San Bernardino, California[4] "The City of Sunshine" (as part of The Dynamic Dudes)
Trained by
Nelson Royal[4]
Debut
1986[4]
Retired
2012[5]
John Hodger Laurinaitis (born July 31, 1962),[2] also known by his former ring name Johnny Ace, is an American retired professional wrestler and business executive.
He has wrestled for such promotions as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and WWE.[4] He is the brother of Joe (Road Warrior Animal; one half of the former wrestling tag team The Road Warriors) and Marcus, and is also the uncle of former National Football League player James Laurinaitis. In WWE, Laurinaitis worked in the talent relations office for eight years, and as occasional professional wrestler from 2011 until 2012. After his on screen firing, he stepped down from his corporate backstage role to being a producer. He was promoted again to Head of Talent Relations in 2021 until his release in 2022. Prior to joining WWE, Laurinaitis worked as an executive for WCW.
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^"John Laurinaitis Bio". WWE. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
the uncle of former National Football League player James Laurinaitis. In WWE, Laurinaitis worked in the talent relations office for eight years, and...
season, Laurinaitis led the team in tackles (115) and interceptions (5), and also had 8.5 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks. In 2006 Laurinaitis won the...
of the March 5 episode of Raw, with Laurinaitis taking charge of the March 9 edition of SmackDown During Laurinaitis' time in charge of SmackDown, he set...
Laurinaitis and Mike Hegstrand, Richard Rood, and Barry Darsow could make it big in professional wrestling, and trained all four of them. Laurinaitis...
his match at No Way Out, Laurinaitis would be fired. Cena defeated Big Show in a steel cage match, and McMahon fired Laurinaitis. McMahon announced AJ Lee...
match. He lost to Laurinaitis at Over the Limit on May 20 after interference from Big Show, but at No Way Out on June 17, Laurinaitis was fired after Cena...
giving JohnLaurinaitis control of both shows. The penultimate match saw CM Punk defend the WWE Championship against Chris Jericho. However, John Laurinaitis...
Laurinaitis is a Lithuanian surname that may refer to: Joe Laurinaitis (born 1960), former pro wrestler James Laurinaitis (born 1986), American football...
Miz joined Laurinaitis' team in a 12-man tag team match to determine the General Manager of both Raw and SmackDown, in which Laurinaitis' would win when...
by confronting and delivering an F-5 to John Cena. The following week on Raw, General Manager JohnLaurinaitis revealed that he signed Lesnar to bring...
seemingly to help John Cena in his match against JohnLaurinaitis; instead, he knocked Cena out with a WMD and allowed Laurinaitis to win the match by...
XXVIII event on April 1, he later joined JohnLaurinaitis' team for the 12-man tag team match after saving Laurinaitis from Santino Marella. Miz picked up...
with Big Show and JohnLaurinaitis in a 3 on 1 handicap match. Before the match started, Big Show walked out on Otunga and Laurinaitis. Otunga walked out...
Retrieved November 28, 2008. Peterson Kaelberer 2003, p. 34 "WWE® Promotes JohnLaurinaitis to Senior Vice President". Business Wire. May 11, 2007. Archived from...
voice from Triple H to JohnLaurinaitis, who, around this time, became the interim Raw general manager. Punk balked at Laurinaitis' promotion and verbally...
coerced her into a sexual relationship, and, along with WWE executive JohnLaurinaitis and a WWE wrestler who was also a former UFC fighter, sexually trafficked...
him in the groin, sending him to his knees in agony. As a result, JohnLaurinaitis gave her a position of authority by appointing her as the Executive...
REPORT 3/9: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of the show, including JohnLaurinaitis running the episode". www.pwtorch.com. "PWTorch.com - CALDWELL'S WWE...
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