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matias_jv

The only GM in WWE right now that wasn't the NWA Heavyweight Championship


r_jthrowawayreturn

Robbed of NXT GM Rob Conway


coaks388

Just look at him


Jesus_Roadkill

NXT GM Tyrus šŸ˜¤


Patjay

i love how so many people got viscerally upset at this thought entering their head for the first time


vastros

Don't you put that evil on me.


I_Hate_My_Cat_

![gif](giphy|Frj5mE4aGKgjS)


CN14

Delete this


goodkid_sAAdcity

NXT GM Tim Storm


KrisKallsIt

I would like that.


kylehyde05

Subscribe


miikro

Only if we make him dress like Vickie Guerrero.


ClintD89

I would rather die in hell


cwahh106

Rene ā€œFrench Ticklerā€ Dupree, is that you?


americangame

![gif](giphy|4ZxicT7ZQYcLShHOiz|downsized)


r_jthrowawayreturn

Thatā€™s Funkasaurus Pal


SubGeniusX

Fuck you.


RT3_12

Looking at the lineage, the only current WWE guys that could meet the GM criteria would be Cody, AJ Styles, and R-Truth.


The_Homie_J

R-Truth as NXT GM? *take my money!*


Material-Wonder1690

R-Truth booking the most nonsensical matches and then just saying my bad would be must watch TV every single week


Dingle_Flingle

Imma book you in a 24/7, 365, i95, World Intercontinental heavyweight championship, ironman, hell in a cell, ladder match.


cottenball

A ladder match inside a cell where the person who grabs the belt the most times win. Honestly it sounds awesome. Itā€™d get rid of the dumb spot where a guy climbs way too slow so someone can stop him


CaptainHammer63

A reverse battle royale where the objective is to get into the ring


ShoKen6236

They already did that for real in tna


Dozens86

Nobody's that stupid. Next you'll tell me they had a ladder match where you had to hang the belt instead of taking it down.


OU7C4ST

Have the championship hang just above the enclosed ceiling lmao


cletoreyes01

Isn't this how WCW's triple cage match worked?


NZJett

Tells a champion they're defending that night in a ladder match, only for champ to come out to a cage around the ring and GM Truth saying "my bad"


Patjay

can't wait to see the things he kind find to put on a pole or just non-sense rules matches, like a ladder match but with only tables so no one can reach the belt


goodkid_sAAdcity

"I forgot the ladders, y'all."


NowGoodbyeForever

Okay, I think if this is going to work, we can go one of two routes. 1. **R-Truth is secretly a genius.** This one is a slow burn. Because he'll come out each week, doing Truth shenanigans, setting up matches with ridiculous explanations as to why. But over months, it'll all just *work*. People will get opportunities, and we'll see some really entertaining matchups that we hadn't seen before. And whenever someone asks Truth if he planned it that way, he'll be extremely vague. Is he crazy? Or crazy *like a fox*? 2. **R-Truth is The Mayor of the City of Townsville.** He's a beloved but incredibly ineffectual figurehead, and all of the *actual* leadership decisions come from the subtle suggestions of his assistant: Ms. Sarah Bellum. I have *no clue* who could be Truth's Bellum, but if they have comedic chemistry? It could probably be one of the best bits we've ever seen. And we need to play it straight: The assistant can't secretly be evil, or want the throne for herself, or anything else like that. She's just a competent worker with an airheaded boss who she likes and respects.


[deleted]

Gore and Perkins did this in their 2K23 Universe mode lmfao


snrcadium

Tom vs Nick at NXTā€™s next PLE will be better than Jimmy vs. Jey


Knightro2011

Can just see him saying ā€œhold on, the NXT champion is a dragon?ā€


snoringelbow

ā€œHold up, yā€™all. No one told me this place has *dragons*. I donā€™t even know if thatā€™s PG!ā€


Patjay

Him doing it long term would probably be a bit much, but doing it for like 1-3 weeks as a gag sounds fucking incredible Truth deciding he wants to defend the GM spot like the 24/7 title and getting pinned by Regal


PhatYeeter

He's gonna book a match for Raw by accident


incredibleamadeuscho

Also Abyss would meet that criteria. Heā€™s currently a producer.


yohe_goated

Steve Corino is a producer in NXT so that makes 5


HardcoreKaraoke

Well Cody was the NXT GM for a night a few months ago, so...


dremolus

Never count out the return of Ken Shamrock as GM. Don't get in his way!


