42-year-old star officially confirmed to be working for AEW now

A 42-year-old pro-wrestling veteran is working for AEW in a major backstage role. The news of the Tony Khan-led promotion employing the individual in question, RD Evans, was shared by All Elite announcer Tony Schiavone.

Robert "RD" Evans began his journey in the squared circle way back in 2004. He is well-known for his work on the independent circuit, across promotions such as Professional Championship Wrestling, New Age Wrestling Alliance, Anarchy Championship Wrestling, IWA-Unlimited, and more.

The Canadian also performed as both a manager and wrestler in Ring of Honor, where he was involved in storylines with Prince Nana and The Embassy, and even wrestled Roderick Strong and Hangman Page, among others.

Evans is furthermore known for his four-year stint in CHIKARA, where he made appearances as Archibald Peck. The 42-year-old star has not wrestled since 2019, and has served on the creative teams of WWE and later of TNA. In June last year, it was reported that The Winnipeg Wonder was working for AEW.

On the latest edition of his What Happened When podcast, All Elite Wrestling commentator Tony Schiavone revealed that Robert Evans is employed as a writer in AEW, heaping praise on the latter and shedding light on how he works with talent, especially on promos.

“Archibald [Peck], or Robert Evans is one of our writers. He works with the talent and doing interviews and just a very, very intelligent, super intelligent guy. He and my son Matt became very good friends, they’re both Star Wars nerds… I think we use him the right way because he’s very smart and I’ve seen him work with talent, and I’ve seen him work with talent on their skills as far as promos are concerned. He’s very good at it.” [H/T - Ringside News]

On the same podcast, Schiavone further disclosed that the Jacksonville-based promotion has three "very good" writers.

Tony Schiavone was an AEW champion's Halloween costume

Last week on Fright Night Dynamite, Samoa Joe defeated Hook, Bobby Lashley, and Ricochet in a four-way bout to become the number one contender for the AEW Men's World Title, earning a shot at the belt at Full Gear 2025. After his victory, Tony Schiavone had The Samoan Submission Machine sign the official contract for the pay-per-view bout.

He then offered Joe and his trios partners, Katsuyori Shibata and Powerhouse Hobbs, each a beer bottle to share a toast with them. In the middle of the toast, however, "Schiavone" suddenly began to praise Adam Page, a fact that visibly confused Joe, until The Opps realized that the individual standing behind them in the ring was not the veteran commentator, but The Hangman himself, disguised as Schiavone.

Hangman Page getting the jump on Samoa Joe on Fright Night Dynamite [Image via All Elite Wrestling on YouTube]

Page took down Shibata and Hobbs with low-blows, then battered Joe on the head with his beer bottle. The World Champion then laid out his AEW Full Gear 2025 opponent with a massive Buckshot Lariat and closed out the night standing tall.