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The WWE website has produced a list of top authority figures in the company. It is mainly a list of brand General Managers. It is not clear how the list defines effectiveness, but hear it is below.
10. William Regal - Served as the WWE Commissioner throughout 2001 before becoming the Alliance Commissioner. Briefly served as the Raw and NXT General Manager. Had been touted to become the FCW General Manager on multiple occassions.
9. John Laurinaitis - Has been the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations for 7 years. He is directly responsible for calling up FCW stars, especially Divas, who had not yet finished basic training. Has also been instrumental in firing established mid-carders. Became the Gneral Manager of Raw in mid-2011. Became the General Manager of both Raw and Smackdown for 2 months.
8. Eric Bischoff - The longest serving Raw General Manager. Briefly shared the role with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Credited with hiring many former WCW stars, the Elimination Chamber, Raw Roulette and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
7. Stephanie McMahon - Basically ran the WWE with Triple H for much of 2000. Co-lead the Alliance in 2001, being credited as the owner of ECW. Spent almost a year as SmackDown General Manager. Makes recurring appearances as the Interim General Manager of Raw.
6. Vickie Guerrero - Once served as the SmackDown General Manager. Frequently takes terms as the temporary General Manager of both Raw or SmackDown. Has spent much of the WWE tenure in these roles, or as an assistant to a General Manager.
5. Theodore Long - The only man to have been General Manager of Raw, SmackDown and ECW. The longest serving General Manager of any brand, despite taking multiple long haituses. Most famous for solving disputes by booking tag team matches. Also created the 'Talent Initiative', bringing 4 developmental wrestlers onto the main roster at the same time. Also recurrs as the assist (usually against his own will) to other SmackDown General Managers.
4. Gorilla Monsoon - The first wrestler to ever be given an authority figure role in the WWE. WWE President Monsoon was the first authority figure to physically confront unruly stars. He was also the first authority figure to be attacked by an active wrestler.
3. Jack Tunney - Served as the WWE President for Vincent K. McMahon's first 11 years in charge of the company. Most of his work was done ofscreen, and he is well known for correcting injustices. His biggest achievement was preventing "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase from buying a run with the WWE Championship.
2. Mick Foley - Served as WWE Commish' for a year. Unlike most authority figures, he was heavily biased in favour of babyfaces. Sparodically serves as the special guest referee for matches. Had a very short run as onscreen General Manager and investor in the company. His most common attribute was suddenly resigning from every post he had.
1. Mr. McMahon - The real life owner of the WWE took over control in the early '80s. He continued his role as the main play-by-play announcer until 1997 while performing his other duties. Became an onscreen authority figure that same year. Habitually abuses his power to promote villians and hinder baby faces. Sometimes blatantly overrules other authourity figures for little and no reason, and takes personal joy in firing people. The Board of Directors frequently need to send a representative to thwart him. Has developed a weird obsession of being hospitalised by an active roster member and incapacitated for several months, just to return with no memory of what happened. Was the first General Manager of the SmackDown brand, and frequently appoints himself as the temporary Raw General Manager.
10. William Regal - Served as the WWE Commissioner throughout 2001 before becoming the Alliance Commissioner. Briefly served as the Raw and NXT General Manager. Had been touted to become the FCW General Manager on multiple occassions.
9. John Laurinaitis - Has been the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations for 7 years. He is directly responsible for calling up FCW stars, especially Divas, who had not yet finished basic training. Has also been instrumental in firing established mid-carders. Became the Gneral Manager of Raw in mid-2011. Became the General Manager of both Raw and Smackdown for 2 months.
8. Eric Bischoff - The longest serving Raw General Manager. Briefly shared the role with Stone Cold Steve Austin. Credited with hiring many former WCW stars, the Elimination Chamber, Raw Roulette and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
7. Stephanie McMahon - Basically ran the WWE with Triple H for much of 2000. Co-lead the Alliance in 2001, being credited as the owner of ECW. Spent almost a year as SmackDown General Manager. Makes recurring appearances as the Interim General Manager of Raw.
6. Vickie Guerrero - Once served as the SmackDown General Manager. Frequently takes terms as the temporary General Manager of both Raw or SmackDown. Has spent much of the WWE tenure in these roles, or as an assistant to a General Manager.
5. Theodore Long - The only man to have been General Manager of Raw, SmackDown and ECW. The longest serving General Manager of any brand, despite taking multiple long haituses. Most famous for solving disputes by booking tag team matches. Also created the 'Talent Initiative', bringing 4 developmental wrestlers onto the main roster at the same time. Also recurrs as the assist (usually against his own will) to other SmackDown General Managers.
4. Gorilla Monsoon - The first wrestler to ever be given an authority figure role in the WWE. WWE President Monsoon was the first authority figure to physically confront unruly stars. He was also the first authority figure to be attacked by an active wrestler.
3. Jack Tunney - Served as the WWE President for Vincent K. McMahon's first 11 years in charge of the company. Most of his work was done ofscreen, and he is well known for correcting injustices. His biggest achievement was preventing "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase from buying a run with the WWE Championship.
2. Mick Foley - Served as WWE Commish' for a year. Unlike most authority figures, he was heavily biased in favour of babyfaces. Sparodically serves as the special guest referee for matches. Had a very short run as onscreen General Manager and investor in the company. His most common attribute was suddenly resigning from every post he had.
1. Mr. McMahon - The real life owner of the WWE took over control in the early '80s. He continued his role as the main play-by-play announcer until 1997 while performing his other duties. Became an onscreen authority figure that same year. Habitually abuses his power to promote villians and hinder baby faces. Sometimes blatantly overrules other authourity figures for little and no reason, and takes personal joy in firing people. The Board of Directors frequently need to send a representative to thwart him. Has developed a weird obsession of being hospitalised by an active roster member and incapacitated for several months, just to return with no memory of what happened. Was the first General Manager of the SmackDown brand, and frequently appoints himself as the temporary Raw General Manager.