List of authority figures in professional wrestling

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This is a list of authority figures, people who have (kayfabe) power, in selective professional wrestling promotions or brands within North America. Authority figures are responsible for making matches, providing rules and generally keeping the law and order both in and outside of the ring. The role can also vary over their disposition. A face authority figure would tend to give what the fans want and tends to favor fellow face wrestlers. Mick Foley is a popular example of these. Heel authority figures tend to run their shows out of their own self-interest. Vince McMahon is a popular example of these with his Mr. McMahon character.

[edit] World Wrestling Entertainment authority figures

Upon splitting the WWE into two separate brands, on-screen co-owners Vince McMahon and Ric Flair proceeded to draft WWE wrestlers into two separate rosters. Flair was given ownership of RAW, while McMahon controlled SmackDown. After McMahon regained control of the entire company, he removed Flair from having control of RAW, relinquished his own position, and appointed General Managers to take their places in controlling the various brands.

[edit] Presidents (CEO)

In real life, Linda McMahon has been on the board of directors for WWE since 1980, and appointed CEO in 1994 by husband Vince McMahon during the WWF Steroid Scandal.

[edit] Commissioners

[edit] RAW brand authorities

[edit] Owners

[edit] General managers

[edit] Executive Assistant

  • Jonathan Coachman (May 29, 2006 - Present) - has the powers of a GM, runs RAW whenever McMahon is absent or chooses to delegate authority.

[edit] Temporary General managers

1 They were made General Managers of RAW for one night only by Eric Bischoff.

2 The four had a one-time-only opportunity at General Manager when their team won at Survivor Series 2004, while full-time General Manager Eric Bischoff was on vacation.

3 Mr. McMahon had been interim General Manager, taking over until the vacant position was filled. On 5-29-06, Vince said he would not fill the position, instead making Jonathan Coachman his Executive Assistant, which carries the same powers of a GM.

4 Mr. McMahon made all five members of the Spirit Squad co-general managers for one night, due to their help in his match against Shawn Michaels at Backlash.

5 DX took over RAW for the night after they put Jonathan Coachman in a garbage bin and wheeled him away

6 Bischoff was granted GM powers after the refereeing job he did at Cyber Sunday 2006, by Mr. McMahon.

[edit] Miscellaneous authority figures

[edit] SmackDown! brand authorities

Paul Heyman, former SmackDown General Manager and former Representative of ECW.
Paul Heyman, former SmackDown General Manager and former Representative of ECW.

[edit] Owners

[edit] General managers

[edit] Miscellaneous authority figures

[edit] ECW brand authorities

[edit] Owner

[edit] Representative

[edit] Chairman

  • Vince McMahon (January 29, 2007 - Present) - following Heyman's dismissal, Mr. McMahon has been appearing on ECW and running it himself.

[edit] World Championship Wrestling authority figures

Eric Bischoff, former WCW CEO & on-screen President as well as former WWE RAW General Manager
Eric Bischoff, former WCW CEO & on-screen President as well as former WWE RAW General Manager

[edit] Commissioners

[edit] On-screen presidents

[edit] On-screen owners

1 Sting defeated Ric Flair for the presidency, but didn't take the job as because he just wanted Flair out of the position rather than wanting the power for himself.

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling authority figures

[edit] Directors of Authority

The Director of Authority was the on-screen authority figure for the company.

[edit] NWA Championship Committee

TNA Wrestling also maintains a championship committee that was established in 2004 to help the Director of Authority book matches and keep contenders in proper order. They also served as guest judges for TNA iMPACT! when it was on Fox Sports Net, as all matches had a time limit and if the match went to time, the judge had to make the call as to who won, similar to boxing.

The committee consisted of:

  • Dusty Rhodes (founder, original member, November 2004 - June 2005)
  • Harley Race (original member, November 2004 - ???)
  • Terry Funk (original member, November 2004 - March 2005)
    • Funk was never seen on-screen in TNA.
  • Roddy Piper (replacement for Funk, March 2005 - ???)
  • Larry Zbyszko (original member, November 2004 - October 2006)

[edit] TNA Management

Throughout late 2005 and early 2006, Larry Zbyszko made multiple references to an unknown group of people to which he answered. This group is known only as TNA Management, and had no face other than Zbyszko, who at times was with them and at other times was ordered by them against his own will.

At Lockdown, Management sent out a decree via the debuting Christy Hemme that a new face of TNA Management would be made present. At Sacrifice, referee Slick Johnson informed Zbyszko that he would be debuting at Slammiversary. At Slammiversary, it was revealed to be Jim Cornette. Press releases after the event referred to Cornette as "Management Director", symbolizing a new authority title in the promotion.

[edit] Management Director

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