John Laurinaitis

John Laurinaitis (John Hodger Laurinaitis, born 31 July 1962), known in the ring as Johnny Ace, is an American retired professional wrestler and wrestling business executive. He wrestled for World Championship Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE, and before joining WWE he held an executive post at WCW. He is the brother of Joe Laurinaitis, who wrestled as Road Warrior Animal in the tag team The Road Warriors, and of Marcus Laurinaitis, and the uncle of the former National Football League player James Laurinaitis. At WWE he worked for eight years in the talent relations office, wrestled occasionally from 2011 to 2012, moved to a producer role after an on-screen firing, and was promoted again to head of talent relations in 2021 before his release in 2022.