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Birth name | Raymond Rowe |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | August 21, 1984
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 1 |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Erik Raymond Right[1] Ray Rowe[1] Raymond Rowe[1] Rowe [1] |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[2][3] |
Billed weight | 247 lb (112 kg)[2][3] |
Billed from | Cleveland, Ohio |
Trained by | Josh Prohibition Lou Marconi[4] WWE Performance Center[5] |
Debut | May 2003[4] |
Raymond Rowe Jr. (born August 21, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Erik. He performs in a tag team with Todd Smith (best known as Ivar) called The War Raiders, managed by his real-life wife, who performs as Valhalla. Rowe is best known for his work in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he and Smith (formerly Hanson), then known as War Machine are former ROH World Tag Team Champions and made appearances for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where they are former two time IWGP Tag Team Champions, as well as having won tag team championships in various independent promotions across the USA and England.