The great Raw General Manager drought of 2017 has ended.
With Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon out of action after being accidentally put through a table at WrestleMania, Mr. McMahon arrived unexpectedly at Raw to name the replacement for the recently-ousted Mick Foley. He only offered the hint that the new GM was a 2017 WWE Hall of Famer, and, at first, it appeared to be Teddy Long, who danced his way onto the stage. But The Chairman quickly revealed The Mac Militant Playa was getting ahead of himself, and the man named to the post was none other than Kurt Angle. Oh, it’s true.
Oh, and this also is true: Mr. McMahon made it a point to announce that he had conferred with the management teams of both Raw and SmackDown LIVE, and that next week would alter the landscape, and rosters, of both shows in what he referred to as a “Superstar Shake-up.” Hmmm ….