List of WWE Raw on-air personalities

This is a list of on-air personalities from the professional wrestling television series WWE Raw. 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.

Authority figures

Authority figures	Position	Date started	Date finished	Notes
Mr. McMahon	Owner	January 11, 1993	June 15, 2009	Was owner before Raw began production. Wasn't known onscreen as owner until late 1996. Co-owner (ran SmackDown) with Ric Flair from November 19, 2001 to June 10, 2002.
Jack Tunney	President	January 11, 1993	July 12, 1995	Was President before Raw began production. Forced out by Vince McMahon.
Gorilla Monsoon	President	July 12, 1995	August 4, 1997	Relinquished role because of declining health. Title was retired.
Sgt. Slaughter	Commissioner	August 4, 1997	November 23, 1998	Relinquished role to Shawn Michaels.
Shawn Michaels	Commissioner	November 23, 1998	June 26, 2000	Relinquished role to Mick Foley.
Mick Foley	Commissioner	June 26, 2000	December 18, 2000	Fired by Mr. McMahon.
Ric Flair	Owner	November 19, 2001	June 10, 2002	Lost his position as per stipulation in a match against Mr. McMahon.
Eric Bischoff	General Manager	July 15, 2002	April 28, 2003	The WWE Board of Directors appointed Steve Austin as Co-General Manager of Raw after Bischoff repeatedly abused his power.
Eric Bischoff and Steve Austin	Co-General Managers	April 29, 2003	November 16, 2003	Austin lost his position of co-GM when his team lost to Bischoff's team at Survivor Series.
Eric Bischoff	General Manager	November 16, 2003	December 1, 2003	Mick Foley appoints himself as Co-GM after being given an outside consultant job from Linda McMahon and the board of directors.
Eric Bischoff and Mick Foley	Co-General Managers	December 1, 2003	December 15, 2003	Mick Foley walked out on a match with Randy Orton for the WWE Intercontinental Championship and gave up the position as Co-GM based on the match stipulations.
Eric Bischoff	General Manager	December 15, 2003	December 5, 2005	Steve Austin served as "Sheriff" periodically through Bischoff's term. Fired by Mr. McMahon in December 2005 when he was tossed into the garbage truck.
Jonathan Coachman	General Manager	June 11, 2007	August 6, 2007	Served as "Executive Assistant" from May 2006 to June 2007 and from August 2007 to January 2008.
William Regal	General Manager	August 6, 2007	May 19, 2008	Lost his position as general manager due to being fired by Mr. McMahon after losing a match to Mr. Kennedy. Jonathan Coachman served as executive assistant from August 2007 to January 2008.
Mike Adamle	General Manager	July 28, 2008	November 3, 2008	Resigned in November 2008.
Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon	Co-General Managers	November 3, 2008	November 24, 2008	Control reverted to the McMahons. The position was then claimed by Stephanie McMahon.
Stephanie McMahon	General Manager	November 24, 2008	April 6, 2009	Took leave of absence on February 23, 2009. Vickie Guerrero served as "Interim General Manager" until April 2009.
Vickie Guerrero	General Manager	April 6, 2009	June 8, 2009	Opted to fully take over the position on Raw and resigned as General Manager of SmackDown. Resigned in June 2009.
Donald Trump	Owner	June 15, 2009	June 22, 2009	It was announced that Trump had purchased the Raw franchise from Mr. McMahon on June 15, 2009.[1]
Mr. McMahon	Owner, Chairman and CEO	June 22, 2009	present
Various guest hosts	Guest Host	June 29, 2009	May 10, 2010	An initiative established during Donald Trump's brief period of ownership. The guest host position held authoritative control over the brand until May 10, 2010.
Vickie Guerrero	General Manager	May 10, 2010	May 10, 2010	Resigned following the first day of tenure.
Bret Hart	General Manager	May 24, 2010	June 21, 2010	Removed of position by Mr. McMahon.
