War Machine (professional wrestling)

War Machine
Tag team
Members Hanson
Ray Rowe
Name(s) War Machine
Hanson & Rowe[1]
Rowe & Hanson[1]
Hanson and Raymond Rowe
Hanson and Ray Rowe
Debut February 22, 2014
Years active 2014–present
Promotions Noah
ROH[2]
VIP Wrestling

War Machine is the professional wrestling tag team of Hanson and Raymond Rowe. They currently work for Ring of Honor (ROH), and are former one-time ROH World Tag Team Champions. They have also worked in Pro Wrestling Noah.

History

In 2014, Hanson and Rowe participated in the Top Prospect Tournament,[3] where they met in the finals. Hanson defeated Rowe to win the tournament[4] Since then, they performed as a tag team under the name War Machine. On April 11, Hanson and Rowe both signed contracts with ROH.[5] 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.[6] War Machine received their title shot in Japan on September 19, but were defeated by the Killer Elite Squad.[7] On December 18 at Final Battle, War Machine defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[8] They lost the title to The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) on May 9, 2016, at War of the Worlds.[9]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/hanson-rowe-sign-roh
  2. ↑ "Show results - 4/4 ROH in San Antonio, Tex.: Major title change & debut (contains spoilers for upcoming TV episodes)". Pro Wrestling Torch. April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ring Of Honor (2013-12-16). "2014 Top Prospect Tournament: Participant #8". Ring Of Honor.
  4. ↑ CageMatch (2014-01-25). "ROH Wrestling's Finest". CageMatch.
  5. ↑ "Hanson & Rowe sign with ROH". Ring of Honor. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  6. ↑ "Ring of Honor tag team heading to Pro Wrestling Noah". Wrestleview. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  7. ↑ "Great Voyage 2015 in Osaka". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. 1 2 3 "METZGER'S ROH TV REPORT 4/5: A.J. Styles vs. Briscoe main event, plus Elgin, A.C.H., War Machine in action leading to big episode next week".
  11. ↑ "RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: MATCHES TAPED AT BEST IN THE WORLD By Richard Trionfo".

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