War Machine has made its way to the WWE and just in time for the first major WWE pay-per-view show of the year. The team of Raymond Rowe and Warbeard Hanson have been in headlines along with another wrestler by the name of Ricochet who is also coming to the WWE. As with nearly every Royal Rumble, War Machine could make a surprise appearance along with some lucky guy who is wrestling in NXT already as the WWE is known for surprising fans with wrestlers that you normally do not get to see in the WWE. If you have followed wrestling for the past few years, you probably know who this tag team is, but for those of you who do not know about War Machine, here is the four one one.
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The War Machine Tag Team Have Been Paired Together for Almost Four Years
Raymond Rowe and Warbeard Hanson have actually been wrestling since the early 2000s. They have been paired together as a tag-team since 2014. On April 11, 2014, War Machine signed with Ring of Honor and they have been picking up momentum since being with the promotion. They went on to become tag team champions in ROH and they have been to numerous wrestling promotions and returned to ROH within those four years since then.
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War Machine Wrestled In Numerous Promotions
War Machine is a familiar face in numerous independent promotions and international wrestling promotions. These promotions include The Crash, Kamikaze Pro, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Chilanga Mask, ICW, IPW:UK, NOAH, and Progress to name a few. Hanson gave a humbling farewell speech recently in front of a Chaotic Wrestling crowd telling fans that he has dreamed about going to WWE for 16 years, and remembers some of the talented individuals that he has had the honor of being associated with such as Sasha Banks, Kofi Kingston, and former WWE superstar Damien Sandow.
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They Are Former ROH Alumni Who Will Join WWE
The WWE has their own watering hole when it comes to choosing talent. One such promotion is ROH. War Machine is one such talent that comes out of ROH and they are on their way to the king of wrestling promotions. The WWE has a ton of talented ROH alumni who have done really big things in the WWE which includes such wrestlers as Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Cesaro, and Seth Rollins, among others.
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War Machine is a High Flying Big Man Tag Team
Fans of the big guy high flying spots will accept the wrestling skills of War Machine. They are big men who perform high-risk maneuvers that are largely accepted among the cruiserweight division. This is one of the reasons why War Machine is such a well-known tag team wrestlers.
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They are Already Compared to Legendary Tag Teams
Looking at the garb and size of War Machine, you will see that they slightly mimic several tag teams of the past. Like the Ascension who are currently in the WWE, their influence stems from legendary tag teams that longtime wrestling fans are familiar with. Former WWE color commentator Kevin Kelly compared them to the Legion of Doom (aka The Road Warriors). They also seem to have been influenced by Demolition and The Powers of Pain.