List of WWE SmackDown on-air personalities

==Authority figures==
Authority figures 	Position 	Date started 	Date finished 	Notes
Vince McMahon 	Owner and Chairman 	April 29, 1999 	November 18, 2001 	Lost his power and position to Eric Bischoff in a 5 on 5 tag team elimination match at Survivor Series (in kayfabe). In real life he was still the Owner, Chairman, and CEO
Linda McMahon 	CEO 	April 29, 1999 	present 	
Eric Bischoff 	Owner and Chairman (in kayfabe) 	November 18, 2001 	March 17, 2002 	Won back his kayfabe positions and power as per stipulation when Team WWF beat Team WCW 6 matches to 5 at WrestleMania 18
Mick Foley 	Commissioner 	October 11, 2001 	November 19, 2001 	Fired by Eric Bischoff
Vince McMahon 	Owner and Chairman 	March 17, 2002 	present 	Was the CEO in real life until August 22, 2016 when Vince McMahon gave the CEO role to Shane McMahon
Stephanie McMahon 	GM 	July 18, 2002 	October 19, 2003 	Lost her position as per an "I Quit" match stipulation against Mr. McMahon at No Mercy.
Paul Heyman 	GM 	October 23, 2003 	March 22, 2004 	Resigned after being drafted to Raw.
Kurt Angle 	GM 	March 25, 2004 	July 22, 2004 	Returned to the active roster when no longer confined to a wheelchair.
Theodore Long 	GM 	July 29, 2004 	September 21, 2007	Left position due to health complications. 
Long was reassigned from ECW to SmackDown.
Vickie Guerrero 	GM 	September 28, 2007	April 6, 2009 	Took over in place of the injured Teddy Long.
Opted to fully take over the position on Raw and resigned as General Manager of SmackDown.
Theodore Long 	GM 	April 10, 2009 	April 1, 2012 	Lost his position to John Laurinaitis as a result of the Team Johnny vs. Team Teddy match at Wrestlemania XXVIII.
Triple H 	COO (in kayfabe) 	July 25, 2011 	November 23, 2014 	Lost position in November 2014 after The Authority lost at Survivor Series.
John Laurinaitis 	GM 	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.
Booker T 	GM 	June 22, 2012 	July 12, 2013 	Mr. McMahon announced Booker T as the new General Manager of SmackDown.
Vickie Guerrero 	GM 	July 19, 2013 	June 23, 2014 	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.
Kane 	Director of Operations (in kayfabe)	November 4, 2013 	October 25, 2015 	Lost position after losing to Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell 2015
Triple H 	COO (in kayfabe) 	December 29, 2014 	November 22, 2015 	John Cena (per match stipulation) brought Triple H back as COO after Rollins threaten to Curb Stomp Edge who would have suffered paralysis if that happened
Lost the position per match stipulation forever after Team Authority lost to Team Hero in a 5 on 5 Survivor Series tag team elimination match
Trish Stratus 	General Manager 	July 18, 2016 	April 10, 2018 	
* Shane McMahon appointed Bryan as new general manager prior to the 2016 WWE Draft.
* Relinquished her role to Paige
Paige 	General Manager 	April 10, 2018 	December 18, 2018 	Shane appointed Paige as General Manager. (In real life Paige was not medically cleared to compete in the ring).
Was fired at Survivor Series due to a pre-stipulation agreement where the losing brand’s GM must be fired.
Stone Cold Steve Austin	General Manager 	December 25, 2018 	present 	Shane appointed Austin as General Manager.
==Commentators==
Commentators 	Dates 	Notes
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler 	
* April 29, 1999 (Pilot)
* August 26, 1999 – February 22, 2001
* November 22, 2001 – 	March 22, 2002	After a 9 month hiatus from the company, Lawler returned to WWF
Michael Cole and Tazz 	
* February 22, 2001 – November 15, 2001
* March 30, 2002 – June 9, 2006	Jerry Lawler quit WWF on February 28, 2001 in protest of his wife The Kat's release thus was replaced with Tazz
Michael Cole and John "Bradshaw" Layfield 	June 16, 2006 – December 28, 2007 	
Michael Cole and Jonathan Coachman 	January 4, 2008 – June 16, 2008 	
Jim Ross and Tazz 	June 23, 2008 – April 3, 2009 	On June 23, 2008 following the 2008 WWE Draft, Ross was drafted from Raw to the SmackDown brand while Michael Cole was drafted from SmackDown to Raw, trading positions as commentators on each brand.
