WWE Star Shares Honest Thoughts On Comedy Run

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Ivar of the War Raiders has shared his honest thoughts on the comedy segments he was involved in during WWE’s lockdown era.

With fans unable to attend WWE shows for over a year, the company experimented with many ideas for its ongoing programming.

One of these ideas saw the War Raiders (fka Viking Raiders) feud with the Street Profits, with both teams facing off in various disciplines such as bowling and axe throwing.

Speaking with Chris Van Vliet, Ivar noted that he’s proud of these fun comedy segments.

Recalling this uncertain time, Ivar said:

“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. 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 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.”

Ivar has commented on the possibility of him and Erik bringing back their pre-WWE names following the return of their ‘War Raiders’ team name, which you can read more about right here.

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