Ivar (wrestler)

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Surname Todd Smith
Ring name Ivar
Don Chesterfield
Handsome Johnny
Hanson
War Beard Hanson
height 188 cm
Fighting weight 138 kg
birth March 3, 1984
Lynn , Massachusetts
Announced from Lynn , Massachusetts
Trained by WWE Performance Center
Killer Kowalski
debut 2001

Ivar (born March 3, 1984 in Lynn , Massachusetts ) 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 (2001-2013)

Smith was trained by Killer Kowalski and made his debut in 2001. During the next several years, he worked for a number of independent professional wrestling promotions across New England, particularly New England Championship Wrestling and Chaotic Wrestling. He was part of The Trendsetters tag team with Max Bauer and Pretty Psycho with Psycho. He and Brian Milonas were also the instructors at the Chaotic Wrestling Training Facility in North Andover, Massachusetts.

Smith appeared on December 16, 2005 at Velocity and lost to Doug Basham. The following year, on September 15, 2006, he appeared on SmackDown as Todd Hansen when he lost to Sylvester Terkay.

On February 16, 2008, Smith defeated Brandon for the NECW Television Championship. In late 2008, a number of vignettes featuring Smith were broadcast during Chaotic Wrestling's live events and on the internet. They showed Handsome Johnny discovering himself on a trip abroad and led to the introduction of "The Duke of Elegance" Don Chesterfield. Smith also used this character for the Eastern Wrestling Alliance, as well as for front row wrestling. In 2010, he changed his ring name to "Handsome" Johnny Hayes in NECW.

Ring of Honor (2013-2017)

Smith made his ROH debut on July 27, 2013. A few months later, he was announced as the eighth entrant in the 2014 edition of the Top Prospect tournament. He defeated Cheeseburger and Andrew Everett in the opening rounds before winning the tournament at Wrestling's Finest by defeating Raymond Rowe in the final. As a result, he got a match for the ROH World Television Championship against Tommaso Ciampa , but he lost it.

Shortly afterwards, he formed the War Machine tag team with Raymond Rowe in April. 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, Hanson and Rowe 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

  • Brew City Wrestling
    • BCW Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Hanson
  • VIP wrestling
    • VIP Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Hanson
  • What Culture Pro Wrestling
    • WCPW Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Hanson
  • Chaotic wrestling
    • Chaotic Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (3 ×)
    • Chaotic Wrestling Tag Team Championship (2 ×) with Psycho
  • Millennium Wrestling Federation
    • MWF Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
    • MWF Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Beau Douglas
  • NWA New England
    • NWA New England Television Championship (1 ×)
    • NWA New England Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Beau Douglas
  • New England Championship Wrestling
    • NECW Television Championship (2 ×)
    • IRON 8 Championship (2010)
  • New England Wrestling Alliance
    • NEWA Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • Northeast Wrestling
    • Northeast Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 ×)
  • Ultimate Championship Wrestling
    • UCW Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Beau Douglas
  • Xtreme Wrestling Alliance
    • XWA Heavyweight Champion (1 ×)
  • Other titles
    • OW Tag Team Championship (1 ×) with Psycho

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 : Todd Smith (wrestler)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Ivar profile on wwe.com
personal data
SURNAME Ivar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Lynn , Massachusetts