War Machine (professional wrestling)














War Machine

War Machine 2017.jpg
Rowe (left) and Hanson (right) in January 2017

Tag team
Members
Hanson
Raymond Rowe/Rowe
Name(s)War Machine[1]
War Raiders
Heights6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Rowe
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Hanson
Combined
weight		552 lb (250 kg)
DebutFebruary 22, 2014
Years active2014–present

War Machine are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Hanson and Rowe currently signed to WWE, performing on NXT brand as War Raiders, where they are the current NXT Tag Team Champions in their first reign. They are best known for their work in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor, as War Machine. In those promotions where they are former ROH World Tag Team Champions and two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions. Outside of Ring of Honor, they have also worked for multiple independent promotions in the United Kingdom and United States, including Insane Championship Wrestling, Revolution Pro Wrestling, Progress Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. War Machine have also competed in Japan for Pro Wrestling Noah.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014-2018)


    • 1.2 WWE (2018–present)



  • 2 Championships and accomplishments


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




History



Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling (2014-2018)


In 2014, Hanson and Rowe participated in the Top Prospect Tournament,[2] where they met in the finals. Hanson defeated Rowe to win the tournament[3] Since then, they performed as a tag team under the name War Machine. On April 11, Hanson and Rowe both signed contracts with ROH.[4] On August 22, 2015, War Machine defeated Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) in a non-title match and afterwards challenged them to a match for their GHC Tag Team Championship, a title owned by the Japanese Pro Wrestling Noah promotion.[5] War Machine received their title shot in Japan on September 19, but were defeated by the Killer Elite Squad.[6] On December 18 at Final Battle, War Machine defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[7] They lost the title to The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) on May 9, 2016, at War of the Worlds.[8] In late 2016, War Machine took part in New Japan Pro Wrestling's 2016 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of four wins and three losses, failing to advance to the finals.[9] Hanson and Rowe debuted for the United Kingdom based Revolution Pro Wrestling in January 2017, unsuccessfully challenging Joel Redman and Charlie Sterling for the Undisputed British Tag Team Championship.[10]


On April 9, 2017, at New Japan's Sakura Genesis 2017, War Machine defeated Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[11] They lost the title to Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) on June 11 at Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall,[12] regaining it in a no disqualification match on July 1 at G1 Special in USA.[13] They lost the title to Killer Elite Squad in a three-way match, also involving Guerrillas of Destiny, on September 24 at Destruction in Kobe.[14] War Machine finished with ROH at Final Battle on December 15, 2017 and on December 16, 2017. They had their final matches with NJPW on January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12, and January 5, 2018 at New Year's Dash.[15]



WWE (2018–present)


On January 16, 2018, WWE, via WWE.com, announced that Rowe and Hanson had signed a contract with the company and would be reporting to the WWE Performance Center.[16]


Before NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, during a TV taping, Rowe and Hanson debuted as faces, now under the name "War Raiders", interfering in a match between Heavy Machinery (Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovic) and Tino Sabbatelli and Riddick Moss, causing it to end in a no contest. Over the following weeks, they started a winning streak, defeating NXT teams such as The Mighty, Heavy Machinery, and other tag team talents.[17] War Raiders would go on to main event NXT TakeOver: WarGames II in Los Angeles teaming with Ricochet and Pete Dunne against The Undisputed Era in the eponymous WarGames match. At NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, Rowe and Hanson defeated The Undisputed Era to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.



Championships and accomplishments




War Machine as the IWGP Tag Team Champions



  • Brew City Wrestling
    • BCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)


  • New Japan Pro Wrestling

    • IWGP Tag Team Championship (2 times)[11][13]


  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated
    • PWI ranked Hanson #108 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016[18]

    • PWI ranked Rowe #97 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016[18]



  • Ring of Honor

    • ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time)[19]


  • VIP Wrestling
    • VIP Tag Team Championship (1 time)[20]


  • What Culture Pro Wrestling
    • WCPW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[21]


  • WWE

    • NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time, current)


References




  1. ^ "News - ROH Wrestling". www.rohwrestling.com..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ Ring Of Honor (2013-12-16). "2014 Top Prospect Tournament: Participant #8". Ring Of Honor.


  3. ^ CageMatch (2014-01-25). "ROH Wrestling's Finest". CageMatch.


  4. ^ "Hanson & Rowe sign with ROH". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2014-04-11.


  5. ^ "Ring of Honor tag team heading to Pro Wrestling Noah". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2015-08-26.


  6. ^ "Great Voyage 2015 in Osaka". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved September 19, 2015.


  7. ^ Meltzer, Dave (December 18, 2015). "ROH Final Battle 2015 live results: Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles, Roderick Strong vs. Bobby Fish". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 19, 2015.


  8. ^ Johnson, Mike (May 9, 2016). "Bullet Club reigns supreme: ROH War of the Worlds tour coverage from Dearborn, Michigan". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved May 9, 2016.


  9. ^ 戦国炎舞 -Kizna- Presents World Tag League 2016. New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved December 7, 2016.


  10. ^ http://www.pwtorch.com/site/2017/01/21/121-revolution-pro-wrestling-london-england-shibata-vs-riddle-white-vs-stone-seven-vs-tevor-lee-scurll-vs-zsj/


  11. ^ ab Rose, Bryan (April 8, 2017). "NJPW Sakura Genesis live results: Okada vs. Shibata". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 9, 2017.


  12. ^ Rose, Bryan (June 10, 2017). "NJPW Dominion live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved June 11, 2017.


  13. ^ ab Witner, Arya (July 1, 2017). "NJPW G1 Special live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Cody". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved July 1, 2017.


  14. ^ Rose, Bryan (September 23, 2017). "NJPW Destruction in Kobe live results: Kenny Omega vs. Juice Robinson". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved September 24, 2017.


  15. ^ Elizabeth, Rev Claire (5 January 2018). "NJPW New Year Dash!! results: Surprise!". Cageside Seats.


  16. ^ Clapp, John. "WWE Performance Center signs War Machine". WWE. Retrieved January 16, 2018.


  17. ^ "War Machine Debut New Name at NXT TakeOver Pre-Show Taping". Pro Wrestling Sheet | Insider Wrestling News and Reports. 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2018-04-08.


  18. ^ ab "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 1, 2016.


  19. ^ "ROH Final Battle 2015 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.


  20. ^ "VIP Limitless « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net.


  21. ^ "WCPW Tag Team Championship". What Culture Pro Wrestling. Retrieved October 3, 2017.




External links


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