10 WWE moments that are destined to happen before 2020

#7 The introduction of on-screen authority figures

"The role of the General Manager is played out. I don't want to do it because it's been going on for twenty years. And whether you're the hero general manager or the villain general manager, it's enough. I don't know how many people really turn on WWE or any form of sports entertainment to see how a match is made."

Those words, said by Paul Heyman at an Inside The Ropes show, were brought up by a lot of people when the former ECW owner was named the Executive Director of Raw in July 2019.

Since WWE appointed him in that role, authority figures have disappeared from Raw, with the brand’s previous on-screen decision-makers – Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon and Vince McMahon – having no say on who faces who on Monday nights.

Despite the change of direction in recent months, it is very difficult to believe that nobody will represent Raw and SmackDown as a General Manager if, as rumored, another WWE Draft takes place after the blue brand moves to FOX in October.

Unlike past Superstar Shake-Ups, which (in storyline) are trades that have been mutually agreed upon between rival authority figures, how is WWE going to explain why Becky Lynch has permanently moved to SmackDown from Raw? Or who made the decision to split up Andrade and Zelina Vega to put Vega in the Raw women’s division?

These are hypothetical scenarios, of course, but these are questions that only an authority figure can answer after a WWE Draft.