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Todd James Smith who is better known as Ivar in WWE, is one of the biggest names in the Tag Team division of WWE right now. He and his partner Eric are presently holding the World Tag Team Championship of WWE on RAW. They defeated The Judgment Day recently to win the titles.
But life of the War Raiders was not always very easy. Much like most of the WWE stars during the covid-19 Pandemic Era, these two athletes also suffered from inconsistent bookings. Ivar recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet where he revealed a comedy segment from the time which intimidated him of getting released. Here is what Ivar revealed;
Ivar of The War Raiders Admits Fear of Getting Released After Featuring in This Segment
“So it was this whole scary time. I feel like half the roster got fired, the lockdown, and there’s a lot of uncertainty in the whole world. It was a scary time. We were told we were doing it and at first, I don’t know, the first hour or two after we were we were told we were like, Oh, this is not good. This is going to be the precursor to you’re out of here.
“A lot of times when they take serious characters, or historically when you’ve seen serious characters, and then they take a really sharp turn into the comedy stuff. Then they’re doing that for a short period of time and they’re gone. We’re like all right, well this is the hand we’re dealt, so let’s do the absolute best that we can with it and make sure that they can’t get rid of us because we’re so good at what we do, and that’s kind of what we did.”
Eric and Ivar are Presently Known as The War Raiders
“I felt like originally, that whole feud, it wasn’t for us. It was for The Street Profits, because that’s their thing, or at least at the time that was their thing. They’re the comedic, funny tag team. So it just felt like everything was for them, which is fine, totally fine. It is what it is. So it was our job to do the best that we could in that role, and I think we did.
“I can watch it back, I see memories of it and stuff, or just randomly running the fans. It’s funny because I’ve heard a lot of people online talk trash about that stuff, never one to my face. But I was proud of the fun, comedic stuff that we did.”
Eric and Ivar Won the World Tag Team Championships Last Week on RAW
The Viking Raiders have recently returned to their previous characters; The War Raiders and soon after this transformation; they won the World Tag Team Championships. This week on RAW, they were seen helping Damian Priest from a potential beat down from the Judgment Day.
It has been announced that next week, the War Raiders will team up with the former World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest to take on the evil force of the Judgment Day in a six man tag team match. It is also believe that they will defend their tag team titles on the RAW Netlfix premier as well.