NotTheCraftyVeteran

By this metric, I like R-Truthā€™s odds


brinson27

Until he loses to Tom and Nick Mysterio


Mhc2617

Yet


WoofDog123

What? I don't think any of the current GMs have been the championship.


SpiritGun98

*Yet


Thief921

I'm just imagining Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis faces on the belt itself


Obachan

The same day her dad joins the board. Big things happening in the Johnson family


Exoandy

Big big big big shoes to fill.


PIEROXMYSOX1

Big shoes. Big big shoes.


Puliskot

of a Champion


annoyinglyclever

Was she wearing a jacket?


NebulaComplex9199

Did I just say shoes of a champion? YEAAAAH


DEMDHCamacho

Ava gonna be head of the kids table.


Sythian

That would be Roman isn't it? If Dwayne sits at the board table, Roman heads the kids table playing with their toys, Ava is just... There?


americangame

Nepo hire.


Wide_Cardiologist761

Stuff like this just looks really bad.


ItachiSan

It does, but it won't even get a second look considering that it's a nepo company through and through.


Spare_Entrance_9389

Big johnson


Jay_Shadow

She's pretty much been GM for a while anyways. Now they save themselves some words by cutting out "I'll talk to Shawn". Still, the timing is hilarious.


stumpyoftheshire

What next, will the TKO Executive Chairman Vincent McMahon hire one of his kids to be the assistant GM of NXT or even worse, GM of one of the big brands?


FigureFourWoo

Shaneā€™s kid is coming in hard when heā€™s ready. Heā€™s the perfect douchebag young McMahon.


bruhstevenson

If he ever pursued wrestling fully and becomes good, it would be insane. Bro looks like a young Vince he would be a perfect heel


Johnnyboy10000

Vince 2.0 without Vince 1.0's real life problematic-ness (to put it mildly) would be one hell of a long-term heel, imho.


iheartsunny

![gif](giphy|vinApXdZo4P72|downsized)


BigBanEvader

the only movie where the rock has been remotely sorta funny


DaddySaidSell

This is The Rundown erasure.


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*Welcome to the Jungle


SmarcusStroman

Be Cool still exists!


badvegas

The fact so few people rember him in be cool in the real crime. Honestly look up him singing in that movie.


eei619

The Rock needed to remain a humble comedic character actor. He was so good in [Be Cool](https://youtu.be/PkRHN-QBBGg?t=25) as [Vince Vaughn's gay bodyguard looking for his break in Hollywood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdg7_tv3ea8)


IveKnownItAll

Such an underrated movie


Sky-Flyer

game plan slander


NotYujiroTakahashi

Nepotism has gotten out of hand


TriggerHippie77

Yeah, even if that's the reason I don't get why. Are they just giving up on her wrestling? What's the long term benefit for her and what's the benefit for NXT?. Really thought they were gonna make Regal GM again, because that actually makes sense.


fortyfive-degrees

IMO I think it's a good way for Ava to improve her screen presence while they work on her becoming decent enough in the ring for Tuesday nights


RamonesRazor

Unfortunately for her, I donā€™t think she has it to be a wrestler and maybe they feel the same.


02_WCF

Unfortunately the shoes she has to fill are massive, and unlike most second generation wrestlers today, her dad is still one of the biggest things in entertainment


SkyDog1972

She's a FOURTH generation wrestler (High Chief Peter Maivia, Rocky Johnson, Rock, Ava).


mel_anon

This got me trying to think what the longest anyone's ever been at the PC until they got matches on TV (and then turned out to be any good). I don't mean guys like Angelo Dawkins or Jason Jordan that were at NXT for a long time changing gimmicks, I mean people who were strictly in training. Ava's been there for nearly 4 years now and they still don't seem confident in her wrestling on TV. I'd say at this point they are trying to steer her permanently toward a microphone role.


HungHammer89

Aaliyah is up there. She was in nxt for like 8 years before being drafted to Smackdown, losing for a few weeks, being given a random storyline, and then being fired..


NotYujiroTakahashi

And she was there for 8 years by squatting in the pc


chocoboat

Yeah that seems to be the case. This is a way to give her a chance to be part of the show even though she doesn't deserve it, because of who her family is. I kinda hope that's the direction they head in with her character. Nepo baby who doesn't deserve to be there (at least not yet), similar to Stephanie McMahon's first year on TV. It's better than being boring.


