John Hodger Laurinaitis ( born July 31, 1962 ) [1] , also known as Johnny Ace, is an American producer and former WWE wrestler .
| John Laurinaitis | |
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| Real name | John Joseph Laurinaitis |
| Names in the ring | Johnny Ace, John Laurinaitis |
| general information | |
| Growth | 193 cm |
| Weight | 110 kg |
| Citizenship | |
| Date of Birth | July 31, 1965 (54 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia , PA , USA |
| Place of residence | San Bernardino , California , USA |
| Declared Place of Residence | San Bernardino , California , USA |
| Training | Nelson Royal |
| Debut | 1986 year |
| End of career | year 2000 |
As a wrestler he performed in the World Championship Wrestling (WCW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and WWE. Laurinaitis worked at senior positions in WCW, then, for eight years, he worked in the HR department of WWE.
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Career as a wrestler (1986–2000)
National Wrestling Alliance / World Championship Wrestling (1985–1990)
John Laurinaitis made his debut in 1986 under the name Johnny Ace [1] . When Ace played at the Florida Wrestling Championship, he often teamed up with his brother Markus Laurinaitis. Later, when Ace spoke at the Jim Crockett promotion, he formed a team with Shane Douglas called The Dynamic Dudes [2] .
All Japan Pro Wrestling (1988–2000)
In 1990, John moved to All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he achieved great success by joining Dan Spimeyom, Kent Kabeshi, Steve Villas and Mike Barton. Laurinaitis was very popular in AJPW and became the 2-time AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion, the 4-time AJPW Unified World Tag Team Champion, and was also able to win the Korakuen Hall Heavyweight Battle Royal. He spent 2 “five-star” matches in 1995 and 1996 in a team with Steve Williams. Also, one of these matches was called the match of the year. In 2000, he ended his career as a professional wrestler.
World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment / WWE (2001 – present)
In 2001, Joni was hired by WWE as an agent. In 2004, he replaced Jim Rosa as vice president for talent. In 2007, he was appointed Senior Vice President, and in 2009 became Executive Vice President for Talents. In 2011, he began to appear on the screens Raw along with Vince McMan. After which he was appointed General Manager of RAW, and after Reslmania 28 and SmackDown . But 2 months later at No Way Out after John won, Sina was fired.
Personal life
He is the brother of the Road Beast War .
March 24, 2016 married Katie Kolas, who is the mother of Twins Bell and mother-in-law Daniel Brian .
Titles and Awards
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- AJPW All-Asian Team Champion (2 times) - with Kenta Kobashi [3]
- Joint AJPW Team Champion (4 times) - with Kenta Kobashi (2), Steve Williams (1) and Bart Gann (1) [4]
- New Year's Heavyweight Battle Royal (1991) [5]
- Championship Wrestling from Florida
- FCW Team Champion (2 times) - with Terminator [6]
- Pro wrestling illustrated
- PWI puts it at No. 77 among the top 500 wrestlers of 1997 [7]
- PWI places it at No. 203 among the 500 best wrestlers of 2003 [8]
- Wrestling observer newsletter awards
- 5-Star Match (1995) - Kent Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Johnny Ace and Stevie Williams - AJPW Budokan Hall Show March 04
- 5-Star Match (1996) - Yun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Johnny Ace and Stevie Williams - AJPW Budokan Hall Show June 06
- Match of the Year (1996) - with Steve Williams against Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoon Akiyama
- Worst match of the year (2012) vs. John Cena on May 20 at Over the Limit (2012) [9]
- WWE
- Slammy in the nomination “Manager of the Year” ( 2011 ) [10] - awarded by SM Punk
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 OWOW Profile unspecified . Date of treatment June 2, 2008. Archived on September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Foley, Mick. Have A Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (p. 187)
- ↑ AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship history . Date of treatment June 13, 2012. Archived on September 25, 2012.
- ↑ AJPW Unified World Tag Team Championship history . Date of treatment June 13, 2012. Archived on September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Wrestling Information Archive (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment June 13, 2012. Archived January 3, 2011.
- ↑ NWA Florida Tag Team Championship history . Date of treatment June 13, 2012. Archived on September 25, 2012.
- ↑ John Laurinaitis "Wrestlers Database" CAGEMATCH
- ↑ Pro-Wrestling Illustrated 500 of the PWI Years (link not available) . Pro-Wrestling Edge. Date of treatment June 2, 2008. Archived on September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave . The 2012 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Annual Awards Issue (Eng.) // Wrestling Observer Newsletter : journal. - Campbell, California , 2013 .-- January 23. - ISSN 1083-9593 .
- ↑ Non-televised Slammy Awards . Date of treatment June 13, 2012. Archived on September 25, 2012.
Links
- John Laurinaitis profile on WWE .com
- WWE Corporate Profile
- Cagematch profile
- John Laurinaitis on the Internet Movie Database