When John Laurinaitis Became The GM

[@wrestlingspremier]

very disappointing month on the channel, I look forward to November. Laurinaitis improved in the role, some people really hated it but I didn't. He was perfect for the GM heel character because he basically lived it. What did you think of John Laurinaitis?

[@saysaythegreat]

i remember he tells the fans go to hell

[@blawanatomygupton9723]

Did you think you could upload the Matt Hardy Edge and Lita love triangle

[@daviddalda6856]

i agree

[@brokennovocaine]

I won't lie. This time period of WWE killed me as a kid. Between Laurinaitus, heel Michael Cole, big names like Edge, HBK, Batista, Jeff Hardy and more leaving within a few years, I slowly stopped watching regularly. I got back into when the Yes Movement and NXT started up again in 2013. The only time I've really stopped keeping up since was during the early pandemic days before the Thunderdome.

[@jamalali912]

Heel Micheal cole 😂😂😂😂 I remember those days

[@tmac731]

This is when stopped watching wwe and I just started watching again after WM

[@pleaseshutup7053]

Heel Michael Cole suporting Miz was awesome

[@Ozzmutt87]

The fact that I did exactly the same thing is funny 😂😂😂

[@derrickbailey1714]

U didn’t miss much the “People Power” era was one of many dark times of WWE television lol.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Love how David Otunga always had a coffee cup 😂

[@alec2000]

I remember this period so much and it gives me PTSD😂🤣. I was a kid seeing this live and I HATED it😂. Laurinaitis and his damn “People Power” gimmick was the worst and annoyed me everytime, and I always wanted Cena and the other babyfaces to shut him up. Such good times these were, and I gotta give Laurinaitis props for committing to the role.😅👍.

[@Kalel2.0]

Right he pissed me off every time he was on screen and didn't even need to try draw heat as he was already a heat magnet by just cutting those slow and oblivious promos

[@melemelstl]

@@Kalel2.0you hear me smh pissed me off each time he appeared and opened his mouth 😂 it was different but they really didn’t need him to tell a story .. wwe was kinda wack around this time too cause it wasn’t really no more star power left until around 2013 when the shield and the Wyatt family etc came in and every big star was basically done or part timing like taker and hhh

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Not gonna lie the team Johnny vs team teddy was probably one of the matches I was looking to see at mania 28

[@Revou115]

Me too cause I thought I would be a elimination style bout…

[@claymathewselevator8121]

@@Revou115same

[@jamalali912]

Fax it let me down when I watched it

[@melemelstl]

⁠@@Revou115right me too… and I though teddy was definitely gonna win

[@heyiamnick4144]

Honestly as far as heel authority figures go this wasn’t all that bad, it did its job and John got his comeuppance on numerous occasions. It’s not like Steph who just bullied and berated the roster every night but never got beat up for it.

[@mbeas9612]

Johnny Ace was definitely an great heel during that time with his obsession with Cena, Punk and Teddy.

[@pleaseshutup7053]

It was just great seeing punk and cena imitate his voice

[@Mr.sost78]

i was at the colliseum after no way out. this man was S tier on television.

[@alexcasares7401]

Was really funny about this storyline was that a few months later, Vickie Guerrero became the Raw GM (For the 100th time) and I actually said "Can we bring back People Power and call it a day"

[@dr.alexander7039]

Unpopular opinion: Laurinaitis was a better authority figure than the entire Authority itself

[@Oswald_lusambya]

Bro he’s so close to 100k, I’ve been here since 30k💪🏾

[@Ronnie.Raymond]

Bro I was like ten years old or something when this was going down, and Big Show was my favorite wrestler. After I saw the recap of him getting fired by John (under the impression he was legitimately fired), I opened up parents computer and started drafting out an email threatening to remove my WWE stock if they didn’t bring him back. Good times 😂

[@Laid2Sleep]

Love this

[@tredagoat14]

Only thing I find odd to this day is for about a year it was Punk who was the thorn in Johnny Aces side but it ended up being Cena who ended his run as GM? That’s like Austin having a year long feud with Vince to have Rock have the match to end Vince run as CEO

[@kidz4p509]

14:41 That made me giggle. 21:13 Laurinaitis had a brief face turn by leaving Cole in the dust.

