Ranking Every WWE Smackdown General Manager - From Worst To Best

8. John Laurinaitis

John Laurinaitis's time as General Manager of Raw only lasted eight months, but it was infamous for the 'People Power' founder's droning promos, verbal gaffes, and awful feuds with babyface stars. Less well-remembered, though, was Laurinaitis's equally-bad (but thankfully brief) tenure atop SmackDown.

At WrestleMania XXVII, SmackDown GM Teddy Long and Raw GM Laurinaitis each created six-man tag teams to battle in a winner-take-all contest. When Eve Torres helped The Miz pin Zack Ryder, Laurinaitis's team got the win, giving "Big Johnny" control over SmackDown as well as Raw.

Even though Laurinaitis was appearing on SmackDown and acting as the authority figure for the brand, most of his storyline focus went toward Raw. He began a feud with John Cena that led to a singles match between the two on pay-per-view, which Laurinaitis won with help from The Big Show.

By June, Vince McMahon wanted to fire Laurinaitis. He tried on an episode of Raw, but a WMD from Show put a stop to it. At No Way Out, Cena defeated Show in a steel cage match, and McMahon put the era of Laurinaitis to an end.