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Best of Luck In Your Future Endeavors or Good Luck in Your Future Endeavors is a cliché phrase used in business correspondence, often used as a polite way to finish a business letter when an employee is resigning or being let go. In memes, the phrase is associated with John Laurinaitis, a Vice President at WWE.

Origin

The phrase is presumed to have originated in business culture prior to the introduction of the Internet. Before and after its association with John Laurinaitis, the phrase was used in numerous inspirational image macros (examples shown below).

In 2004, retired professional wrestler John Laurinaitis replaced Jim Ross as Vice President of Talent Relations.^[1] During 2004-2012 period, while Laurinatis remained in this role, WWE website announced the release of wrestlers and referees on its website wwe.com with a standard statement^[2][3][4] which ended with "We wish X the best in all future endeavors" (example shown below).

WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Booker T and WWE Diva Sharmell as of October 27. We wish both Booker & Sharmell the best in all their future endeavors.

On October 10th, 2011, Laurinatis was appointed the Interim Raw General Manager,^[5] after which the :future endeavors" line gained association with him.^[6]

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On December 5th, 2011, during Monday Night RAW, Laurinatis used the phrase to comment on wrestler John Morrison's departure from WWE (clip shown below).^[7]

I'd actually like to take this opportunity to wish John Morrison the best in all his future endeavors.

On September 21st, 2012, Bleacher Report ranked "Future Endeavors" the seventh best lines by Laurinatis.^[6]

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