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Erik and Sarah Logan expecting third child

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

WWE star Erik and wife Sarah Logan are expecting their third child. 

Erik made the announcement on Instagram that he cannot wait to be girl dad. He thanked AEW star Ruby Soho for the announcement photo. 

“Rowe baby #3 debuting later this year!! Cannot wait to be a girl dad! Thank you @realrubysoho for the amazing announcement photo!” tweeted Erik. 

Erik and Logan (aka Valhalla in WWE) have been married since December 2018. The couple worked together on-screen when Valhalla teamed up with The War Raiders in 2022. Logan made her main roster debut as part of The Riott Squad in November 2017 alongside Liv Morgan and Ruby Soho (aka Ruby Riott in AEW). 

In 2024, Logan was on maternity leave for the birth of her second son. In June 2025, she announced her WWE contract was not being renewed.

The couple have two boys – Raymond Cash Rowe, born in February 2021 and Ezekiel Joseph Rowe, born in November, 2024. 

Erik and Ivar challenged for the WWE Tag Team Titles in December 2025 against then-champions AJ Styles and Dragon Lee but were unsuccessful. Recently they also competed at Rey de Reyes where they went up against Psycho Clown and Pagano for the AAA World Tag Team Titles. 

Update on why Xavier Woods, Erik missed battle royal on WWE Raw

Posted on by Ian Carey

An update is available regarding why some WWE Raw wrestlers missed Monday’s show.

Neither Xavier Woods nor Erik were in the battle royal that headlined the show, despite their tag partners being entered in the match. Our own Bryan Alvarez is reporting that both Woods and Ivar are on previously scheduled vacations.

Alvarez wrote to his subscribers on X:

“Both Erik and Xavier Woods were on scheduled vacations this week, hence them not being in the battle royal.”

Erik hasn’t wrestled since The War Raiders defeated The Creed Brothers on the October 13 taping of Main Event.

Woods posted photos yesterday from his vacation in Italy. The last time he wrestled was a dark match at the October 3 SmackDown taping, where New Day lost to The War Raiders. He also posted a video reacting to Dragon Lee and AJ Styles beating Judgment Day for the tag team titles, captioning the post: “Yall somehow fell in love with moments over logic and made us out to be the bad guys. Insane… so glad im in Italy right now.”

WWE Raw lineup: Two new matches added

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Two new matches have been added to the card for today’s WWE Raw in Paris, France.

Following Clash in Paris, WWE is back at Paris La Defense Arena this afternoon for the final stop on its European tour. It was already known that an Intercontinental Championship bout between Dominik Mysterio and AJ Styles would be taking place on the episode. Now, two more matches have been confirmed.

The Kabuki Warriors will team up against Judgment Day’s Roxanne Perez & Raquel Rodriguez. Plus, there will be a six-man tag match pitting New Day and their new ally Grayson Waller against The War Raiders & Penta.

Today’s show has a special start time of 2 p.m. Eastern, streaming live on Netflix worldwide. Here is everything that has been announced:

WWE Raw (Monday, September 1) —

  • Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defends against AJ Styles
  • The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) vs. Judgment Day (Roxanne Perez & Raquel Rodriguez)
  • The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) & Grayson Waller vs. War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) & Penta
  • We’ll get an update on Roman Reigns following the stretcher angle at Clash in Paris
  • There will be an update on the vacant Women’s World Championship

Josh Barnett reveals Bloodsport XIV opponents for War Raiders

Posted on by Josh Nason

Erik & Ivar of the War Raiders now have their opponents confirmed for this Saturday’s Bloodsport XIV, confirmed by Josh Barnett on Thursday night.

Erik will take on 1 Called Manders while Ivar will face Royce Isaacs in singles matches as part of the 1 PM card in Rutherford, New Jersey, during WWE SummerSlam weekend in the area. It will be the debuts for both Erik and Ivar in the unique format.

Manders has competed in the format once before against Barnett, but not on an official Bloodsport event. Isaacs is a Bloodsport veteran with Saturday being his 11th event and his 12th match in the format overall. He has been successful against WWE contracted talent, going 2-1. He’s coming off a defeat to Tavion Heights this past April.

Barnett also revealed Matt Mako will face Ray Jaz on the event, airing live on Triller+.

