Original Plans For The War Raiders' WWE Returns Revealed

The War Raiders have missed a significant amount of in-ring time in the past couple of years, after Erik underwent neck fusion surgery and Ivar suffered a spinal injury earlier this year.

The duo are back, however, after returning to WWE on the October 14 episode of Raw. Speaking with Chris Van Vliet for Insight, Ivar noted that they were originally slated to come back on the September 9 episode, saying:

"Erik and I were ready to come back. We were actually scheduled to return in Calgary. The Calgary Raw. At the last second, they pulled our travel and said they were gonna hold off on it. They said nothing but, 'We're just gonna hold off for better creative'. The next week, we get a phone call, 'Hey, how do you guys feel about coming back as The War Raiders?'. We were like, 'Yeah, that sounds good.'"

The War Raiders bagged the WWE World Tag Team Titles on the December 14 edition of Raw, beating The Judgment Day (Finn Balor & JD McDonagh) in the show's main event.

This came after they underwent a babyface turn internally.

H/T WrestlingNews.co

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