WWE Producer Adam Pearce Talks About COVID-19 Experience

The former Scrap Daddy details "the depression and the struggle" of his own experience.

by Andrew Pollard
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From what we’re led to believe, the number of WWE employees having tested possible for the global bastard (Adam Wilbourn™) is in double figures – and now, WWE producer Adam Pearce has spoken out about his experience of dealing with said bastard.

Pearce took to Twitter to offer a message of support for those who have found themselves battling this most real of threats.

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While WWE has discouraged in-ring talent from publicly disclosing any positive test results, that same rule doesn’t apply for non-wrestling talent. And for Adam Pearce, he was one of the first WWE employees to take to social media to confirm that he had indeed received a positive test result.

Other names to have likewise gone public with positive test results are Renee Young, Jamie Noble, and Kayla Braxton – with Braxton confirming that she’s been hit twice by this life-threatening virus.

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As for WWE, these past few weeks have seen the company finally up its precautionary measures, with regular testing taking place and all employees required to wear face masks at all times when not utilised as an on-screen part of featured WWE programming.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.