[@kadharefinley224]

Johnny Ace was super annoying. But I enjoyed his heel work with Punk, Cena and Teddy Long #PeoplePower

[@claymathewselevator8121]

People Power

[@storm4x_]

“My name is Mr John laurinaitis and I am the executive Vice President of talent relations and interim General manager of raw”😂😂😂

[@tredagoat14]

😭😭😭😭that just gave me ptsd

[@storm4x_]

@@tredagoat14😂😂😂

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

He was a big heel

[@guess6635]

He was certainly the last GM which got me invested purely from a Kayfabe and not backstage perspective.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

People Power

[@BarryAllenBG]

John Lourinitis to me was one of the golden things wwe ever did the whole reign of punk before turnning heel was including the feud between them and in my opinion i don't understand why they did john cena and johnny ace match instead of punk i mean but okay he was really annoying entertraining❤

[@quanmfsanchez411]

23:17 johnny sins reference😂😂😂

[@melemelstl]

4:29 lol the fact that the phone light was shining bright all on his face and he straight had a lipstick kiss stain on his cheek 😂😂

[@azer8316]

At 9:36 Christian look like eminem

[@d4b0o5t5]

He was gm when I started watching WWE again in 2012, he almost made me stop watching again lol.

[@wrestlingspremier]

oh hell no lol. atleast he didn't last too long

[@Drew96420]

Great video keep up the good work bro

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I loved his scooter 😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Crazy to think he’s Road Warrior Animal’s brother

[@intense_falling3850]

Johnny ace walked so Joe Biden could run

[@joseph.taylor305]

I don't mind Johnny Ace as raw GM

[@claymathewselevator8121]

People Power

[@PAWANKALYAN_21]

I'll never forget this time period because it was during this time that I started watching WWE and weirdly 11 year-old me loved it Johnny ace heel character and storyline 😅😅

[@wewatchball]

13:19 two jon moxley / dean ambrose posters crazy this was in 2012 and he wasn’t on the roster yet

[@TylerP.2K]

THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING😂 I was scrolling through trying to see if anyone else noticed

[@rn6312]

he was down in developmental though

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Team Teddy vs Team Johnny was The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal before it existed

[@claymathewselevator8121]

This game is gonna be bigger than Pac-Man 😂

[@KadeemG61]

John Laurinitis as GM is one of many things why I turned off watching WWE. SmackDown was awful in 2012. I’m glad Scumbag Laurinitis is gone last year after being involved in the Vince McMahon hush money scandal.

[@itachi-kun7736]

Johnny only was in power for 251 days and he did a entertaining heel against Punk Cena Teddy but inwish heel run lasted a year than 8 months

[@claytonphillips85]

This was a horrible time period back then 😂😂😢😢

[@uainjansun]

Otis pie-ing him in MITB and cena firing him at no way out where good pleases

[@PhenomenalOne1000]

2012 ppvs were still $50 so they had to think we were getting our money’s worth, 2014 os when the network started

[@azizouamane1996]

He showed up in the segment wjen john cena throw edge to the river lol

[@johnmarkfrederick8245]

John Laurinatis will be the new General manager next year of 2024

[@johnmarkfrederick8245]

That’s only reason of Teddy Long became GM he was the heel and put Mark Henry for the title match

[@madcapmakov2]

PEOPLE POWER!

[@chris_zed7425]

I still dont why they didnt let cm punk be the one to dethrone johnny. The crowd hated cena no matter what and johnny was punks antagonist at the time😂

[@BarryAllenBG]

yeah me too awful booking

[@boeruuu1]

Why is there 3 lines of gear in the thumbnail💀

[@AqueelAdams]

hes about to snort a few lines in thumbnail

[@connorledwith98]

PEOPLE POWER!!!!

[@aeliocantalk4161]

I'm curious, will WrestlingPremier do video about Four Pillar of Heaven?

[@kidz4p509]

He looks too nice to be a heel.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Gave me Mike Adamle vibes

[@patrickharris1781]

😂i remember Johnny was a playable characters in one of the wwe games! I believe it was wwe 13!

