List of WWE SmackDown on-air personalities

Table columns:
Authority figures
Position
Date started
Date finished
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 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.
cells: William Regal
Commissioner
March 8, 2001
October 11, 2001
Fired by Linda McMahon for joining The Alliance
cells: 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. Between November 2001 and the brand extension, Flair had as much power over all shows as McMahon.
cells: 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.
cells: Paul Heyman
General Manager
October 23, 2003
March 22, 2004
Resigned after being drafted to Raw.
cells: Kurt Angle
General Manager
March 25, 2004
July 22, 2004
Returned to the active roster when no longer confined to a wheelchair.
cells: 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. Long was reassigned from ECW to SmackDown. Lost the position to John Laurinaitis as a result of the Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy match at Wrestlemania XXVIII.
cells: 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. Took over in place of the injured Teddy Long. Announced new General Manager of SmackDown on July 19, 2013 by Mr. McMahon; lost position on June 23, 2014 edition of Raw in a match against Stephanie McMahon.
cells: Triple H
Chief Operating Officer
July 25, 2011 December 29, 2014
November 23, 2014 April 3, 2016
cells: 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. McMahon as per pre-match stipulation when John Cena defeated Big Show in a Steel cage match.
cells: 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.
cells: Booker T
General Manager
August 3, 2012
July 12, 2013
Mr. McMahon announced Booker T as the new General Manager of SmackDown.
cells: 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.
cells: 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.
cells: Kane
Director of Operations
November 4, 2013
November 23, 2014
Lost position after The Authority lost at Survivor Series.
cells: Shane McMahon
Commissioner
July 11, 2016
present
McMahon assigned a new Commissioner to Raw and to SmackDown. Suspended from September 5th 2017-September 12th 2017
cells: Daniel Bryan
General Manager
July 18, 2016
present
Shane assigned Bryan as his General Manager.

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the general manager of smackdown 2017
answer: answerTexts: Daniel Bryan