Anonymous Raw General Manager (revealed to be Hornswoggle)	General Manager	June 21, 2010	July 18, 2011	Communications from the General Manager were received via email through a laptop on a podium and occasionally Michael Cole's iPad. The General Manager stopped sending emails when Triple H became COO. The laptop and podium were removed after October 2, 2011. On the July 9, 2012 edition, it was revealed that Hornswoggle was behind the gimmick.[2]
Triple H	Chief Operating Officer	July 18, 2011	present	The Board of Directors removed Vince McMahon from day to day power and handed the duties to his son-in-law. However, his authoritative control powers as general manager of running Raw are no longer needed and still remained as COO (see below). Lost position in November 2014 after The Authority lost at Survivor Series. Triple H also served as Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative.
Theodore Long	Assistant to the COO	September 5, 2011	October 10, 2011	Long was appointed by COO Triple H to aid him in running Raw Supershows, due to his being General Manager of Smackdown!.
John Laurinaitis	General Manager	October 10, 2011	June 17, 2012	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. Laurinaitis also served as Executive Vice President of Talent Relations.
David Otunga	Legal Advisor	October 11, 2011	June 17, 2012	Lost the position following Laurinaitis' firing.
Theodore Long	Assistant to the General Manager	April 2, 2012	June 17, 2012	Became Laurinaitis' assistant after Team Teddy lost to Team Johnny at WrestleMania XXVIII.
Eve Torres	Executive Administrator	April 23, 2012	June 17, 2012	Lost the position following Laurinaitis' firing.
Interim General Managers	Guest GM	June 18, 2012	July 16, 2012	Following Laurinaitis' firing, the Board of Directors would invite past Raw GMs and Commissioners to run both Raw and SmackDown on a weekly basis until a new full-time GM is named.
AJ Lee	General Manager	July 23, 2012	October 22, 2012	Was named the new Raw GM by Mr. McMahon. Was forced to step down due to allegations of fraternizing with an unnamed superstar, later revealed to be John Cena by Vickie Guerrero.
Vickie Guerrero	Managing Supervisor	October 22, 2012	July 8, 2013	Mr. McMahon named Guerrero as the Managing Supervisor after AJ Lee resigned. Fired on July 8, 2013 edition of Raw after failing a performance evaluation by the McMahons.
Brad Maddox	Assistant to the Managing Supervisor	February 18, 2013	July 8, 2013	Named by Guerrero as a reward for revealing that Paul Heyman and CM Punk were working with The Shield. Was promoted to General Manager after Vickie Guerrero failed her performance evaluation.
Brad Maddox	General Manager	July 8, 2013	May 26, 2014	Named by Mr. McMahon on the July 8th edition of Raw. Fired on May 26, 2014 edition of Raw for not following Triple H's orders.
Stephanie McMahon	Minority Owner/Chief Brand Officer	August 19, 2013	present
Kane	Director of Operations	November 4, 2013	October 25, 2015	Not officially announced until Michael Cole conducted an interview with Triple H uploaded onto WWE.com and YouTube on November 6, 2013. Lost position after losing to Team Cena at Survivor Series 2014 where the stipulation stated that The Authority would lose power if they lost. Kane would eventually lose his job for good after losing at Hell in a Cell 2015 in a match which put Seth Rollins's title against Kane's job.
John Cena/Guest Hosts/Anonymous Raw General Manager	General Managers/Coordinator	November 24, 2014	December 29, 2014	The concept returned after The Authority briefly lost power at Survivor Series. The concept ended when John Cena brought back The Authority on the December 29, 2014 episode of Raw.
Shane McMahon	General Manager	April 4, 2016	April 25, 2016	Mr. McMahon originally put Shane in charge of Raw for one night only following the loss inside Hell in a Cell match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania. However, due to overwhelming social media support, Shane was put in charge of Raw once again.
Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon	Co-General Managers	May 2, 2016	present	Mr. McMahon announced at Payback that Shane and Stephanie would both share control of Raw.