[@augustine1325]

Bruh I hated this era

[@claymathewselevator8121]

People Power

[@ChristianQuilesvelez-zb8om]

People power

[@PakistaniOriginalMan]

John was interesting..

[@claytonphillips85]

I really hated when this dude was GM of RAW 😒😒😒

[@gabemyers4516]

People power☝🏻

[@LTKK]

People power!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

From a 78 overall to a 69 overall 😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I miss Teddy Long

[@CharlesHitmanStone]

This was a hard time to be a fan

[@lilkeenan]

2012 was the worst year of wwe I ever watched

[@mariobros68]

Little did you know about how WWE would be in 6-7-8 years

[@morgancarolan8680]

It’s way better then the garbage that there producing now

[@johnbeatz380]

Good lord Ive done my best to erase this period of time from my life

[@dmercy8477]

I’m not really a fan of the GM thing of Johnny Ace. It’s not bad it was decent at first with the Teddy Long thing but it’s when they booked John Cena into it when the thing started to get bad. 3 Of Cena’s worse ever matches were during this time. Those matches with Cole, Show and Ace were horrendous. Cena tried to make them entertaining but WWE’s bad booking ruined that. Would’ve been better if CM Punk was involved instead of Cena. Of Course the real bad blood between Punk and The McMahon family was heating up. Given the hush money thing with Vince and Ace last year, I think WWE is trying to forget all about this run.

[@psc_777]

Great times, we need People Power back!

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Ironclad Contract

[@claymathewselevator8121]

David Otunga

[@Kalel2.0]

I remember this period so vividly well and man i didnt like Johnny Ace at all😂. The guy screwed over every babyface on the roster(especially Punk) and knew how to draw heat without even trying and while i dont like him as a person he did his job pretty well as a heel authority figure but its kinda a slap in the face that he main evented a ppv over Punk when he was Champion

[@patrickperalta59]

Punk even mentioned that not only was not that good a wrestler but that Laurinaitis's Real life Brother was Road Warrior Animal who was way better then him.

[@sinmaleficent9453]

This was probably the most garbage period in wwe history

[@morgancarolan8680]

No it wasn’t

[@SonBlackHeart22]

I would of liked it more had he fueded more of the other babyfaces like Randy Orton was available and he did not that much in SD 2012 Sheamus but he was too preocupied with Del Rio for months heck why not Zack Ryder dude got betrayed by his gf at Mania why did he not seek out revenge on the guy that made his gf turn on him.

[@e93sports80]

👍👍

[@shivvaghela723]

the worst gm ever 😂😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

WWE Raw starring Brock Lesnar

[@seandaniels7938]

This was my prime wwe watching years man I hated John lol always talking about "as the head of talent relations"

[@avishrantgupta9030]

Basically Biden😂

[@is0retro617]

I hated this guy with a passion

[@nathanbrett2422]

Okay I Gunna Agreement with you all of It Some Of US Thank Of Big Johnny Ace Some Of US To Think Him Super So Arroing That's Why I'm not Fan of Johnny ace Im Officially Glad Johnny ace Being Fired Some of US Thank Johnny Ace Don't What Big Johnny ace To Come Back In WWE In The Next Year For 2024 as GM I Personally Prefer John Cena To Be Carefully Way Cena Sucks By The Way Big Johnny ace He is Not John Cena we are Officially Prefer Cena Sucks you all May Disagree or Agree With Me I Definitely Officially Willing to Be Criticism I Definitely Officially Will Take it all You What To Blame On Me I will Take it I Definitely Officially Will Be Always Put all the Blame on Some Of You Not all Them

[@lordb-l4t]

This era was actually garbage, this gm thing, michael cole, alberto del rio..

[@dairyking6514]

I know im in the minority when i say this time period of 10 to 13 was just so fun for me.

[@jaybalbuena5045]

all i can say John Laurinaitis sucks as GM in Raw unlike Eric Bischoff BUt THe best GM of ALL time is TEDdy long💪🦾

[@batistajrJDC]

People power