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#2 No People Power
2011 to 2012 saw an era in which John Laurinaitis starred as an on-air authority figure. Laurinaitis had some things going for him, such as the built-in credibility of really having been a WWE executive, the meta asset of fans already being predisposed not to like him based on his reputation, and the physicality of his own wrestling career behind him.
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However, when it came to charisma and generating excitement as a heel character, he was largely void of electricity.
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Indeed, if WWE wanted a heel authority figure at this point before Stephanie returned to full time on-air work, and while Triple H was still working face, Shane McMahon could have ably filled that void.
He’s a far more capable wrestling talker than Laurinaitis, with a built-in recognition from even casual fans of the Attitude Era. With Shane in the mix, WWE wouldn’t have had to take the same kinds of ill-advised challenges such as booking Laurinaitis so prominently.
