{"id":115102,"date":"2022-08-08T15:50:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=115102"},"modified":"2022-08-08T15:50:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:50:26","slug":"john-laurinaitus-terminated-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/08\/08\/john-laurinaitus-terminated-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: John Laurinaitus Quietly Terminated by WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Laurinaitus has been &#8220;quietly let go&#8221; by the WWE per Mike Johnson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwinsider.com\/article\/161872\/john-laurinaitis-terminated-by-wwe.html?p=1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PWInsider<\/a>, the termination happened in the last week or so and was kept quiet. Johnson made it clear that, while they&#8217;re trying to figure out when exactly the termination came, Laurinaitus is definitely not with the company anymore. Laurinaitus had been with the company since early-2001 when WCW was bought out. He helped in putting matches together for the talent in WCW, and was promoted to Director of Talent Relations in WWF only a few months after the buyout. He rose in rank again in 2009, becoming &#8220;Executive Vice President of Talent Relations&#8221;, but was demoted back down to a basic producer in 2012. As revealed by the Wall Street Journal earlier this year, his demotion matches up timeline-wise with an alleged $1.5 million nondisclosure agreement that was reached in the same year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JOHN LAURINAITIS TERMINATED BY WWE Elite: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tz2nsjJi4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tz2nsjJi4f<\/a>, Free: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BNd5Kj7trN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/BNd5Kj7trN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PWInsider.com (@PWInsidercom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PWInsidercom\/status\/1556702675487670275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"geom_inter_1659985740790_83_25\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/podcasts\/the-journal\/the-ceo-scandal-at-wwe\/0f92c71e-892a-489f-9f16-2219eff1a51b\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">initial WSJ article<\/a> noted:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p id=\"geom_inter_1659986113111_21_31\"><em><strong id=\"geom_inter_1659985740791_22_26\">&#8220;The board\u2019s investigation, which began in April, has unearthed other, older nondisclosure agreements involving claims by former female WWE employees of misconduct by Mr. McMahon and one of his top executives, John Laurinaitis, the head of talent relations at WWE, the people said. The Journal couldn\u2019t determine how many previous agreements were being scrutinized.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"geom_inter_1659984105811_67_12\"><em><strong id=\"geom_inter_1659984105809_86_11\">The board\u2019s outside counsel was still collecting information about the other NDAs this week but has determined that the payments totaled in the millions of dollars, the people said.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The article states that the Board of Directors learned of the allegations when they received an email from a friend of the former employee in March.\u00a0 The email claimed the employee was hired with a $100,000 salary that doubled once she began a relationship with McMahon.\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>WSJ\u00a0<\/em>report noted, &#8220;The email to the board also alleged that Mr. McMahon \u201cgave her like a toy\u201d to Mr. Laurinaitis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These allegations indirectly led to the retirement of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/07\/22\/vince-mcmahon-retires\/\" target=\"_self\">Vince McMahon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;24195&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Laurinaitus has been &#8220;quietly let go&#8221; by the WWE per Mike Johnson of PWInsider, the termination happened in the last week or so and was kept quiet. Johnson made it clear that, while they&#8217;re trying to figure out when exactly the termination came, Laurinaitus is definitely not with the company anymore. 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