War Raiders (professional wrestling)
| The War Raiders | |
|---|---|
Erik (left) and Ivar (right) in January 2017 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Hanson / Ivar Raymond Rowe / Rowe / Erik |
| Name(s) | The Viking Experience The Viking Raiders War Machine War Raiders |
| Billed heights | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Hanson/Ivar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Rowe/Erik |
| Combined billed weight | 552 lb (250 kg) |
| Former member | Sarah Logan/Valhalla (valet) |
| Debut | February 22, 2014 |
| Years active | 2014–present |
The War Raiders are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Erik and Ivar. They are signed to WWE on the Raw brand, where they are former two-time World Tag Team Champions.
Rowe and Smith were earlier known as War Machine as Rowe worked with his real name, while Smith worked as Hanson. They're known for working in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH), where they won the IWGP Tag Team Championship and the ROH World Tag Team Championship. Outside of Ring of Honor, they have also worked for many independent promotions in the United Kingdom and United States, including Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), Revolution Pro Wrestling (RPW), Progress Wrestling (Progress) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). War Machine have also competed in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). They signed with WWE in 2018 as War Raiders and began performing on the NXT brand where they won the NXT Tag Team Championship once. In April 2019, they were drafted to WWE's Raw brand, briefly under the name The Viking Experience, as Erik (Rowe) and Ivar (Hanson), before being renamed The Viking Raiders.