<P> This is a list of on - air personalities from the professional wrestling television series WWE's SmackDown . On - air personalities include the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators, and on - screen authority figures . The show also features recurring on - air segments hosted by various personalities . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Authority figures </Th> <Th> Position </Th> <Th> Date started </Th> <Th> Date finished </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mr. McMahon </Td> <Td> Owner, Chairman, and CEO </Td> <Td> August 26, 1999 (1999 - 08 - 26) </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Regal </Td> <Td> Commissioner </Td> <Td> March 8, 2001 (2001 - 03 - 08) </Td> <Td> October 11, 2001 (2001 - 10 - 11) </Td> <Td> Fired by Linda McMahon for joining The Alliance </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ric Flair </Td> <Td> On - screen co-owner of the company </Td> <Td> November 19, 2001 (2001 - 11 - 19) </Td> <Td> April 2, 2002 (2002 - 04 - 02) </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Stephanie McMahon </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> July 18, 2002 (2002 - 07 - 18) </Td> <Td> October 19, 2003 (2003 - 10 - 19) </Td> <Td> Lost her position as per an "I Quit" match stipulation against Mr. McMahon at No Mercy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Paul Heyman </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> October 23, 2003 (2003 - 10 - 23) </Td> <Td> March 22, 2004 (2004 - 03 - 22) </Td> <Td> Resigned after being drafted to Raw . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kurt Angle </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> March 25, 2004 (2004 - 03 - 25) </Td> <Td> July 22, 2004 (2004 - 07 - 22) </Td> <Td> Returned to the active roster when no longer confined to a wheelchair . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Theodore Long </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> July 29, 2004 (2004 - 07 - 29) April 10, 2009 (2009 - 04 - 10) </Td> <Td> September 21, 2007 (2007 - 09 - 21) April 1, 2012 (2012 - 04 - 01) </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vickie Guerrero </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> September 28, 2007 (2007 - 09 - 28) January 21, 2011 (2011 - 01 - 21) July 19, 2013 </Td> <Td> April 6, 2009 (2009 - 04 - 06) February 18, 2011 (2011 - 02 - 18) June 23, 2014 </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Triple H </Td> <Td> Chief Operating Officer </Td> <Td> July 25, 2011 December 29, 2014 </Td> <Td> November 23, 2014 April 3, 2016 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Laurinaitis </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> April 2, 2012 (2012 - 04 - 02) </Td> <Td> June 17, 2012 (2012 - 06 - 17) </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Interim General Managers </Td> <Td> Guest GM </Td> <Td> June 22, 2012 (2012 - 06 - 22) </Td> <Td> July 20, 2012 (2012 - 07 - 20) </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Booker T </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> August 3, 2012 (2012 - 08 - 03) </Td> <Td> July 12, 2013 </Td> <Td> Mr. McMahon announced Booker T as the new General Manager of SmackDown . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Theodore Long </Td> <Td> Senior Advisor </Td> <Td> August 3, 2012 (2012 - 08 - 03) </Td> <Td> July 12, 2013 </Td> <Td> Was named Booker's advisor after he asked for his help . Served as General Manager during Booker's injury . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Eve Torres </Td> <Td> Assistant to General Manager </Td> <Td> August 17, 2012 (2012 - 08 - 17) </Td> <Td> January 14, 2013 (2013 - 01 - 14) </Td> <Td> Won the position in a match against Kaitlyn . Left position after she quit WWE . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kane </Td> <Td> Director of Operations </Td> <Td> November 4, 2013 (2013 - 11 - 04) </Td> <Td> November 23, 2014 (2014 - 11 - 23) </Td> <Td> Lost position after The Authority lost at Survivor Series . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Shane McMahon </Td> <Td> Commissioner </Td> <Td> July 11, 2016 (2016 - 07 - 11) </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> McMahon assigned a new Commissioner to Raw and to SmackDown . Suspended from September 5th 2017 - September 12th 2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Daniel Bryan </Td> <Td> General Manager </Td> <Td> July 18, 2016 (2016 - 07 - 18) </Td> <Td> present </Td> <Td> Shane assigned Bryan as his General Manager . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Authority figures </Th> <Th> Position </Th> <Th> Date started </Th> <Th> Date finished </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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