Current GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIV card | Saturday, August 2:

  • Nattie Neidhart vs. Masha Slamovich
  • Pete Dunne vs. Jonathan Gresham
  • Janai Kai vs. Jordan Blade
  • Timothy Thatcher vs. Slade
  • Charlie Dempsey vs. Dominic Garrini
  • Nick Comoroto vs. Simon Gotch
  • Erik vs. 1 Called Manders
  • Ivar vs. Royce Isaacs
  • Matt Mako vs. Ray Jaz

Former WWE Tag Team Champions to debut at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIV

Posted on by Josh Nason

For the first time ever, a WWE tag team will be part of Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport.

Announced by Barnett on Tuesday, former two-time WWE World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) will both compete on this Saturday’s Bloodsport XIV, set for 1 PM Eastern on Triller+ from Rutherford, New Jersey, during WWE SummerSlam weekend.

Neither man has competed in the unique format before. Opponents were not named for either man.

The two haven’t wrestled since the July 7th episode of WWE Main Event and have competed just three times since June 1st.

The Bloodsport shows have seen an increased WWE presence in the last year with Natalya, Pete Dunne and Charlie Dempsey already representing on this show before Tuesday’s announcement.

Current Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XIV lineup | Saturday, August 2 | Rutherford, New Jersey

Daily Update: Hulk Hogan, Erik, TNA Impact lineup

Posted on by Joseph Currier

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  • What people thought of WrestleMania and Stand & Deliver
  • An in-depth look at WrestleMania
  • Crowd reactions
  • Dwayne Johnson and his role in the show and the entire back story
  • How the John Cena story started and evolved
  • Why the Cena retiring the belt story makes no sense historically
  • Johnson tells his version of what went down
  • Matches that at different points were scheduled for the show and how they changed
  • Show audience
  • Joe Hendry story
  • How much WWE spent on Mania week compared to what AEW spent for Double or Nothing week
  • A look at all the matches and angles
  • Detailed look at how the WWE purchase of AAA went down, the partners, different people comment on what it means, AAA’s history as well as its attempt to expand to the U.S., Lucha Underground, does this effect CMLL, the original When Worlds Collide, how AAA was formed and more
  • The death of Hisashi Shinma, the golden age of New Japan Pro Wrestling, how he first got into wrestling, what he’s credited with as a booker, the rise of Inoki, the first UWF, Universal Lucha Libre, WWE Presidency, Backlund vs. Inoki, Inoki vs. Ali and more
  • A look at the life and career of Steve McMichael
  • CMLL and a week of sellouts including a killer Friday main event
  • WWE NXT Stand & Deliver coverage and poll
  • The life and times of Black Terry
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for all the wrestling and MMA shows this past week, demos, competition and segments looked at, as well as streaming numbers for Raw
  • Universal tournament ends this week
  • Biggest women’s show of the year this week
  • What’s new with Tetsuya Naito & Bushi
  • Dark Side of the Ring on Billy Graham
  • A look at the Mania week on the indies side including Bloodsport
  • Notes on future AEW PPV shows
  • Kenny Omega on What is the best schedule for wrestlers?
  • Mark Hunt’s case against UFC and Brock Lesnar thrown out
  • Advanced ticket sales to WWE & AEW shows
  • How streaming platform advertising works vs. television
  • Bayley talks her knee injury
  • WWE ID tournaments

This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter Back Issue

Thursday Update

WWE

  • Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff & Izzy Martinez were on Fox & Friends this morning to promote their new Real American Freestyle amateur wrestling venture. Hogan said they do not want to compete with WWE and UFC, but Real American Freestyle’s goal is to be just as big or bigger than them:
    • Our goal is not to be competitive with Dana White and the UFC or the WWE, but to be just as big or bigger. Because this is an underserved market.
  • Hogan told TMZ Sports that he plans to make a “special phone call” to invite Donald Trump to Real American Freestyle’s first event.
  • Erik of The War Raiders said on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that he’d like to have a singles run, but he never wants his tag team with Ivar to break up:
    • Yes – so, absolutely [he thinks about having a singles run]. I think there is untapped potential there where I don’t have any doubt. Ivar proved it when I was down with a neck injury that, ‘Give me the ball and I can perform at any point on the card.’ Like, I have full confidence in my ability that – you want me to cut a promo? Great, I’ll cut a promo. You want me to – whatever, whoever, anybody on our roster, especially our roster now, it’s ridiculously talented, like ridiculously stacked and talented. You want me to wrestle AJ Styles on Raw? Great. I’ll tear the house down. You want me to wrestle – pick a guy, anybody. I have a skill set, and I’ve been doing this since 2003. From the indies, I was [a] good guy, bad guy, comedy guy, you know, you’ve seen it just in WWE with Viking Raiders. We’re serious, we’re scary, we’re heels, we’re comedy, whatever, wherever you want to go. We can do that. We have the skill set. So absolutely, there is a part of me that wants to have that spotlight always. We’re in this as wrestlers, but there’s also part of me that I never want that to be at the expense of being The War Raiders.
  • Zelina Vega told Screen Rant that she’d like her first United States Women’s Championship defense to be against Dakota Kai:
    • Dakota, honestly – I would love to give her the first shot. I’m just saying that. Like, Dakota Kai gets first shot. I would love that. She’s become like a sister to me.
  • The Miz has launched a new YouTube channel called Miz Golf:
    • Welcome to the most must-see YouTube Channel, welcome to… Miz Golf! Join WWE Superstar The Miz on his quest to become a scratch golfer. Watch as The Miz partners with celebrities, friends and golf pros as he tries to improve his skills on the course and lower his handicap.
  • WWE posted a photo gallery with behind-the-scenes pictures from WrestleMania week.
  • Logan Paul uploaded a new vlog. He also released the official music video for his “Still Humble” WWE entrance theme.