Commentators

Commentators	Dates
Vince McMahon, Randy Savage and Rob Bartlett	January 11, 1993 – April 19, 1993
Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan and Rob Bartlett	March 15, 1993
Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan and Randy Savage	April 26, 1993 – October 18, 1993
Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan	October 25, 1993 – December 6, 1993
Vince McMahon and Various Guest Commentators	December 13, 1993 – February 28, 1994 November 7, 1994 – November 28, 1994
Gorilla Monsoon and Randy Savage	June 20, 1994 – July 4, 1994
Jim Ross and Randy Savage	July 11, 1994 – July 25, 1994
Vince McMahon and Randy Savage	March 7, 1994 – June 13, 1994 August 1, 1994 – October 31, 1994
Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels	December 5, 1994 – February 6, 1995 June 26, 1995
Vince McMahon and Jim Cornette	February 20, 1995 – April 3, 1995
Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler	April 10, 1995 – August 12, 1996
Kevin Kelly, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler	August 19, 1996 – October 14, 1996
Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler	October 21, 1996 – November 3, 1997
Jim Ross and Jim Cornette	November 3, 1997 - December 1, 1997 December 22, 1997 April 26, 1999
Jim Ross, Jim Cornette and Jerry Lawler	November 10, 1997
Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler	December 8, 1997 – November 30, 1998 April 12, 1999 – February 26, 2001 November 19, 2001 – September 15, 2003 September 29, 2003 - June 19, 2005 May 8, 2006 – June 23, 2008 November 14, 2011
Michael Cole, Jim Ross and Kevin Kelly	December 8, 1997 – March 17, 1998
Jim Cornette and Shane McMahon	September 21, 1998
Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Terry Taylor	March 1, 1999
Jim Ross and Michael Hayes	December 20, 1999
Jim Ross and Paul Heyman	March 5, 2001 – July 9, 2001 July 30, 2001 – November 12, 2001
Jonathan Coachman and Al Snow	September 22, 2003 - September 29, 2003
Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler and Jonathan Coachman	June 26, 2005 – October 10, 2005
Jonathan Coachman and Jerry Lawler	October 17, 2005 – October 31, 2005
Joey Styles, Jerry Lawler and Jonathan Coachman	November 7, 2005 – April 24, 2006
Joey Styles and Jerry Lawler	December 5, 2005 April 24, 2006 – May 1, 2006
Todd Grisham and Jerry Lawler	May 1, 2006
Jim Ross and Todd Grisham	November 13, 2006 March 19, 2007
Jim Ross and Tazz	August 20, 2007
Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker	December 14, 2009 April 26, 2010
Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and CM Punk	November 22, 2010 – December 20, 2010
Michael Cole, Josh Mathews, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler	April 4, 2011 – April 18, 2011
Michael Cole, Josh Mathews, Jerry Lawler and Booker T	April 25, 2011
Michael Cole, Josh Mathews and Jerry Lawler	December 27, 2010 – March 28, 2011 May 2, 2011 – May 23, 2011
Michael Cole and Josh Mathews	January 3, 2011 September 19, 2011 August 27, 2012
Michael Cole, Jim Ross and Booker T	September 26, 2011 – October 3, 2011
Michael Cole, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler	November 15, 2010 July 25, 2011 – September 12, 2011 October 10, 2011 July 23, 2012
Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Booker T	June 13, 2011 – June 20, 2011 November 21, 2011 March 26, 2012
Michael Cole and The Miz	September 3, 2012
Michael Cole, Jim Ross and John "Bradshaw" Layfield	September 17, 2012 October 8, 2012
Michael Cole and Jim Ross	March 17, 1998 – July 6, 1998 July 16, 2001 – July 23, 2001 September 24, 2012 – October 1, 2012 October 15, 2012 – November 12, 2012
Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler and John "Bradshaw" Layfield	January 14, 2013
Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler	December 7, 1998 – April 12, 1999 August 23, 1999 June 30, 2008 – November 15, 2010 May 30, 2011 – July 25, 2011 October 10, 2011 – September 10, 2012 November 12, 2012 – March 25, 2013 July 29, 2013
Michael Cole and John "Bradshaw" Layfield	December 9, 2013 December 23, 2013 January 6, 2014
Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and John "Bradshaw" Layfield	December 17, 2012 January 14, 2013 January 28, 2013 April 1, 2013 – December 29, 2014
Byron Saxton and Jerry Lawler	March 30, 2015
Byron Saxton, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Booker T	April 6, 2015
Michael Cole, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Booker T	January 5, 2015 – March 30, 2015 April 13, 2015 – June 1, 2015
Michael Cole, John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Byron Saxton	June 8, 2015 – present

