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#1 Who was the Raw Anonymous General Manager?
“The RAW General Manager says, and I quote”
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This angle ran for over a year before this Anonymous Raw General Manager's storyline was phased out in favor of Triple H and John Laurinaitis in 2011. Throughout its run, a laptop placed at ringside personified the anonymous GM, with Michael Cole conveying instructions. This whole storyline was intriguing and annoying at the same time.
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Everyone, including the wrestlers, was curious to know about the man who was bossing them around on a weekly basis. He tried to make Edge's life a living hell by involving him in difficult matches and situations which ended with Edge losing his patience and destroying the laptop.
There were several other major storylines connected with this gimmick including the ones where Cena was being forced to join the Nexus and the whole feud involving Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler.
The gimmick was amazing initially and hit the right chords with the fans. Despite limited to being a laptop, it did some astonishing heel work and got the deserving heat from the crowd. But, when it was finally time to unveil the man behind the laptop, everything went south.
After all the build-up and hype that was created around the identity of the General Manager, Hornswoggle was revealed as the one, who was calling the shots in Raw for over a year. What started as a brilliantly executed gimmick ended up being a comedic scene and only raised one question - Why?
