As the less-than-articulate Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, John Laurinaitis was an unlikely choice for an on-air authority figure. Despite his lack of comfort on the microphone, though, he had plenty of experience between the ropes. As Johnny Ace, he competed in Japan during the mid-1990s. Before that, he and Shane Douglas teamed up in WCW as the Dynamic Dudes, two cool guys who came to the ring with skateboards.