Adam Pearce only became the general manager in WWE due to how his voice sounded.
Adam Pearce appeared on Chaotic Good Sports, where he spoke about how he became the authority figure in the WWE.
He explained how reading out 205 Live scripts in production meetings convinced WWE to put him on-screen as the match-maker, starting a run that has lasted four years on TV.
“I was so fortunate to have been put in a position because I had the necessary tools to do it, you know? And then COVID happened, and they were like, ‘Okay, we need—we want a matchmaker on TV,’ and I was selected.
“I’ll tell you a funny story of how this all came about. There was a program on the WWE Network called 205 Live. It was a cruiserweight program. Yes, it was. I was one of the writers on that program, and I was the executive producer. I was the one who handled all the wrestling matches. Put the finishes together, booked the angles, all that kind of stuff.”
Pearce said it was as simple as the production team enjoying his voice when he did script reads. Putting on a pair of glasses also helped him look the part.
“I had a certain way of doing it, and then I put glasses on, and I had more of a certain way. And here we are. Things happen in hilarious ways in our business, and that’s how that one started. And here we are—God, it’s almost, what, five years later now? 2020, we’re coming into 2025. I have been the authority figure on WWE TV at this point, almost longer than anybody that’s ever done it. That is mind-blowing to me.”
Adam Pearce continues to lay down the law on WWE RAW each week. Catch up on the full results from this week’s show here.
