Six months ago, the Wall Street Journal revealed that WWE’s board was investigating Vince McMahon for hush money payments made to a former paralegal. In addition, it would also be claimed that the then company’s Head of Talent Relations, John Laurinaitis, had also been involved in inappropriate behavior. Subsequently, Laurinaitis was placed on administrative leave and later fired. And now his former colleague Jim Ross has revealed on his podcast he always had a hard time trusting Laurinaitis despite giving him a job, adding he deserves “the goddamn misery that he’s living” in.
I had a hard time as time went on trusting Laurinaitis. That’s sad to say. I hired him. I gave him a job when he needed it. I don’t think he treated me quite right. He just wanted to show Vince that he was a better manager than JR and all these things. So now his ass is without a job, and he deserves the goddamn misery that he’s living, that I perceive that he’s living, and I didn’t like how he treated me.
Jim Ross60-year-old Laurinaitis started wrestling in 1986 under the name Johnny Ace, and while he never achieved anywhere near the success of his brother Animal of The Road Warriors, he did become a star in Japan. He did this while part of All Japan and notably won championship gold in tag teams with Kenta Kobashi, Steve Williams, and Bart Gunn. Nevertheless, the most significant impact he had on the business as a wrestler came from being the inventor of the Ace Crusher, a move later made famous by both Diamond Dallas Page (Diamond Cutter) and Randy Orton (RKO).
Following his in-ring retirement in 2000, Laurinaitis worked for WCW in a backstage capacity, becoming involved in booking, which led him to work for WWE when McMahon purchased the company. Soon after joining WWE, he was named director of talent relations, and in 2009 he was made an executive vice president. Then in 2011, he was made an on-air authority figure, feuding with both CM Punk and John Cena. Nevertheless, he would surprisingly be demoted, simply working as a road agent until regarding power as Head of Talent Relations in 2021.
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