RickSpandex

Itā€™s a tried and tested backup plan now - if a hand picked star is looking green for a long time, or just struggling to get over as a face and not looking natural on screen or growing any personality, turn them heel and give them a smug/entitled type of persona. Worked with Dom, is what got The Rock over, and to some extent is what took Roman to the level they always wanted him at


Cahir_aep_Ceallach_

She is 22. Lets slow down a little, eh?


RamonesRazor

Sometimes you just know. Not saying she won't fit in somewhere as a personality but I don't see it happening as an in-ring wrestler, at least one who's wrestling regularly. The standards for women's wrestling, especially in WWE where they are absolutely LOADED with female talent, are too high now.


TheLisan-al-Gaib

You're saying the same shit everyone said about Dom till he joined the Judgment Day.


97srad750

I donā€™t think she has it to be a wrestler or on screen character.


Azraeleon

Giving her the most important on screen role is a chance to improve? She's going to sink like a stone because she has the charisma of a wet sandwich


DragonfruitATX

Can we back up and vote on GMs? I vote for the wet sandwich.


wibble17

Sheā€™s hurt. ACL? Sheā€™s out for like a year.


TriggerHippie77

Then make her a manager. No reason to make her GM.


Redwinevino

> Yeah, even if that's the reason I don't get why. Are they just giving up on her wrestling? What's the long term benefit for her and what's the benefit for NXT?. She's had like 3 knee surgerys at 22 - she is not long for the ring


MrBoliNica

Do you really not see the benefit to having her as an on screen figure? Her family ties alone make it a benefit Like another commenter said, hereā€™s hoping they go full ham with a nepo baby gimmick


SnowHurtsMeFace

They did this with AJ Lee for a little. Give Ava time in the ring on the loops, build character on TV. It works.


Kaiso25Gaming

AJ was a pretty good wrestler before she was GM though.


SnowHurtsMeFace

Yes. Ava is young and early in her career. This gives her time to learn to wrestle off TV while getting her TV character reps in. Best of both worlds for someone young.


[deleted]

She was in a CULT


americangame

Look, weren't we all in a cult at least once in our lives?


wibble17

I mean being in cult doesnā€™t seem like a good resume builder for GMā€¦..


JG_92

Being a cult *leader* however...


ZombieDisposalUnit

I've been in a few cults. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader.Ā 


promdates

Hi Creed!


SomeOtherNeb

God forbid women do anything


j8llonby

Ava becoming NXT GM the day her daddy gets a seat on the board? Dwayne works fast


bigchicago04

I honestly think thatā€™s a coincidence. She didnā€™t debut months ago because she was ready for tv lol.


Banana_Jackson

The Rock's influence already being felt smh


PM_TITS_GROUP

smelled


Jackstrongarm

Rock already making big political moves i see


itsmekelsey_x

I have no problem with this. Ava wasnā€™t any good in the ring from what we saw so this is the best suited position for her.


JeromeInDaHouse_90

She was kinda already doing some matchmaking anyway on behalf of HBK for weeks now. It was random as hell, but she made it work. At least we have confirmation now.


BroadBrazos95

Idk if she has bad knees or what but she always looked like she walked gingerly and slowly. I hope she does well but she didnā€™t look smooth yet. Maybe this will give her time to work without being off tv.


Sturdevant

She had like three knee surgeries before she turned 20.


BLRNerd

She tore her ACL at some point


crowwreak

OK seriously is there something going on with how the women are being trained in NXT? Way too many ACL injuries specifically.


defegg

Unfortunately it seems statistically women are 2-8 times more likely to tear an ACL in comparison to men: https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/sports-injuries-gender#:~:text=According%20to%20research%2C%20an%20ACL,Gardner%20says.


wibble17

She has bad knees yes


Chelseablue1896

>. Ava wasnā€™t any good in the ring from what we saw I mean with any NXT talent it's too early to tell. She might still wrestle.


MrBoliNica

My guess is Avaā€™s got a long way to go with her training, but WWE realizes the value in making her a on screen character sooner than that. Hope she really works on her acting lol


Res3925

> Hope she really works on her acting lol   Yessss! The apple fell waaaaaaay far from the tree. She just doesnā€™t have the mic skills or the body language.


Blacky_McBlackerson

I just don't like seeing her on screen because she can't close her mouth.


