-exclusive pay-per-view since January 2007, whereas Elimination Chamber was scheduled as the final Raw-exclusive pay-per-view
dua taun saterusna. Salajengna, ieu ningali sadaya pay-per-view anu bakal datang interbranded saatos WrestleMania 34.