Pettengill worked for the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-1990's as a backstage interviewer. He replaced Sean Mooney, who had elected not to renew his expiring WWF contract. He made his WWF debut as host of the Saturday morning program WWF Mania on January 9, 1993. Pettengill also hosted WWF Blast-Off, WWF LiveWire, and WWF Action Zone. Pettengill made his WrestleMania debut at WrestleMania IX. He performed the opening number "WWF Superstars" at the 1996 Slammy Awards. The following year, he presented the Slammy for "Miss Slammy" to Sable. His final pay-per-view appearance was at SummerSlam in 1997. Pettengill's last WWF appearance was to provide voiceover for a promo package about The Patriot at In Your House: Ground Zero. Pettengill was replaced by Michael Cole.
In 2013, Pettengill hosted segments of the WWE DVD release The Best of In Your House, a compilation of matches from the 1990's In Your House pay-per-view series. On January 26, 2020, Pettengill appeared on the Watch Along event that took place alongside the Royal Rumble. He appeared again in a June 2020 promotional video for the NXT TakeOver: In Your House event, and did so the following year for the 2021 edition of In Your House.