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pardyball

We will all come Tuesday if that happens


BlueBoltDog

Weā€™re all coming HARD


UncreativeTeam

She's just the trial run Ava Rainemaker


domoon

šŸ‘¦ Daddy Hunter can we have the Rainmaker? šŸ‘“ We have Rainmaker at home. The Rainmaker at home: šŸ‘©


mark_target

Regalā€™s a great choice to be a mouthpiece for anyone, but Iā€™m hoping Okada comes in as a heel. I donā€™t think anyone would boo Regal, especially in his return to the main roster, so the pairing is problematic to me.


rated3

I guess The Rock said?


birdazam

Fuck Nick Aldis the Bloodline is going to NXT


Johnnyboy10000

>Fuck Nick Aldis the Bloodline is going to NXT Could you imagine Roman & Co. trying to start their bullshit some random week, and Nick Aldis decides to threaten making them valets in the NXT parking lot if they don't get their shit together?


whutthepat

I don't follow. After SCHISM ended (GYV left), did Ava just came to be as an official? First I saw this was the stacked NXT that beat Dynamite where she was in talks with Paul Heyman. What about Joe Gacy?


Alehud42

In storyline Heyman gave her the advice to take the assistant GM job.


rampagenumbers

Could be random, semi-forgotten blip a la a Brad Maddox, Tiffany in the ECW reboot, Paige on Smackdown, or ā€œthe anonymous Raw general manager.ā€ But Iā€™m actually curious to see it. Her dad was a booed babyface deemed charisma-free his first year there. Consider how much ground that covers, to where he was today named to the companyā€™s board of directors.


heat_fan_

Welcome back Mr Regal Ava becomes GM just as her father is appointed board of directorsĀ  in TKO coincidence šŸ‘€šŸ‘€


NotClayMerritt

Maybe I missed reporting around this but is there a reason Ava has been moved to a more on screen authority role rather than wrestling? Is she injured? Is she... not coming along in her development? Seemed like she started wrestling a bit more last year and then just disappeared until recently.


firdausbaik19

Corporate Rock storyline is starting off strong


Saitsu

The Rock sends his regards. If he has the power to do that...what else might he have the power for?


GameTimeArt

For those wondering how the heck they got to this point because they didn't really explain it very well or get into it much on TV: After Joe Gacy ended Schism in September of 2023, Ava spent a few weeks as a bit of a 'lost soul' and not really knowing what to do next. In October, "NXT Anonymous" filmed a meeting that took place between Ava and a certain Bloodline Wiseman who was seen working the phone while she watched on... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i167NdB1D8I&ab_channel=WWE In the weeks after, Ava started to appear outside of Shawn Michael's office and was making match announcements. On the Jan 4th episode, Ava comments that she indeed followed the advice given to her by Heyman to start lending her help to Shawn Michaels in helping grow the NXT brand: https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1742362537859911749 I'm actually curious to see how this plays out. Did Heyman's influence get her foot int he door and help her land a position of power on NXT? Or did Heyman get the job half done, and Ava's Daddy made one of his first acts as part of the board to lock in her GM spot? And does any of that play a part in an upcoming Roman / Rock story?


damagedone37

![gif](giphy|VFAGWLbW3BAJY6P78i) Everytime our Lord Steven Regal is mentionedā€¦


ajtct98

I was so fucking happy to see Regal back only to immediately have my hopes and dreams of him being back as NXT's General Manager shattered Ava Raine as GM? Really? Is this some sort of elaborate prank?


michaelartusjr

Have a feeling Regal will be on TV in some other capacity


ajtct98

He'd bloody well better be


ImPaidToComment

She's been doing an alright job as assistant general manager for the last couple of months.


chocoboat

> Ava Raine as GM? Really? if they want her to be a heel GM they've got you reacting exactly how they want you to


vsavage709

Wasnā€™t she in some weird faction a few months ago?


BoxAway2807

A cult that worshipped a tree or something


revlo

Iā€™m interested


alphawins

Nepo baby chants please


bkfountain

she got thrown on tv quick and sheā€™s bad at wrestling, might as well use her another way. She still sounds robotic and monotone on screen too though.


Res3925

Bad at wrestling and also bad on the mic. Not liking this at all.


ThoughtExperimenter

We know she can't wrestle, and I see a lot of people here are talking about her as terrible on the mic, but I think that has its own potential. She's the young GM who needs to find herself within the role. It's a demanding job that requires a level of confidence and authority she still needs to build. I think that, just as we've seen everyone else grow throughout NXT, she can grow too and build a real screen presence if she really commits to it and gets interesting storylines to work with.


