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War Machine
Tag team
MembersHanson
Ray Rowe
Name(s)War Machine
Hanson & Rowe[1]
Rowe & Hanson[1]
Hanson and Raymond Rowe
Hanson and Ray Rowe
DebutFebruary 22, 2014
Years active2014–present

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "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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