Raymond Rowe
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File:Raymond Rowe in Japan.jpg
Raymond Rowe in Japan with a fan.
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Birth name | Raymond Rowe |
Born | Cleveland, Ohio, United States[1] |
August 21, 1984
Residence | Houston, Texas, United States |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Raymond Right[2] Ray Rowe[2] Raymond Rowe[2] |
Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] |
Billed weight | 240 lb (110 kg)[1] |
Billed from | Cleveland, Ohio |
Trained by | Josh Prohibition Lou Marconi[1] |
Debut | May 2003[1] |
Raymond "Ray" Rowe is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor, where he and his tag team partner Hanson (collectively known as War Machine) are former ROH World Tag Team Champions.[3]
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Professional wrestling career
Early career (2003–2013)
Rowe was trained by Josh Prohibition and Lou Marconi. He debuted on the independent circuit in May 2003.
Ring of Honor (2013–present)
Rowe made his Ring of Honor debut on June 1, 2013 in a losing effort against Bobby Fish. Following this, he returned to ROH on January 4, 2014, as part of that year's Top Prospect Tournament and defeated Kongo in a first round match. After managing to advance to the finals, Rowe ultimately lost the Tournament to Hanson. Despite this, Rowe began regularly performing for ROH following the tournament in addition to forming the tag team War Machine with Hanson on April 4, 2014.
In August, Rowe was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and was out of action for several months.[4] On March 1, 2015, Rowe made his return to ROH at the promotion's 13th Anniversary Show by assisting his partner Hanson after the World Championship main event.[5] On August 22, 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
- Finishing moves
- Death Rowe (Full nelson lifted and dropped into a knee lift to the back of the opponent's head)[10]
- Signature moves
- Double leg takedown followed by a waist-lock takedown[11][12]
- Forearm smash[13][14][15]
- Multiple suplex variations
- Shotgun Knees (Running double knee strike)
- Suicide dive[16][18]
- With Hanson
- Double team finishing moves
- Double team signature moves
- Double chokeslam[19]
- Hanson powerbombs Rowe onto a grounded opponent[15][19]
- Nicknames
- Entrance themes
- "Am I Evil?" by Metallica[1]
- "Blood and Tears" by Eric Baumont and Jean-Michel Bacou
- "Death Rowe" by Dog Race[20]
Championships and accomplishments
- Absolute Intense Wrestling
- Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling
- Firestorm Pro Wrestling
- Firestorm Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- International Wrestling Cartel
- IWC World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- IWC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with J-Rocc[24]
- NWA Branded Outlaw Wrestling
- NWA Lone Star
- NWA Wrestling Revolution
- NWA Grand Warrior Championship (2 times)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ring of Honor
- VIP Wrestling
- VIP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[29]
References
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See also
External links
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- Raymond Rowe at the Internet Movie Database
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