First Look At Nick Aldis & Adam Pearce As WWE 2K26 Playable Characters

With WWE 2K26 mere weeks away from release, a first look at Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce has emerged, showing them in-game.

WWE 2K26 is due for release in March of this year, with CM Punk recently revealed as the cover star for the standard edition of the video game.

With the official WWE Games Twitter account sharing first-look footage, it has now been confirmed that Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis will both be playable characters in the game.

For those who don’t want to carve out a MyGM career as either the WWE Raw or SmackDown general manager, they’ll now have the opportunity to have both men as stars.

The footage shows both Aldis and Pearce as playable wrestling stars, with both getting their own custom entrances.

The first look at Nick Aldis had fans noting that the character model was a solid representation of the star, with WWE Games introducing the playable character as:

“Can’t forget about The National Treasure!”

As for Adam Pearce, fans noted he was in his ROH-themed attire, with WWE Games sharing the first look footage, tweeting:

“Found something you might want to see Adam. – CM Punk”

Despite being an authority figure in WWE, Aldis has never wrestled for the company, with Pearce having had two matches in 2021.

On the January 8 episode of WWE SmackDown, Pearce defeated Daniel Bryan, King Corbin, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura in the Universal Championship Number 1 Contendership Gauntlet.

To date, Pearce’s final match would be a tag team loss with Braun Strowman against The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin) on the March 1 episode of WWE Raw in 2021.

WWE 2K26 is set for general release on March 13, and WrestleTalk readers can follow all the game-related news here.

Can’t forget about The National Treasure! #WWE2K26 #FirstLook @RealNickAldis pic.twitter.com/xOLfDBkHl3

— #WWE2K26 (@WWEgames) February 16, 2026

Found something you might want to see Adam. – CM Punk pic.twitter.com/Ms4lZNkwW0

— #WWE2K26 (@WWEgames) February 16, 2026

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