5 WWE Authority figures who didn't last long on TV 

#4 WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle as SmackDown General Manager

Kurt Angle as SmackDown General Manager

After WrestleMania 20, Mr. McMahon decided to initiate a second WWE draft to shake up RAW and SmackDown. SmackDown received a profound change to not only its roster but also for management. When then SmackDown GM Paul Heyman decided to quit after being drafted to RAW, SmackDown needed a new General Manager.

2004: Kurt Angle is GM of #Smackdown and fires The Big Show. Big Show chokeslams Kurt Angle off the scaffolding in the back and puts Kurt in a wheelchair.2017: Kurt Angle is the GM of #Raw and fires Braun Strowman. Lets hope the return of #WheelchairKurt is happening pic.twitter.com/gkiIe5EoCp

— RassleMania Podcast (@RassleManiaPod) January 16, 2018

Mr. McMahon decided to hire Kurt Angle as the new General Manager of SmackDown. During Angle's first month as the boss, SmackDown would lose one of their top stars, Big Show. The night Big Show quit SmackDown, Show choke slammed Angle off of a balcony. This led to Angle being in a wheelchair for a few months.

Throughout Angle's run as GM, Angle had a vendetta against SmackDown's top babyfaces, such as Eddie Guerrero and John Cena. Angle would strip Cena of his United States Championship and cost Guerrero the WWE Championship.

Before he ran things on #RAW, @RealKurtAngle also had a run as General Manager of the blue brand! #SD1000 pic.twitter.com/JzU6eWqB1J

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) October 2, 2018

After months of Angle's abuses of power, McMahon finally became so enraged that it led him to fire Angle as General Manager. McMahon would then reinstate Angle as a SmackDown competitor. Not only would McMahon reinstate Angle, but he also put Angle in a match with Eddie Guerrero at that year's SummerSlam.