In August 2023, Aldis began working with WWE backstage as a producer. Two months later on the October 13 episode of SmackDown, Triple H announced that Aldis would be the new on-screen General Manager of the SmackDown brand after appointing WWE official Adam Pearce as the General Manager of Raw. Aldis' first act as General Manager was announcing Kevin Owens as the newest addition to the SmackDown roster as a trade for Jey Uso, who had been moved to Raw the previous month thanks to his tag team partner Cody Rhodes. The following week, Aldis would forcefully eject Jey Uso and Raw General Manager Adam Pearce from the arena due to Uso interfering in a match earlier in the night.