Peter Rosenberg

Peter Elliot Rosenberg (born July 23, 1979) is an American radio disc jockey, television show host, and professional wrestling personality, who is signed to WWE where he is a one-time WWE 24/7 Champion.

He is a co-host of two New York City radio programs: Ebro in the Morning, the weekday morning show at hip hop radio station WQHT ("Hot 97"); and The Michael Kay Show on ESPN Radio affiliate WEPN-FM, which is also simulcast on the YES Network.

Rosenberg was born and raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to M.J. Rosenberg, a Capitol Hill staffer father and public school teacher mother, and he attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

He describes his upbringing as "a very Jewish, upper middle class, regular suburban life."

He was introduced to hip hop by his older brother, and has also cited popular songs such as "Parents Just Don't Understand" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince as early influences.

Visiting his grandparents in Rockaway Beach in Queens, New York, US, he was influenced by radio shows hosted by DJ Red Alert and Marley Marl.

He obtained his first set of turntables at the age of 14 years.

In the summer before his freshman year at the University of Maryland, Rosenberg started hosting a late-night underground hip hop show, From Dusk 'Til Dawn, on campus radio station WMUC-FM.

His initial DJ name was "PMD," an acronym for "Peter From Maryland" (a name given to him by Marley Marl while winning a contest on Marl's radio show).

After graduating from college, Rosenberg performed as a DJ at a variety of radio stations in the DC area, including WPGC, WHFS and on talk radio at WJFK-FM.

Interviews take place primarily at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.

The series has been described as a hip hop version of Inside the Actors Studio.

He began making online parody videos, which were seen by the soon-to-be program manager of New York's Hot 97 Ebro Darden, and these led to his 2007 hiring at the radio station.

Rosenberg co-hosts the weekday morning show, The Hot 97 Morning Show, on Hot 97 from 6 to 10 a.m. with Ebro and Laura Stylez.

They play contemporary hip hop and R&B tracks, interview musicians, and discuss music, relationships, sex and race in a straightforward style.

He also hosts Real Late With Rosenberg on Sunday nights on Hot 97, and he and Cipha Sounds co-host the podcast Juan Epstein, which has featured guests such as Jay-Z, Eminem, Rick Ross and Pusha T.

Hot 97 is the most listened-to hip hop station in New York City and Rosenberg has said that he dreamed of being on the station as a child.

Rosenberg is also known for supporting and introducing the public to up-and-coming New York rap artists.

Rosenberg is the host of Noisemakers, a hip hop interview series that began in 2008.

Past guests include Nas, DJ Premier and Diddy.

Since 2009, Rosenberg has hosted a YouTube series called Wrestling with Rosenberg where he has interviewed professional wrestlers including WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Mick Foley and Jesse Ventura.

On December 19, 2009, Rosenberg served as a guest commentator for Ring of Honor's (ROH) Final Battle 2009 pay-per-view.

He has also appeared for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

He was the first media personality to interview rapper Earl Sweatshirt after he returned in 2012 from a nearly two-year hiatus in Samoa.

The show, which aired from May 22, 2012, to December 18, 2012, was based on the tic-tac-toe game show Hollywood Squares.

It featured a rotating cast of rappers, DJ's, comedians, and sports and TV personalities as the nine squares on the board.

In late 2013, he began co-hosting a podcast called Cheap Heat with Grantland wrestling journalist David Shoemaker.

In June 2013, he began hosting a new original video series on Complex TV.

On The Process, he interviews new and established hip hop artists about their songwriting approach.

In an April 2014 New Yorker piece on Rosenberg, he explained: "Since I have a foot in both worlds, an artist can play me three tracks, and I can go, ‘This one only hip-hop heads like me will appreciate. This one could be big, but it’s corny. But this one could reach a lot of people, without you sacrificing who you are’".

After becoming mayor of New York City in 2014, Bill de Blasio's debut traditional Friday morning mayoral radio interview was by phone with Rosenberg and Ebro on The Hot 97 Morning Show.

He also hosts a number of podcasts including Bite the Mic with Mike Tyson.

In February 2015, he appeared on WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin's podcast.

On December 4, 2016, Rosenberg made his first appearance as a panelist on the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs pre-show.

In January 2017, Rosenberg became the host of the WWE Network show, Bring it to the Table, alongside Paul Heyman and John "Bradshaw" Layfield, with Corey Graves replacing Heyman in later episodes.

Since 2017, Rosenberg has also served as a panelist on numerous pay-per-view pre-shows as well as several Talking Smack and Raw Talk post-shows.

On January 31, 2021, at the Royal Rumble, Rosenberg, who was serving as a pre-show panelist, pinned R-Truth to win the WWE 24/7 Championship.

The following day, however, R-Truth snuck up on him live on The Michael Kay Show and pinned him to win back his title.

Rosenberg hosted Hip Hop Squares on MTV2 for both of its two seasons.

On March 6, 2020, it was announced Rosenberg had signed a deal with WWE to host their monthly pay per view panel shows, as well as other related projects.