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War Raiders Debut On WWE RAW As “The Viking Experience”

NXT Tag Team Champions Hanson and Rowe, better known as War Raiders, were shock call-ups on last night’s Superstar Shake-Up edition of RAW, joining forces with The Revival to face off against Ricochet, Aleister Black, Zack Ryder, and Curt Hawkins in an eight-man tag.

They weren’t introduced under their NXT monickers: instead, Hanson and Rowe have been rebranded Erik and Ivar, The Viking Experience.

RAW’s commentators then tried to put the act over as “not a gimmick,” claiming that Ivar and Erik are literal vikings, thus cementing the move’s utter ridiculousness.

Is this the dumbest name change in WWE history?

Ditching “War Raiders” essentially means that the hugely over “war” chants are probably going away as well.

Regardless, The Viking Experience should be strong enough to survive the silliness. They’re a great tag team, having proved it again at TakeOver: New York.

Here’s hoping they compensate by ruling the RAW tag division.

WWE RAW Preview 4/15/19 Superstar Shake-Up

Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Superstar Shake-Up night one.

* WWE gets shaken up

* Lacey Evans steps to “Becky Two Belts”

* The Universal Freakin’ Champion awaits his next challenge

* Bobby Lashley strikes back

* The Big Dog protects his yard

WWE Confirms “Superstar Shake-Up” In April

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Earlier this week, a commercial aired in Canada during RAW for the upcoming RAW and SmackDown tapings in Montreal on April 15 and 16. The promo said that “the first international Superstar Shake-up” will occur at each show.

In the video below, WWE has confirmed those dates are indeed when this year’s Superstar Shake-up will take place.

Last year’s took place on April 16 and 17. The Shake-up saw Jeff Hardy, Samoa Joe, R-Truth, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Asuka, Sheamus & Cesaro as the top stars moved from RAW to SmackDown. Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, Jinder Mahal, Sami Zayn, The Riott Squad, Natalya, Baron Corbin, Bobby Roode, Chad Gable, Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder were among the names moved to RAW.

Source: WrestlingINC

Full WWE Superstar Shake-Up Changes From Night 2

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Below is the full list of changes from the WWE Superstar Shake-Up from night two:

Changes announced on SmackDown Live:

* United States Champion Jeff Hardy goes from RAW to SmackDown

* Absolution (Sonya Deville & Mandy Rose) goes from RAW to SmackDown

* Samoa Joe goes from RAW to SmackDown

* SAnitY (Eric Young, Killain Dain & Alexander Wolfe) goes from NXT to SmackDown (Notice that Nikki Cross is staying at NXT)

* Big Cass goes from RAW to SmackDown

* Asuka goes from RAW to SmackDown

* Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson goes from RAW to SmackDown

* The Bar (Sheamus & Cesaro) goes from RAW to SmackDown

* R-Truth goes from RAW to SmackDown

* Andrien “Cien” Almos & Zelina Vega goes from NXT to SmackDown

SmackDown Live Preview 4/17/18, Superstar Shake-Up

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Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live will take place from the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island as the 2018 Superstar Shake-Up continues.

* The Superstar Shake-up continues

* Will Shinsuke Nakamura continue to antagonize AJ Styles?

* Princess Mella’s reign begins

* Are The Usos ready for a bludgeoning?

* The Miz returns to Team Blue

Full WWE Superstar Shake-Up Changes From Night 1

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Below is the full list of changes from the WWE Superstar Shake-Up from night one:

Changes announced on RAW:

* Jinder Mahal (with Sunil Singh) goes from SmackDown to RAW – Mahal lost the United States Championship to Jeff Hardy

* The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn goes from SmackDown to RAW (hired by Stephanie McMahon)

* The Miz goes from RAW to SmackDown without The Miztourage (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel

* Breezango (Tyler Breeze & Fandango) goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Natalya goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Dolph Ziggler goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Drew McIntyre (from NXT) returned from injury to join Ziggler on RAW and beat down Titus O’Neil and Apollo Crews

* Baron Corbin goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Bobby Roode goes from SmackDown to RAW

 

Changes announced after RAW:

* Zack Ryder goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Mojo Rawley goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Mike Kanellis goes from SmackDown to RAW

* Chad Gable goes from SmackDown to RAW

* The Ascension (Konnor & Viktor) goes from SmackDown to RAW

 

RAW to SmackDown Live roster changes will be revealed on tonight’s SmackDown Live.