Ivar Explains Why He Didn’t Take the Name Erik for The Viking Raiders

– WWE Superstar Ivar of The Viking Raiders recently spoke to Insight with Chris Van Vliet about his career, forming a tag team with Erik, how they got their team and ring names in WWE, and more. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):

Ivar on deciding who would be called Erik in the team: “So he [McMahon] didn’t care which one of us was which, so we get to talk to him and I looked at Ray (Erik) at the time and I’m like, ‘Ray, I can’t be my brother’s name going forward because my brother’s name is Erik. E-R-I-K, spelled exactly the same, please, please.’ He’s like, ‘Okay, yeah, you can be Ivar, I’ll be Erik.'”

The Viking Raiders, formerly War Machine, signed with WWE in early 2018. A year later, they won their first WWE tag team gold, becoming NXT Tag Team Champions at NXT TakeOver: Phoenix in January 2019.