Other Wrestling

  • Thekla, who is rumored to be AEW-bound following her departure from Stardom, teased on social media that she’s “off to new lands.”
  • The Associated Press listed MJF among their 11 breakout actors to watch in this year’s summer movies. He’s playing one of Happy Gilmore’s sons in “Happy Gilmore 2,” which will premiere on Netflix on Friday, July 25.
  • Lance Archer was the guest on AEW Unrestricted this week.
  • Rocky Romero appeared on Busted Open After Dark following Dynamite last night.
  • Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling has announced Gabe Kidd vs. Michael Oku vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey for their Northern Rising show in Toronto on Saturday, May 10.
  • MLW Women’s Featherweight Champion Shoko Nakajima is set to appear at the promotion’s Azteca Lucha show in Cicero, Illinois on May 10.
  • An X-Division Championship match with Moose defending against Zachary Wentz has been added to the card for tonight’s live episode of TNA Impact. The show will begin at 10 p.m. Eastern time and has the following lineup:
    • Joe Hendry & The Hardys (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs. Frankie Kazarian & The Nemeths (Nic & Ryan Nemeth)
    • X-Division Champion Moose defends against Zachary Wentz
    • Leon Slater vs. KC Navarro
    • Jody Threat vs. Maggie Lee
    • Mike Santana in action
    • Indi Hartwell will speak live
    • We’ll hear from TNA International Champion Steve Maclin
  • TNA World Champion Joe Hendry turns 37 years old today.
  • The Wrestling Classic uploaded an interview with Leah Van Dale (Carmella).

Erik gives update on Valhalla’s WWE TV return

Posted on by Joseph Currier

It shouldn’t be long until Valhalla is back on WWE programming.

On Thanksgiving Day last November, Valhalla (Sarah Rowe) and her husband Erik (Ray Rowe) welcomed their second child into the world. The couple now has two boys with Ezekiel Joseph Rowe joining their son Raymond Cash who was born in 2021.

Valhalla has been away from WWE TV since announcing her pregnancy last year, but Erik told Chris Van Vliet on a new episode of Insight that he thinks she’ll be back soon.

“Absolutely,” Erik responded when asked if Valhalla is thinking about when she wants to come back. “Yeah, she is — she is a constant inspiration for me. She works so hard. She is so dedicated and disciplined. She keeps me on my diet so much better because she’s so disciplined with hers. And she’s already like running, jumping, throwing things, getting back into like battle shape and getting ready. So, yeah, I don’t know when this is going to air, but I’m sure it won’t be too long in the future before you start seeing her again.”

Valhalla, a former Riott Squad member, was released by WWE in 2020 but made her return to the company in 2022. She manages The War Raiders along with competing in the ring.

Erik & Ivar became The War Raiders again last October after previously being known as The Viking Raiders. They had a four-month reign as World Tag Team Champions before dropping the titles to New Day at WrestleMania 41.

During his appearance on Insight, Erik said getting the War Raiders name back is awesome because he and Ivar now get to play a version of their real selves on TV. It’s the closest they’ve ever been to their presentation when they were War Machine in ROH and NJPW.

“As War Raiders, we are the closest thing to War Machine that we’ve ever been. No face paint, we’re not even wearing like horns and helmets and armor,” Erik said. “We’re coming out in essentially biker vests, leather vests. This is what I wear to TV. I just put a vest on, and I cut promos like this on WWE TV. I wear a black T-shirt and jeans, which is what I wear every day of my life. If I’m not in gym clothes, this is what I’m wearing. This is who I am.”

