Raymond Rowe (wrestler)

Raymond Rowe

Raymond Rowe in Japan with a fan.
Birth name Raymond Rowe
Born (1984-08-21) August 21, 1984
Cleveland, Ohio[1]
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.[3] He is currently signed to Ring of Honor, where he performs as part of the tag team War Machine alongside Hanson. He is currently one of the ROH Tag Team Champions.

Professional wrestling career

Ring of Honor (2013–present)

After performing for several independent promotions since 2003, 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 performing 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]

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Cagematch.net profile".
  2. 1 2 3 "OWW profile".
  3. ↑ Bleacher report - Indie Wrestling: Ray Rowe Wins Firestorm Title at War Games
  4. ↑ "ROH STAR INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT".
  5. ↑ "COMPLETE ROH 13TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW REPORT: JAY BRISCOE DEFENDS THE TITLE AGAINST THREE TOP CHALLENGERS, SAMOA JOE COMES HOME, ALBERTO EL PATRON GETS HIS SHOT AT THE TV TITLE, THE BUCKS AND REDRAGON RENEW THEIR FEUD, AND MUCH MORE By Stuart Carapola".
  6. ↑ "Ring of Honor tag team heading to Pro Wrestling Noah". Retrieved August 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Great Voyage 2015 in Osaka". Pro Wrestling Noah (in Japanese). Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  8. 1 2 Meltzer, Dave (December 18, 2015). "ROH Final Battle 2015 live results: Jay Lethal vs. AJ Styles, Roderick Strong vs. Bobby Fish". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "RING OF HONOR IN NASHVILLE, TN TV TAPING LIVE REPORT By Larry Goodman".
  10. 1 2 "RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: FUTURE OF HONOR; THE DECADE; DEFY OR DENY; AND MORE By Richard Trionfo".
  11. 1 2 "RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: BRISCOE VS. STYLES, ELGIN AND WAR MACHINE WRESTLE TWICE, AND MORE By Richard Trionfo".
  12. 1 2 "RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: HERO RETURNS TO THE RING; TOP PROSPECT TOURNAMENT; CHALLENGERS FOR ADAM COLE LINE UP; AND MORE By Richard Trionfo".
  13. 1 2 "RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: SIX MAN MAIN EVENT; DID THE STREAK GET TO 100-0?; THE FISH TANK GOES LIVE; AND MORE By Richard Trionfo".
  14. 1 2 "RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: MATCHES TAPED AT BEST IN THE WORLD By Richard Trionfo".
  15. 1 2 3 "RING OF HONOR TELEVISION REPORT: MATCHES FROM 12TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW INCLUDING LETHAL VERSUS STYLES AND MORE By Richard Trionfo".
  16. ↑ "100 Percent Fordified: Ring of Honor Honor in the Heart of Texas July 22, 2013 Posted by Kevin Ford".
  17. ↑ "411’s ROH TV Report 2.08.14 February 10, 2014 Posted by Bob Colling".
  18. 1 2 3 "METZGER'S ROH TV REPORT 4/5: A.J. Styles vs. Briscoe main event, plus Elgin, A.C.H., War Machine in action leading to big episode next week".
  19. ↑ "Death Rowe"©2013 Planet of the Stapes Music/Scott Mesorana www.youtube.com
  20. ↑ "Show results – 12/17/06 AIW in Cleveland, Ohio". AIW.
  21. ↑ "Show results - 5/23 AIW J.T. Lightning Tournament Night 2 in Cleveland, Ohio: Samoa Joe wrestles post-NXT debut, Ray Rowe wins, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. 2015-05-24. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  22. 1 2 "Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling". onlineworldofwrestling.com.
  23. ↑ "IWC Tag Team Championship history".
  24. ↑ "NWA BOW Heavyweight Championship history".
  25. ↑ http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=79928
  26. ↑ "NWA Lone Star Tag Team Championship history".
  27. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2015". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  28. ↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2555
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