Jim Ross and Todd Grisham 	April 10, 2009 – October 9, 2009 	
Josh Mathews and Todd Grisham 	October 16, 2009 – August 26, 2011	Ross missed the SmackDown episode on October 16, 2009, as he asked for a day off due to an anniversary. 7 days later, on October 20, Ross suffered his 3rd Bell's palsy episode en route to Columbia, South Carolina for a SmackDown taping and thus was removed from the commendatory booth and replaced with Josh Mathews
Josh Mathews and Booker T 	August 26, 2011 – June 20, 2014 	Grisham's was released a day after August 26, 2011, edition of SmackDown. Booker T returned to the WWE at Royal Rumble 2011 and would replace Grisham.
Michael Cole, Booker T, David Otunga and Byron Saxton 	June 27, 2014 – December 31, 2015 	Josh Mathews was released on June 25, 2014 and replaced with Michael Cole.
Mauro Ranallo, Jerry Lawler, Byron Saxton and David Otunga	January 7, 2016 – July 19, 2016 	
* Booker T was moved to the pre-show panel
*Ranallo joined the WWE on December 15, 2015 he would join the commendatory booth on January 7, 2016
* Following the WWE Draft, Otunga was released from WWE
Mauro Ranallo and JBL 	July 26, 2016 – February 3, 2017 	
Jim Ross and JBL 	February 10, 2017 – March 10, 2017	Ranello was moved to Raw. JR returned to WWE
Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler 	March 17, 2017 – January 18, 2019 	JBL would be fired after admitting to bullying Ranallo, he would apologize for his behaviour.
Jim Ross and Aiden English 	January 25, 2019 – March 23, 2020 	Lawler was moved to pre-show panel
Jim Ross, Samoa Joe and Paul Heyman 	March 30, 2020 – August 24, 2020 	
* Aiden English was released
* Samoa Joe suffered a knee and head injury, and was not medically cleared to compete so was put onto the SmackDown commentator booth
* Because Lesnar left, Paul Heyman was moved to commendatory booth
Jim Ross and Samoa Joe 	August 31, 2020 – April 5, 2021 	Heyman became Roman Reigns' manager on SmackDown and thus was removed from the commendatory booth
Michael Cole and Pat McAfee 	April 12, 2021 – present 	
* Joe was removed from commentary after April 5, 2021 to join NXT.
* Ross left WWE
==Ring announcers==
Ring announcers 	Dates 	Notes
Tony Chimel 	
* March 30, 2001 – September 19, 2002
* October 1, 2009 – December 2, 2011
* October 24, 2014 – July 19, 2016	Transferred to the ECW brand in August 2007. Transferred back to Smackdown following Lilian Garcia's 1st retirement from WWE. Removed on December 2, 2011. Continued to make occasional appearances as Edge's personal ring announcer.
Justin Roberts 	September 19, 2002 – September 25, 2009	Transferred to the Raw brand following Lilian Garcia's retirement from WWE.
Ricardo Rodriguez	August 20, 2010 – July 30, 2014 	Personal ring announcer to Alberto Del Rio
Lilian Garcia 	December 9, 2011 – October 17, 2014 	
Eden Stiles 	October 24, 2014 – April 2, 2015 	Released in 2016
JoJo 	
* April 9, 2015 –July 19, 2016
* October 29, 2021 – January 7, 2022	Jojo was released
Greg Hamilton 	July 25, 2016 – October 22, 2021 	Hamiliton was released on October 26, 2021
Kayla Braxton 	November 1, 2019 	One night only.
Jeremy Borash 	January 14, 2022 – present 	
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