• ^ Following the firing of Bobby Heenan by the WWF Commissioner, Gorilla Moonson, on the December 6, 1993 edition of Raw, Vince McMahon was joined by various guest commentators until March 7, 1994 when Randy Savage became the permanent color commentator. Randy Savage would remain part of the commentary team until October, 1994 when he left the World Wrestling Federation for World Championship Wrestling. Post Savage's departure, Vince McMahon was once again accompanied by guest commentators until the December 5, 1993 edition of Raw when Shawn Michaels became the permanent color commentator. The following is a list of the guest commentators who joined Vince McMahon first from December 13, 1993 to February 28, 1994 and from November 7, 1994 to November 28, 1994:

Commentator	Dates
Jim Cornette	December 13, 1993 November 21, 1994
Shawn Michaels	December 20, 1993
The Quebecers	December 27, 1993
Johnny Polo	January 3, 1994
Randy Savage	January 10, 1994 February 21, 1994
Crush	January 17, 1994
Jim Ross	January 24, 1994
Irwin R. Schyster	January 31, 1994
Bastion Booger	February 7, 1994
Harvey Wippleman	February 28, 1994
Jerry Lawler	November 7, 1994 November 28, 1994
Ted DiBiase	November 14, 1994

• ^ From December 1997-July 1998, Jim Ross served as color commentator for the first hour, and play by play commentator for the second hour of Raw Is War, with the Michael Cole tandem as play by play commentator (later just Cole), and Kevin Kelly as the alternate color commentator for the first hour ("Raw"), with Jerry Lawler taking over for the second hour ("The War Zone").
• ^ Filled in for Jerry Lawler who was absent due to the premiere of Man on the Moon.
• ^ Defeated Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross in a tag team match at Unforgiven to become the announce team for Raw. The following week, Jim Ross defeated Jonathan Coachman to win his and Jerry Lawler's jobs back.
• ^ Filled in for Joey Styles who quit the WWE in storyline, and Todd Grisham sat in for him to call the main event.
• ^ Mathews became the alternate color commentator on Raw beginning December 27, 2010, due to Lawler's increased in-ring schedule (Lawler would continue as commentator when he was not wrestling). On March 14, 2011, Raw began using a full-time three man team with Michael Cole announcing from his own separate table ("The Cole Mine"). Ross has also returned to the broadcast table since making his broadcast return at WrestleMania XXVII and the four announcers worked in rotating three man shifts. This ended on the May 23, 2011 edition of Raw when Michael Cole returned to the normal announce table.
• ^ Filled in for Jerry Lawler, who was recovering from injury.
• ^ Filled in for Jerry Lawler, who was recovering from a heart attack.
• ^ Ross sat in for Michael Cole, who allowed him to call the main event.
• ^ JBL was absent at the time, so only Cole and Lawler called the event.
• ^ Lawler was sick during the day, so only Cole and JBL called the event.
• ^ Filled in for Michael Cole, JBL, and Booker T after they were assaulted by Brock Lesnar.^[3]
• ^ Filled in for Michael Cole, who was continue to recovering from injury.
• ^ Filled in for Booker T who was away filming WWE Tough Enough.^[4]

