Kemo
11-29-2019, 08:54 PM
Erik and Ivar, collectively known as The Viking Raiders, were recent guests on WWE’s podcast, After The Bell. During the course of their conversation with host Corey Graves, Erik opened up about their attempts to convince Vince McMahon to allow them to change their team name after discovering WWE wanted to call them The Viking Experience.
“We knew at this point we weren’t going to be Hanson and Rowe. The primary focus was The Viking Experience,” Erik revealed. “We caught Vince as he was going somewhere else and we pleaded our case about the name. It sounded like a Disney name and there were 10 names we gave him. The last one we gave him was Viking Raiders and he kind of paused on that one. He said they would introduce us as Viking Experience and if they didn’t feel it they would rename us to something else.”
The RAW Tag Team Champions mentioned Vince McMahon’s alleged love for the TV show Vikings. Because of this affinity for Viking culture, one that is reflected in the team’s outfits and armor, Erik felt confident about their position and hopeful about the name change. He noted how when they first came into NXT, Viking Raiders was one of the first names they pitched.
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“We knew at this point we weren’t going to be Hanson and Rowe. The primary focus was The Viking Experience,” Erik revealed. “We caught Vince as he was going somewhere else and we pleaded our case about the name. It sounded like a Disney name and there were 10 names we gave him. The last one we gave him was Viking Raiders and he kind of paused on that one. He said they would introduce us as Viking Experience and if they didn’t feel it they would rename us to something else.”
The RAW Tag Team Champions mentioned Vince McMahon’s alleged love for the TV show Vikings. Because of this affinity for Viking culture, one that is reflected in the team’s outfits and armor, Erik felt confident about their position and hopeful about the name change. He noted how when they first came into NXT, Viking Raiders was one of the first names they pitched.
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