John Lauranitis Ain't so Bad

[ryanator]

Is it me, or has WWE failed to truly make Lauranitis a true, tyrannical, bad-at-his-job heel?

Let's see this through a bit;
The only things we made him established as a heel are his constant and annoying personal introductions (I'm John Lauranitis, GM of Raw, etc etc.), CM Punk constantly telling the crowd he sucks, his raspy voice, and Triple H saying he sucks too.

Other than those miniscule manners, nothing he has done as a character, made him to actually be a villain! All kayfabe, of course, he was fair, presented decent matches, if not good matches. He always tried to be fair (Seen in the last few episodes before HHH's review). And although WWE has tried to play it off as if he only did it to save his job, it wasnt effective, considering there hasnt been any real case of him attempting to screw anyone over. The only real "screwjob" he apparently had in store, was CM Punk @ the Rumble, but that never ensued. Everytime he cost Punk a match to Ziggler, it always was by accident; he was trying to make the match fair (kicking someone else out, helping a ref out, etc). Of course, WWE can play it out as he did it on purpose to screw Punk over. However, that's too much of a stretch: No one can tell what his character is thinking, and John did nothing to portray his character as attempting to screw Punk over.

All in all, i'm saying, the character of Lauranitis isnt truly what WWE makes him out to be: a tyrannical, bias, and unfair GM. Unless, you're a mindless sheep, that just buys into whatever Punk & HHH say, just because you love them.

The only thing that made him a heel was his annoying repeated announcements and arrogance. However, according to storyline, his job should be safe since he hasnt been unfair.

Just tryna point out a main flaw that irks me in this "Fire Johnny" storyline.

[Y2JLionsault]

All that 'accidental' stuff is the same as how Punk went heel against Jeff Hardy before he left. He got something in his eye or whatever and couldn't get tagged in. Sometimes the WWE will go for that subtle stuff when they know that the face is really over.

[Amerinaine]

Lauranaitis is playing a light heel character. He is a definitive heel character while be subtle about why he is a heel. It really isn't about what He is doing to be a heel. It is all about what he is implying. Everytime he "helps" someone, it is to create a distraction. It is subtle too. So, while it isn't glaringly obvious, he is obviously heel.

[JSullivan]

Johnny is brilliant.

Best heel boss since McMahon, which is hard to come by - the heat he gets, especially for someone with 'poor' mic skills - he's essentially used that to his advantage.

[The Brown One]

Hes not the best heel, but that's probably due to his voice, and creative not being well..creative. But hes actually a good GM (kayfabe). Hes made good matches since hes been GM.

[Playboy Stevie V]

Johnny is brilliant.

Best heel boss since McMahon, which is hard to come by - the heat he gets, especially for someone with 'poor' mic skills - he's essentially used that to his advantage.

I think you are on track with this statement, but it's hard to directly compare him to other heel GMs.

He's different and is original in his own way. I like Big Johnny. He makes me laugh almost every time he is on the mic or involved in a match. He is just such as douchey, ungenuine, butt kissing asshat. He is like that high school teacher everyone hated, but that teacher kept trying to be hip and convince everyone that he was cool. Big Johnny and Punk is exactly that, the cool kid and teacher butting heads in a classroom, in front of everyone.

He's hilarious when he tries to act cool or convince everyone he is hip and cool. It's like watching your grandfather trying to do the running man in the Soul Train dance line. He tries so hard to get over favorably and fails, its pure comedy. It's just so bad, that it is awesome...if that makes any sense to anyone.

Everyone in my house hold cheers when Big Johnny has a segment or comes out, because we know its going to be funny. The only thing he needs now is some sort of awesome inspirational cool 80's type music to come out to, and try convince everybody that he is cool.

[Cabers]

I like the character but the voice dear god the voice.

[InRite]

Is it me, or has WWE failed to truly make Lauranitis a true, tyrannical, bad-at-his-job heel?

Let's see this through a bit;
The only things we made him established as a heel are his constant and annoying personal introductions (I'm John Lauranitis, GM of Raw, etc etc.), CM Punk constantly telling the crowd he sucks, his raspy voice, and Triple H saying he sucks too.

Other than those miniscule manners, nothing he has done as a character, made him to actually be a villain! All kayfabe, of course, he was fair, presented decent matches, if not good matches. He always tried to be fair (Seen in the last few episodes before HHH's review). And although WWE has tried to play it off as if he only did it to save his job, it wasnt effective, considering there hasnt been any real case of him attempting to screw anyone over. The only real "screwjob" he apparently had in store, was CM Punk @ the Rumble, but that never ensued. Everytime he cost Punk a match to Ziggler, it always was by accident; he was trying to make the match fair (kicking someone else out, helping a ref out, etc). Of course, WWE can play it out as he did it on purpose to screw Punk over. However, that's too much of a stretch: No one can tell what his character is thinking, and John did nothing to portray his character as attempting to screw Punk over.

All in all, i'm saying, the character of Lauranitis isnt truly what WWE makes him out to be: a tyrannical, bias, and unfair GM. Unless, you're a mindless sheep, that just buys into whatever Punk & HHH say, just because you love them.

The only thing that made him a heel was his annoying repeated announcements and arrogance. However, according to storyline, his job should be safe since he hasnt been unfair.

Just tryna point out a main flaw that irks me in this "Fire Johnny" storyline.

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You silly smark, random posts are for kids! lol Jk man but your WAAAAAAAY off the ball here.

They aren't trying to pass him off as a mega heel, they are passing him off as a friggin retarded kiss ass that nobody likes. They didn't want him to screw anyone, they wanted him to try and screw punk then take it back and try to save his own ass as soon as he found out that he was up for review. A true heel does whatever they want regardless of the consequences, a guy like Johnny does whatever he can to keep his job and trys to do things the right way but fails miserably. He's doing a great job in that role IMO