WWE 2K26 has officially confirmed that Monday Night RAW general manager Adam Pearce and Friday Night SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis will be playable characters in the upcoming game. This marks the first time both have been available in playable roles after previously appearing only as NPCs in earlier editions.
2K revealed the playable characters on February 15, 2026, through the official WWE Games social media accounts with first-look footage showing both GMs with custom entrances.
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Aldis appears in his iconic red wrestling tights with "God Save the King" as his entrance theme, while Adam Pearce sports ROH-style attire. The caption on the Pearce video suggests a potential connection to the game's CM Punk Showcase mode.
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Wrestling Backgrounds
While both serve as authority figures in WWE, neither has competed regularly for the company.
Aldis, 39, has never wrestled for WWE, with his last in-ring appearance dating back to an indie wrestling event in 2023.
Pearce, 47, wrestled two matches in 2021 — defeating Daniel Bryan, King Corbin, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn, and Shinsuke Nakamura in a Universal Championship Number 1 Contendership Gauntlet on the January 8, 2021 episode of SmackDown, and losing in a tag team match with Braun Strowman against The Hurt Business on the March 1, 2021 episode of RAW, which marked his final wrestling appearance.
WWE 2K26 is scheduled for general release on March 13, 2026, and will feature one of the largest rosters in WWE video game history with over 400 playable characters.
