Cody Rhodes was supposed to win the Money in the Bank match.
Spoke to a source in Vegas just now about tonight’s MITB. Their words to me were “this show is a far cry from Cody winning the briefcase in an NFL stadium”… however, they are confident it will deliver.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) July 2, 2022
Former WWE manager Dutch Mantell recently revealed his speculation as to why John Laurinaitis was disliked by some of the wrestlers in the company.
John Laurinaitis was disliked by many
Laurinaitis was formerly known as Johnny Ace, who retired from wrestling in the early 2000’s. After his retirement, he joined WWE and started working various backstage roles before becoming the head of talent and relations. Laurinaitis has been one of Vince McMahon’s favorite employees and made major decisions regarding talent on behalf of the chairman.
In a recent episode of the Wrestling Shoot Interview, Dutch Mantell spoke about why Laurinaitis was disliked by his peers:
“Everybody liked Dave, nobody liked Laurinitis because he didn’t hang around with the guys. He was too busy hanging around with thieves and I never knew anybody who would ride with Laurinaitis, when he would ride, he would ride by himself or referee maybe and he would fly with Vince. John Laurinaitis really wasn’t a friend to the wrestlers. He was more like an enemy and nobody hung around him,” Mantell said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lB-b8yDpwY&feature=emb_title
Ringside News reported that John Laurinaitis’ WWE cell phone number has been shut off by the company, whose interim CEO is Stephanie McMahon. It has been also noted that he’s had this working number since 2001.
According to PWInsider, WWE issued a memo to talents Monday evening following “Raw” announcing that Senior VP Bruce Prichard will be taking over as the Interim Head of Talent Relations effective immediately. The memo also informed talents that John Laurinaitis has been placed on “administrative leave” in light of the serious allegations made against him and Vince McMahon. The memo added that Laurinaitis will not be on the road with WWE “pending the conclusion of our Board of Directors’ internal investigation.”