Ring announcers

Ring announcers	Dates	Notes
Howard Finkel	January 11, 1993 – August 26, 2002	Sporadically appears on Raw as a guest ring announcer.
Tony Chimel	April 1997 – August 16, 1999 May 30, 2011 September 9, 2013 December 28, 2015	Made one night returns on May 30, 2011, September 9, 2013 and December 28, 2015.
Lilian Garcia	August 23, 1999 – September 21, 2009 October 20, 2014 – present	Made a one night return on April 19, 2010, filling in for Justin Roberts when the Raw roster was stuck in Europe after the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption, resulting in the first-ever Monday Night SmackDown; also returned at the June 25, 2012 edition of Raw, Raw 1000 on July 23, 2012, at Raw's 20th Anniversary on January 14, 2013, as well as at the January 13, 2014 episode of Raw. Made her official return to Raw on October 20, 2014, taking over for Justin Roberts who had been released. Took time off starting in April 2015 to recover from knee surgery.
Jonathan Coachman	April 17, 2006	One night only.
Justin Roberts	June 5, 2006 February 19, 2007 March 2007 – June 2007 September 2009 – October 2014	Filled in for Lilian Garcia on the June 5th, 2006, who was inadvertently knocked down by Charlie Haas for the rest of Raw. Took over the announcing duties in 2009 before being released and Garcia being reinstated in 2014.
Todd Grisham	April 16, 2007	One night only.
Eden Stiles	January 5, 2015 April 13, 2015 – May 25, 2015 October 12, 2015 November 2, 2015 May 2, 2016	Filled in for Lilian Garcia on January 5, 2015, October 12, 2015, November 2, 2015 and May 2, 2016 for one night. Also filled in for an extended period of time starting in April 2015 while Garcia was recovering from knee surgery.

Recurring segments

Segments	Hosts	Years	Notes
The King's Court	Jerry Lawler	1993 – 1995	In-ring interview segment.
The Heartbreak Hotel	Shawn Michaels	1994	In-ring interview segment.
The Brother Love Show	Brother Love	1995 – 1996	In-ring interview segment.
The Pillman XXX Files	Brian Pillman	1997	Video segment. Discontinued following Pillman's death.
The Love Shack	Dude Love	1998	In-ring interview segment.
Randy News Network (RNN)	Randy Orton	2002 – 2003	A weekly vignette featuring Orton talking about his condition during his injury.
Highlight Reel	Chris Jericho	2003 – 2005 2008 – 2010 2012 – 2014 2016	In-ring interview segment.
White Boy Challenge	Rodney Mack Theodore Long	2003	Five minute match challenge to Caucasian talent. Discontinued following Mack's defeat by Goldberg.
WWE Diva Search	Jonathan Coachman The Miz Todd Grisham	2004 – 2007	WWE Diva Search competition segment.[5]
Masterlock Challenge	Chris Masters	2005 – 2007 2010	Submission challenge to break Masters' Masterlock hold. Discontinued after Bobby Lashley broke the hold.
Kurt Angle Invitational	Kurt Angle	2005	Three-minute match challenge for Angle's gold medals. Discontinued after Angle moved to SmackDown.
Carlito's Cabana	Carlito	2005 2007 – 2008	In-ring interview segment. Discontinued after Carlito moved to SmackDown.
Piper's Pit	Roddy Piper	2005 2010 2012 2014	In-ring interview segment.
The Cutting Edge	Edge	2005 – 2007 2010 – 2011 2013	In-ring interview segment. Discontinued after Edge moved to SmackDown and was forced to retire from professional wrestling. Returned one night only on Sept. 9, 2013 as Edge was the guest on Raw.
VIP Lounge	Montel Vontavious Porter	2009 – 2010	In-ring interview segment. Discontinued after MVP was drafted to SmackDown and released from WWE.
Khali Kiss Cam	The Great Khali	2011	In-ring fan interaction segment.
Miz TV	The Miz	2012 – present	In-ring interview segment.
The Cutting Edge Peep Show	Edge and Christian	2014	In-ring interview segment. A crossover between The Cutting Edge and The Peep Show.
John Cena's U.S. Open Challenge	John Cena	2015	A United States Championship match challenge pitting anyone on the roster against John Cena. Ended due to Cena losing the United States Championship to the returning Alberto Del Rio at Hell in a Cell and took time off from wrestling.
The Rose Bush	Adam Rose	2015	A weekly vignette featuring Rose gossiping about other wrestlers.
The Ambrose Asylum	Dean Ambrose	2016 – present	In-ring interview segment

See also

• List of WWE Smackdown on-air personalities
• List of current champions in WWE
• List of WWE Raw guest stars

References

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