El Grande Americano advances in WWE Speed tournament

Posted on by Joseph Currier

El Grande Americano — the supposed lucha legend played by Chad Gable — is advancing to the next round of WWE Speed’s number one contender’s tournament.

The masked Americano defeated Erik in a first-round match on WWE Speed this week, getting the victory with a diving headbutt with 42 seconds remaining on the three-minute clock. The match was taped at WWE Raw in Sacramento on April 14 before premiering today.

It will be Americano vs. Alex Shelley in the next round of the tournament (airing April 30 on X/Twitter) with the winner earning a WWE Speed Championship shot against Dragon Lee, who won the title in November 2024 and has made two successful defenses during his reign. One of those defenses was against Gable.

WWE introduced the Americano character in a storyline where Gable is looking to conquer lucha libre following a loss to Penta. His first match under the Americano mask was a win against Lee this March.

Americano is coming off a victory against Rey Fenix at WrestleMania 41. Rey Mysterio was originally supposed to be his opponent, but Mysterio suffered a torn groin on the SmackDown before WrestleMania and could not compete. To defeat Fenix, Americano used a loaded mask as a weapon.

Tag Team title match official for WWE WrestleMania 41

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Another new match is officially on the books for WrestleMania 41.

WWE confirmed this afternoon that The War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) will defend their World Tag Team titles against New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) at WrestleMania in Las Vegas. The match was expected to be added to the Mania card after their title bout on Raw earlier this week ended with New Day winning by disqualification. It was made official via a social media announcement from Raw general manager Adam Pearce.

During their match on Raw, Woods introduced a chair into the ring but had it wrestled away from him by Ivar. The referee then called for a DQ after Ivar struck Woods with the chair. New Day launched a post-match steel chair attack on The War Raiders until officials broke things up.

A stipulation for War Raiders vs. New Day has not been announced, but Dave Meltzer reported earlier today that it’s possible one could be added. Meltzer wrote that the bout is expected to be part of the card for night one of WrestleMania.

Ivar & Erik have been World Tag Team Champions since winning the belts from Judgment Day’s Finn Balor & JD McDonagh in December.

As things stand, the matches set for WrestleMania are expected to happen on the following nights:

Night one (Saturday, April 19) —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)
  • United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
  • World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) defend against New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso

Night two (Sunday, April 20) —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD (challengers will be decided in a gauntlet match on SmackDown this Friday)
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • Randy Orton vs. ?
  • Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way match
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match

WWE wrestlers Erik & Valhalla welcome birth of second child

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE wrestlers Erik (Raymond Rowe) and Valhalla (Sarah Logan/Rowe) had an extra special Thanksgiving this year.

On Thanksgiving day, Valhalla and Erik welcomed their second child into the world. The baby is a boy named Ezekiel Joseph Rowe.

“We have a son. And he’s perfect in every way,” Erik wrote on Instagram. “Ezekiel Joseph Rowe, born 11/28/2024.”

The couple has been married since 2018 and had their first child, another boy named Raymond Cash Rowe, in 2021. They have an interest in farming with Valhalla publishing a children’s book on the subject earlier this year.

Valhalla was released by WWE in 2020 but made her return to the company in 2022. She manages Erik & Ivar as part of the WWE Raw tag team division, with the former Viking Raiders now known as The War Raiders again after getting their old name back this October. Erik underwent neck fusion surgery last year but is now back in action.

Finn Balor & JD McDonagh retained their World Tag Team titles against The War Raiders on Raw this Monday after getting help from Judgment Day interference.

Erik & Ivar return as War Raiders on WWE Raw

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The War Raiders are back.

Ivar and Erik made their return on Monday’s Raw, quickly defeating American Alpha (Akira Tozawa and Otis). It was quickly made clear that the duo have now reverted to the names they used in NXT, the War Raiders. As a result of their win, they have now advanced in a new tournament to crown number one contenders for the World Tag Team titles.

Earlier in the show, Finn Balor confronted Adam Pearce, asking when he’d get his rematch against Damian Priest. Pearce told him that things were over between the two, and now it’s time to focus on defending the World Tag Team titles with JD McDonagh.

The War Raiders had been out of action as a team since last year when Erik announced he was recovering from neck fusion surgery. Ivar continued to wrestle as a single until this past May when he announced that he was dealing with a “very serious injury”. Valhalla is currently pregnant with her and Erik’s second child.

