Erik (wrestler)

Erik
Data
Surname	Raymond Rowe
Ring name	Erik Raymond Right Ray Rowe Raymond Rowe Rowe
height	185 cm
Fighting weight	112 kg
birth	August 21, 1984 Cleveland , Ohio
Announced from	Cleveland , Ohio
Trained by	WWE Performance Center Josh Prohibition Lou Marconi
debut	May 2003

Erik (born August 21, 1984 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is an American wrestler . He is currently under contract with the WWE and appears regularly on their show Raw . His greatest achievement to date has been receiving the Raw Tag Team Championship .

Wrestling career

First beginnings (2003-2013)

Rowe was trained by Josh Prohibition and Lou Marconi. He made his debut as a free agent in May 2003.

Ring of Honor (2013-2017)

Rowe made his Ring of Honor debut on June 1, 2013, losing his match to Bobby Fish. Rowe was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in August and was out of action for several months. On March 1, 2015, Rowe returned to ROH on the 13th Anniversary Show, PhD, assisting his partner Hanson. On August 22nd, War Machine defeated the Killer Elite Squad Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer. On December 18, War Machine defeated Matt Taven and Michael Bennet to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship . They lost the titles to The Addiction Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian on May 9, 2016. War Machine left ROH on December 16, 2017.

Performances in Japan (2015-2018)

On September 14, 2015, Rowe and Hanson made their Japanese debut for Pro Wrestling Noah, along with Takashi Sugiura in a Six Man Tag Team Match in which they defeated Suzuki-gun Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki.

In November 2016, War Machine made their debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) by competing in the 2016 World Tag League tournament. They finished the tournament on December 7th with a record of four wins and three losses and failed to make it to the final.

On April 9, 2017, War Machine defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima at Sakura Genesis 2017 to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship . They lost the title to the Guerrillas of Destiny Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa on June 11th. On July 1, however, they were able to regain the title. They lost the title to Killer Elite Squad on September 24, 2017.

World Wrestling Entertainment (since 2018)

On January 16, 2018, WWE announced that Rowe had signed a contract with WWE. On April 11, 2018, the episode of NXT, he and Hanson, now called War Raiders, made their television debut attacking Heavy Machinery (Otis Dozovic and Tucker Knight) as well as the team of Riddick Moss and Tino Sabbatelli. On January 26, 2019, they won the NXT Tag Team Championship together . On May 1, 2019, they dropped the titles because they were drafted to Raw by the Superstar Shakeup . Since then, they have been called The Viking Raiders.

On October 14, 2019, they both won the Raw Tag Team Championship by defeating Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode . The reign lasted 98 days and then lost the titles to Seth Rollins and Murphy on January 20, 2020 . Since then, they have feuded with The Street Profits Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford .

Titles and awards

• World Wrestling Entertainment
  • NXT Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Ivar
  • Raw Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Ivar

• Anarchy Championship Wrestling
  • Anarchy Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • World Hardcore Championship (1 ×)

• Absolute intense wrestling
  • AIW Absolute Championship (1 ×)
  • JT Lightning Tournament (2015)

• Brew City Wrestling
  • BCW Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Hanson

• Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling
  • CAPW Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • CAPW Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Jason Bane

• Firestorm Pro Wrestling
  • Firestorm Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)

• International Wrestling Cartel
  • IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • IWC Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with J-Rocc

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 ×) with Hanson

• Branded outlaw wrestling
  • NWA BOW Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • NWA BOW Outlaw Championship (1 ×)

• Lone Star
  • NWA Lone Star Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • NWA Lone Star Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Jax Dane

• Wrestling Revolution
  • NWA Grand Warrior Championship (2 ×)

• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Hanson

• VIP wrestling
  • VIP Heavyweight Championship (2 ×)
  • VIP Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Hanson

• What Culture Pro Wrestling
  • WCPW Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Hanson

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Number 97 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ROH Final Battle 2015 live results: Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles, Roderick Strong vs. Bobby Fish. f4wonline.com, December 18, 2015, accessed July 18, 2020 . 

Web links

Commons : Raymond Rowe  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Erik profile on wwe.com