John Hodger Laurinaitis (born July 31, 1962), also known as Johnny Ace, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and senior producer, currently employed by WWE.He has wrestled for such promotions as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and WWE. He is also the younger brother of Joe Laurinaitis (Road Warrior Animal; one half of the wrestling tag team The Road Warriors), and the uncle of James Laurinaitis, former Ohio State standout linebacker for the St.