As WWE builds toward WrestleMania amid rumored creative upheaval, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce has gone quiet. It’s been three weeks since WWE posted Pearce’s usual Sunday Raw preview. His last update came Jan. 25, six days before the Royal Rumble.
A Feb. 1 preview never followed, likely due to travel from the Rumble and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Then came the Feb. 2 Raw from Philadelphia, where Bron Breakker was reportedly injured flipping the announcers’ table, potentially derailing plans for him at Elimination Chamber and casting doubt on his WrestleMania status.
That week’s Main Event revealed that Chamber qualifiers would begin Feb. 9 on Raw. Instead, they kicked off Feb. 6 on SmackDown. WWE has announced additional qualifiers during programming, but what to expect beyond that — especially on Raw — remains unclear.
The shake-ups might suggest WWE is adjusting on the fly amid injuries to Breakker and Seth Rollins, two stars who are key to WrestleMania plans. Meanwhile, WWE announced that Brock Lesnar returns next Monday on the go-home Raw before Elimination Chamber. Whether he enters the men’s Chamber match or teases his WrestleMania program is anyone’s guess.
So what’s behind Pearce’s silence — late-stage rewrites, calculated mystery, or both? Whatever the case, WWE’s road to WrestleMania feels less mapped out than usual.