WWE Raw Mystery GM: Who Are You?

On May 24, Bret Hart was named the Raw General Manager.

However, his run as GM would be short-lived as he wasn't able to keep control of Raw due to the invasion of the NeXus.

On June 21, after firing Bret Hart, the WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, was attacked by the NeXus.

Since July 5, Raw has been controlled by a laptop at ringside, which a mystery GM has been sending e-mails that cause a sound to alert the audience and the lights to flicker.

Michael Cole, then reads off the e-mail, as he "quotes," giving orders to the wrestlers for that evening.

Three months later, Raw remains the same.

It is only a matter of time before we find out who has been behind the e-mails this whole time.

However, I would argue the fact that WWE used this method because they didn't know who or what they were going to do at the time, having a mystery GM via e-mail allows them to go whatever direction they want once they figure it out.

Let's take a look at who may be the GM, in a slideshow of possible candidates:

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin

Since 2004, the WWE has been without the legend "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, only appearing on a part-time basis.

On the 900th episode of Raw, which took place on Aug. 30, 2010, the intro and theme for Stone Cold Steve Austin were shown.

However, it was just CM Punk fooling with the WWE audience.

In September 2010, Steve was interviewed by The Sun newspaper. He said he'd like to make a return to wrestling for one last match and that he'd happily return to WWE or make his debut in TNA.

WWE has played us once with Stone Cold being the GM, saying, "that's the bottom line, cause the GM said so."  This was a play off of one of Austin's most famous quotes.

I doubt Stone Cold is the GM, but I have been fooled before, and I will be fooled again.

It is worth keeping in mind, that currently, it looks as if Austin isn't filming anything and is free as a bird.

Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho could be fooling us all along.

With his feuds with the "Mystery GM" over the past month, it could have been a cover up to keep his identity of being the actual GM.

Also, Jericho says that he knows who the GM is and he is the only one to have said that up to this point.

When we last saw Jericho, he was punted out of action by WWE Champion Randy Orton on the Sept. 27 edition of Raw.

Being out of action now, will he reveal himself as the GM?

Christian

Christian has had some tough breaks in his wrestling career.

I think it is time to give Christian a break and make him the Raw GM.

In September, Christian was sidelined from anywhere from four to six months with a torn pectoral muscle.

Even if WWE has a planned person for the GM, that can always be nixed to make room for one of their fan favorite superstars who is now out of action.

Also, since his former partner and friend Edge is feuding with the GM right now, it would be a perfect transition into making him reveal himself as the GM.

Michael Cole

Vintage General Manager!

Michael Cole has been reading off the GM e-mails since it's inception.

His famous line of "Could I have your attention please, I have a new message from the General Manager, and I quote", rings in most of our ears today.  We only hear it about four times a week.

Cole has become more vocal and more full of himself since he was awarded with the role of reading these e-mails. 

Some fans argue that it could be Cole who is the GM.

I sure hope not.

Triple H

"The Game" Triple H has been out of action nearly the entire year of 2010.

At 41 years of age, it is clear that he is near the end of his rope.

With his promotion to Senior Advisor for WWE, his in-ring career should be nearing its end within the next year.

If Triple H walked away from the ring today, he will go down as one of the greatest we've seen all-time.

As GM, he could stay out of action a bit longer to build his strength up for a run at WrestleMania 27 and a possible final match.

Not to mention, I think he would make for an exciting GM to have on the show.

The Rock

If you have been a fan of \WWE since the late 90's, and don't miss The Rock, you need to have yourself medically cleared before you do anything else.

Like Steve Austin, The Rock has parted ways from being with WWE for full-time since 2004.

However, The Rock has stayed clear away from WWE, focusing strictly on his movie career.

He actually at one time was noted as not liking being called "The Rock" and wants to be known as Dwayne Johnson.

However, in early 2010, he cleared things up a bit, saying he will always be "The Rock," and WWE holds a special place in his heart because of his heritage and the feeling he gets when thousands of fans are screaming as he enters an arena.  He compares it to nothing else.

He has mentioned of a possible return to WWE, but not for a match because he has wrestled everyone he wanted to wrestle, but would like to come back to have some fun and bring back some attitude to WWE that is missing.

Last month at a MMA fight, he said he most likely wouldn't return to WWE, however, it is worth noting the question came across towards being more of a wrestler again and shouldn't be taken out of context.

Rock is currently filming for the role of "Hobbs" in the movie Fast Five.  However, the movie has been filming for the better part of the summer and could be wrapping up soon.

After that, Rock has three roles in pre-production and could have a small window open up to come back to WWE.

Money isn't an issue for Rock, he has all of that in the world, if he comes back, it will be because he misses it and wants to return.

A part of me thinks it is wishful thinking that The Rock is the General Manager and will make a part-time return to the WWE.

Another part of me tells me I am right and I get really excited thinking of the possibilities of him back on Raw.

The Rock is my pick for Raw GM.  I hope I am right.

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