List of WWE SmackDown on-air personalities
Authority figures

List of WWE SmackDown on-air personalities

Section Title: Authority figures
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Authority figures	Position	Date started	Date finished	Notes

Mr. McMahon	Owner, chairman, and CEO	August 26, 1999	present	McMahon assigned new General Managers to Raw and to SmackDown after Ric Flair lost his position on Raw. Stacy Keibler served as "Personal Assistant" through McMahon's term.

Shawn Michaels	Commissioner	August 26, 1999	June 26, 2000	Relinquished role to Mick Foley

Mick Foley	Commissioner	June 26, 2000	December 18, 2000	Fired by Mr. McMahon

Debra	Lt. Commissioner	October 30, 2000	March 5, 2001	Resigned as Lieutenant Commissioner to pursue managing again.

William Regal	Commissioner	March 8, 2001	October 11, 2001	Fired by Linda McMahon for joining The Alliance

Mick Foley	Commissioner	October 11, 2001	November 19, 2001	Decided to leave the company

Ric Flair	On-screen co-owner of the company	November 19, 2001	April 2, 2002	Upon the beginning of the brand extension, McMahon was given sole control of SmackDown, while Flair was given control of RAW.

Stephanie McMahon	General Manager	July 18, 2002	October 19, 2003	Lost her position as per an "I Quit" match stipulation against Mr. McMahon at No Mercy.

Paul Heyman	General Manager	October 23, 2003	March 22, 2004	Resigned after being drafted to Raw.

Kurt Angle	General Manager	March 25, 2004	July 22, 2004	Returned to the active roster when no longer confined to a wheelchair.

Theodore Long	General Manager	July 29, 2004 April 10, 2009	September 21, 2007 April 1, 2012	Left position due to health complications. Served as "Assistant General Manager" from November 2007 to May 2008.

Vickie Guerrero	General Manager	September 28, 2007 January 21, 2011 July 19, 2013	April 6, 2009 February 18, 2011 June 23, 2014	Served as "Assistant General Manager" from May to September 2007. Opted to fully take over the position on Raw and resigned as General Manager of SmackDown.

Triple H	Chief Operating Officer	July 25, 2011	present

John Laurinaitis	General Manager	April 2, 2012	June 17, 2012	Won position, Team Johnny vs Team Teddy at Wrestlemania XXVIII. Fired at No Way Out by Mr.

Interim General Managers	Guest GM	June 22, 2012	July 20, 2012	Following Laurinaitis' firing, the Board of Directors invited past GMs and Commissioners to run SmackDown on a weekly basis until a new full-time GM was named, such as Mick Foley, Vickie Guerrero and Zack Ryder.

Booker T	General Manager	August 3, 2012	July 12, 2013	Mr. McMahon announced Booker T as the new General Manager of SmackDown.

Theodore Long	Senior Advisor	August 3, 2012	July 12, 2013	Was named Booker's advisor after he asked for his help. Served as General Manager during Booker's injury.

Eve Torres	Assistant to general manager	August 17, 2012	January 14, 2013	Won the position in a match against Kaitlyn. Left position after she quit WWE.

Kane	Director of Operations	November 4, 2013	November 23, 2014	Lost position after The Authority lost at Survivor Series.

Shane McMahon	Commissioner	July 11, 2016	present	McMahon assigned a new Commissioner to Raw and to SmackDown. Suspended from September 5, 2017 to September 12, 2017.

Daniel Bryan	General Manager	July 18, 2016	April 10, 2018	Shane assigned Bryan as his general manager.

Paige	General Manager	April 10, 2018	December 18, 2018	Shane assigned Paige as General Manager after Bryan resigned from the position to return to in-ring action. After the announcement on the December 17, 2018 edition of Raw that the McMahons (Vince, Stephanie, Shane, and Triple H) were, as a united group, taking over both Raw and SmackDown, Paige was effectively removed as General Manager.

Sentence(s)

Kurt Angle was the on-screen General Manager of SmackDown.

final_sentence: Kurt Angle was the on-screen General Manager of SmackDown.