From: JaKyL25 | #055
It's a little Russo-esque to be honest, insofar as what WWE thinks people already know about Johnny Ace prior to his on-screen role.
The more deeply-involved smarks have known about Laurinaitis and have been generally down on him for a long time, and now I think WWE is trying to move that smark hatred into all-around mark hatred.
But like you said, it's gone WAY too fast. He plays his character really well, actually, and I'm sure there is SOME good way to use him as a douchey on-screen middle management character if you must, but he's not Top Heel material.
I think I am considered a smark simply by being a part of the IWC and I don't know anything about him besides the fact that he's a guy behind the scenes. I think they need at least another 6 months of this guy before they can pull the trigger on a story like this. I get that Punk needs an authority figure to feud with (and Vince vs Punk as Punk not being a Company guy with Alberto as Vince's lacky would have been amazing and should have been the way that went) Ace just isnt the guy yet.
I think if the needed Ace to step up right away they should have had the Anonymous GM be a dick to Punk and Punk wins a match to reveal who the GM is and it turns out to be Ace. It gives all that anonymous GM build some blowoff and he already has some good hatred behind him. You could even run it as liberating for him and him being an even bigger douche and heel and have him just do whatever he wants. I realize with this method they would have needed to give Ace some exposure ahead of time, but they honestly could have had Trips as head honcho and the Anon GM coexisting. In fact Ace coexisting with Trips as Anon GM (and have Trips not knowing that he is Anon GM) and conspiring against his back in front of his face would have been pretty ****ing awesome.
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Circle gets the Scare!
Imagine if Jesus knew kung fu. That's what everyone is dealing with