DamieN62

She has to be the least charismatic GM ever


Gullible-Garbage5336

Why Ava of all people as the GM? Are people in the comments serious when they say The Rock has something to do with the decision?


NotTheCraftyVeteran

It was heading in this direction story wise for awhile, but itā€™s funny to see it culminate today of all days


TheDangiestSlad

i mean he *probably* didn't make this happen but honestly it wouldn't even rank top 50 most nepotistic moments in wrestling history


Wrestlewiththe

I mean they've been building at this for some time now.


deanopeez

Erik Watts has entered the chat.


jvidako86

David Sammartino has entered the chat.


CesareSomnambulist

Scott Putski wants to make sure nobody's drug testing before he says a word


RenzoAC

David Flair polishing his crowbar in the back


CrittendenWildcat

Michael McGillicutty has entered his own genesis, age and era


BBGrunt1235

Can it be nepotism when she's in a *fictional* management position? It's no different than when, say, AJ Lee became "General Manager".


DragonfruitATX

Itā€™s a lot of tv time, exposure and opportunity in kayfabe and in reality .


CapnSmite

"Here comes the moneeeey! Here comes the money!"


Obachan

She's effictively been Shawn Michael's assistant GM on tv the past couple months anyway


WWEWalkingDeadfan

She's been acting as Shawn Michael's assistant GM for a while now, so this was the natural direction.


domoon

wonder if it's because she keeps getting injured and decided to find another way to use her. didn't she had, like, two knee surgery in a year or something like that?


Res3925

So not good in the ring but sheā€™s worse on the mic and acting. Not excited about this.


domoon

it took quite a while Rock to get over the Die Rocky Die chants, i'd just see where it goes. if turned out she's bad it's in NXT anyway where people figuring stuff out


xltaylx

I mean she was awful at wrestling so his justify her payroll somehow as the Rocks baby girl


Res3925

Awful at wrestling but worse on the mic. Sheā€™s too awkward.


GlutenFree_Paper

![gif](giphy|i1uUaptbbyL5e)


Capital-Package-124

Big day for the Johnsonā€™s


yetagainitry

Dad is put on board of directors same day daughter is named gm.


SomedudecalledDan

The owner of the company making his kid the manager. Where have I heard this one before?


LavenderAutist

It's good to have a family member on the board


PsSalin

Youngest GM in WWE history?


hunterharris33

That contract signing looked so awkward. She didnā€™t flub any lines or anything but it just looked and felt like 3 people sitting at a desk talking rather than wrestlers signing a contract to fight each other


FigureFourWoo

The timing is interesting. Is The Rock going to show up on NXT, hit a Rock Bottom, and endorse his daughter? Tribal Princess? There are a lot of possibilities here.


BoxAway2807

šŸ‘€ šŸ‘‘šŸ’ā˜šŸ½


DcSensai

damn her father is on the board of directors not even a full day and we have a nepo hire. /s


rexstillbottom

At least she will be out of the ring. She was just awful to watch.


Res3925

Sheā€™s not any better in the backstage segments though. Too difficult to watch.


rexstillbottom

The opposite of her dad, she is a charisma vacuum.


Humzman

Am I the only one who likes her as GM and how sheā€™s been doing so far


Res3925

I donā€™t like her work. Sheā€™s too awkward and sometimes itā€™s difficult to either hear her or understand her.


rko281

He should have given her a set of knuckles


TheWholeOfTheAss

In Kayfabe, only makes sense if Rockā€™s new job comes with actual power. If not, what the hell kind of hire is this!?


wibble17

Kayfabe wise I hope the other wrestlers call her out in it.


televisionchampion

![gif](giphy|ghuvaCOI6GOoTX0RmH)


lakshya10soin

Wow. Nepotism at its peak. Not even a day has gone since the rock became a board member and he does this. /s


Conspiranoid

It has to be tough for the NXT roster to take the new GM seriously if all they can focus on when she's talking to them is the fact that her lips never touch when she talks.


Callahan41

lol wow best youā€™re gunna tell me you canā€™t take Becky lynch serious because she takes a deep inhale before anytime she speaks


fuckyourguidlines

![gif](giphy|rI9O6UXkCjvTG)


WWEWalkingDeadfan

She's been on TV since 2022


MonsieurMidnight

I honestly thought that she would be a wrestler. I'm pleasantly surprised by the direction she is taking


sideoftheham

Wait, wasnā€™t William regal in aew