On the September 23 edition of Raw, vignettes began airing for their return, with the first promo ending with the words “fate is woven.”

WWE’s Valhalla & Erik expecting their second child

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE’s Valhalla (Sarah Logan) and Erik (Raymond Rowe) are expecting their second child. 

The couple made the announcement in a social media post on Thursday with the caption:

November of 2024NEW ROWE BOY INCOMING

We are so unbelievably happy. 

The couple welcomed the birth of their first child in 2021.

Valhalla and Erik make up two-thirds of the Viking Raiders act on WWE’s Raw brand. Erik has been out of action after undergoing neck fusion surgery, with his ast WWE match coming in September. Valhalla was last in action at this year’s Royal Rumble event in January. 

With Erik and Valhalla off TV, Ivar of the Viking Raiders has been featured as a singles star both on the Raw and NXT brands, and is set to challenge Oba Femi for the NXT North American Championship at Tuesday’s Spring Breakin’ week two. 

As a duo, Erik and Ivar have held both the NXT Tag Team titles and the Raw Tag Team titles during their WWE run as The War Raiders in NXT, then the Viking Raiders on the main roster.

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WWE’s Erik recovering following successful neck fusion surgery

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Erik of the Viking Raiders announced he has undergone successful neck fusion surgery.

In a post on Instagram, he revealed that he recently underwent neck fusion surgery for his C6/C7 vertebrae. He thanked the doctor and the staff at Andrews Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama as well as WWE.

The full post can be seen below:

I cannot express the proper gratitude and thankfulness to the amazing Dr Cordover and his incredible staff at @andrews_sports_medicine and St Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, AL and to @wwe for always making sure I have the best care possible.

C6 / C7 fusion surgery was successful and recovery begins now.

I’m excited for all the possibilities once my cybernetic upgrades come fully online.

Erik last wrestled in September, where The Viking Raiders defeated Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin on Main Event. 

In the last month, his tag team partner Ivar has continued to feud with The New Day as a singles wrestler, defeating Kofi Kingston in a Viking Rules match. On next week’s Raw, he will compete in a four-way match between Ricochet, The Miz, and Bronson Reed that will determine the next contender for Gunther’s WWE Intercontinental title.

WWE’s Erik of The Viking Raiders out of action with foot injury

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Erik of The Viking Raiders is out of action.

During Friday’s SmackDown main event, announcer Michael Cole mentioned that Erik of The Viking Raiders suffered an injured foot stemming from the Viking Rules match that took place last month in Detroit, Michigan. As a result, Cole announced that Erik would be out of action “for an indefinite period of time”.

The Viking Raiders won the Viking Rules match on the episode of SmackDown that aired on September 2, defeating The New Day. The two teams had been feuding in the weeks prior to their match, with the Raiders at one time putting Xavier Woods out of action in storyline.

After several months off television, The Viking Raiders were reintroduced on SmackDown as heels back in June, now being referred to the new, vicious Viking Raiders. The team began feuding with The New Day, which culminated with the Viking Rules match, a falls count anywhere match with viking props. Ivar scored the win for his team after putting Woods through a stack of tables.

Sarah Logan & Erik welcome birth of first child

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Sarah Logan (real name Sarah Rowe) and her husband Erik of WWE’s Viking Raiders (Raymond Rowe) have welcomed the birth of their first child.

The baby is a boy named Raymond Cash Rowe. Erik announced the baby’s birth on Tuesday and wrote that Logan and the baby are both happy and safe: “Raymond Cash Rowe 8lbs 11oz 21.75” After 44hrs of labor both mama and baby are happy and safe. He’s perfect. #rowesborg @sarahrowe #weebabycash”

Logan and Erik had announced that they were expecting in July 2020. Logan said she was six weeks pregnant at that time.

Logan was released by WWE during their roster cuts in April of last year. When announcing her pregnancy, Logan said she and Erik had been talking about having a baby for a long time and this felt like the right time because her not being able to wrestle while pregnant was the only thing holding them back.

Last June, Logan noted that she was stepping away from pro wrestling for the foreseeable future. She said prior to her pregnancy that she was interested in doing an MMA fight and was training for it.

Erik’s tag team partner Ivar is out of action after undergoing neck surgery in September. Ivar suffered the injury during an eight-man tag match on the September 7 episode of Raw.

WWE congratulated Erik and Logan on the birth of their child. The couple has been married since December 2018.