List of WWE Raw on-air personalities

This is a list of on-air personalities from the professional wrestling television series WWE Raw. On-air personalities include the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators and on-screen authority figures. The show also features recurring on-air segments hosted by various personalities.

Authority figures

Authority figures

Position

Date started

Date finished

Notes

Sgt. Slaughter

Commissioner

small|Relinquished role to Shawn Michaels.

Shawn Michaels

Commissioner

small|Relinquished role to Mick Foley.

Mick Foley

Commissioner

small|Fired by Mr. McMahon.

Ric Flair

Owner

Mr. McMahon

Owner

Eric Bischoff

General Manager

Eric Bischoff and Steve Austin

Co-General Managers

Eric Bischoff

General Manager

|-and Sathis.robert as Co General Manager of Raw

Eric Bischoff

General Manager

Jonathan Coachman

General Manager

William Regal

General Manager

Mike Adamle

General Manager

Shane McMahon and Stephanie McMahon

Co-General Managers

Stephanie McMahon

General Manager

Vickie Guerrero

General Manager

Donald Trump

Owner

Mr. McMahon

Owner, Chairman and CEO

present

Various guest hosts

Guest host

Vickie Guerrero

General Manager

Bret Hart

General Manager

Anonymous Raw General Manager (revealed to be Hornswoggle)

General Manager

Triple H

Chief Operating Officer

present

Theodore Long

Assistant to the COO

John Laurinaitis

General Manager

David Otunga

Legal Advisor

Theodore Long

Assistant to the General Manager

Eve Torres

Executive Administrator

Interim General Managers

Guest GM

AJ Lee

General Manager

Vickie Guerrero

Managing Supervisor

Brad Maddox

Assistant to the Managing Supervisor

Brad Maddox

General Manager

Kane

Director of Operations

present

Commentators

Commentators

Dates

Vince McMahon, Randy Savage and Rob Bartlett

–

Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan and Rob Bartlett

Vince McMahon, Bobby Heenan and Randy Savage

–

Vince McMahon and Bobby Heenan

–

Vince McMahon and Various Guest Commentators

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–

Gorilla Monsoon and Randy Savage

–

Jim Ross and Randy Savage

–

Vince McMahon and Randy Savage

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–

Vince McMahon and Shawn Michaels

–

Vince McMahon and Jim Cornette

–

Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler

–

Kevin Kelly, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

–

Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

–

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

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–
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–

Jim Ross, Michael Cole and Kevin Kelly

–

Jim Cornette and Shane McMahon

Jim Ross and Michael Hayes

Jim Ross and Paul Heyman

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–

Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler and Jonathan Coachman

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Jonathan Coachman and Jerry Lawler

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Joey Styles, Jerry Lawler and Jonathan Coachman

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–

Jerry Lawler and Joey Styles


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Jerry Lawler and Todd Grisham

Jim Ross and Todd Grisham


Jim Ross and Tazz

Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker


Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and CM Punk

–

Michael Cole, Josh Mathews, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

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Michael Cole, Josh Mathews and Jerry Lawler

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–

Michael Cole and Josh Matthews



Michael Cole, Jim Ross and Booker T

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Michael Cole, Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler

–

Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Booker T


Michael Cole and The Miz

Michael Cole, Jim Ross and John "Bradshaw" Layfield


Michael Cole and Jim Ross

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–
–
–

Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler and John "Bradshaw" Layfield

Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler

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–
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–
–

Michael Cole and John "Bradshaw" Layfield



'''Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and John "Bradshaw" Layfield




'''–present

From November 1997-July 1998, Jim Ross served as play by play commentator for both hours of Raw, with the Michael Cole/Kevin Kelly tandem (later just Cole) as color commentator for the first hour ("Raw Is War"), with Jerry Lawler taking over for the second hour ("The War Zone").

Filled in for Jerry Lawler who was absent due to the premier of Man on the Moon

Mathews became the alternate color commentator on Raw beginning December 27, 2010, due to Lawler's increased in-ring schedule (Lawler would continue as commentator when he was not wrestling). On March 14, 2011, Raw began using a full-time three man team with Cole announcing from his own separate table ("The Cole Mine"). Ross has also returned to the broadcast table since making his broadcast return at WrestleMania XXVII and the four announcers worked in rotating three man shifts. This ended on the May 23, 2011 edition of Raw when Michael Cole returned to the normal announce table. However, Mathews still serves as an alternate commentator for Raw if any member of the announce team is unable to continue with their duties.

Filled in for Jerry Lawler, who was recovering from injury.

Filled in for Jerry Lawler, who was recovering from a heart attack.

Ross sat in for Cole, who allowed him to call the main event.

Lawler was sick during the day, so only Cole and JBL called the event.

Filled in for Joey Styles who quit the WWE in storyline.

Ring announcers

Ring announcers

Dates

Notes

Howard Finkel

–

Occasionally appears on Raw as a guest ring announcer

Tony Chimel

–

Made a one night return on May 30, 2011 and September 9, 2013

Lilian Garcia

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– present

Made a one night return on April 19, 2010, filling in for Justin Roberts when the Raw roster was stuck in Europe after the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic eruption, resulting in the first-ever Monday Night SmackDown; also returned at the June 25, 2012 Episode of Raw, Raw 1000 on July 23, 2012, at Raw's 20th Anniversary on January 14, 2013 and at the January 13, 2014 episode of Raw. Made her official return to RAW on October 20, 2014 taking over for Justin Roberts who had been released

Jonathan Coachman

One night only

Justin Roberts



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–

Filled in for Lillian Garcia on the June 5th, 2006, who was inadvertently knocked down by Charlie Haas for the rest of Raw.

Todd Grisham

One night only

Recurring segments

Segments

Hosts

Years

Notes

The King's Court

Jerry Lawler

–

The Heartbreak Hotel

Shawn Michaels

The Brother Love Show

Brother Love

–

The Pillman [...] Files

Brian Pillman

The Love Shack

Dude Love

Randy News Network (RNN)

Randy Orton

–

Highlight Reel

Chris Jericho

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–
–

White Boy Challenge

Rodney Mack
Theodore R. Long

WWE Diva Search

Jonathan Coachman
The Miz
Todd Grisham

–

Masterlock Challenge

Chris Masters

–

Kurt Angle Invitational

Kurt Angle

Carlito's Cabana

Carlito


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Piper's Pit

Roddy Piper




The [...] Edge

Edge

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2013

VIP Lounge

MVP

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Khali Kiss Cam

The Great Khali

Miz TV

The Miz

– present

See also

  • List of WWE Smackdown on-air personalities
  • List of current champions in WWE
  • List of WWE Raw guest stars