Erick Rowan was sent to its developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling, before debuting on the NXT brand in 2012 under the ring name Erick Rowan, a member of the Wyatt Family.
22 Facts About Erick Rowan
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Erick Rowan went on to become a one-time NXT Tag Team Champion and a two-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion.
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Erick Rowan is of Norwegian descent, with his ancestors having emigrated to the US from Nannestad.
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Erick Rowan attended the University of Minnesota Morris, where he played football.
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Erick Rowan debuted under the ring name "Thoruf Marius", competing for various promotions throughout the Midwest until 2007.
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Erick Rowan was invited to go to Pro Wrestling Noah's dojo in Japan to live, train, and wrestle.
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Erick Rowan made his FCW TV debut in August 2011 with a win over Kenneth Cameron, while being accompanied by Byron Saxton and James Bronson.
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The vignettes showed The Wyatt Family's backwoods origins and Erick Rowan wearing a sheep mask.
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In early 2014, Erick Rowan took part in The Wyatt Family's feud with The Shield, while supporting Bray Wyatt in his feud against John Cena.
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At Survivor Series, Erick Rowan scored no eliminations and was himself eliminated by Harper, with the assistance of Seth Rollins; however, Team Cena later won the match.
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At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Erick Rowan was defeated by Big Show in a stairs match.
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At Fastlane, Erick Rowan teaming up with Ziggler and Ryback in a six-man tag team match against Seth Rollins, Big Show and Kane, which they lost.
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Erick Rowan participated in the second annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 31, but was eliminated by Big Show.
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At TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, The Wyatt Family defeated ECW Originals in an eight-man tag team elimination tables match, with Erick Rowan being the only Wyatt Family member eliminated from the match.
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On January 24,2016, Erick Rowan would go on to compete in the Royal Rumble match with fellow The Wyatt Family members and was eliminated by Brock Lesnar, but he would later return to the ring along with another members to eliminate Lesnar.
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Erick Rowan was defeated by The Rock in six seconds, breaking the record for the quickest WrestleMania match of all time; after the match, when The Wyatt Family attempted to attack The Rock, a returning John Cena came to his aid.
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On July 19, as part of 2016 draft, Erick Rowan was drafted to SmackDown brand along with Bray Wyatt, while Braun Strowman was drafted to Raw.
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Erick Rowan made his return on the April 4,2017 episode of SmackDown Live.
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Erick Rowan returned from injury at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on January 27,2019, interfering on behalf of Daniel Bryan to help him retain the WWE Championship against AJ Styles, and forming an alliance with Bryan.
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However, Erick Rowan later turned on Bryan and revealed that he was the attacker the entire time, ending the alliance between the two.
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At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on January 26,2020, Erick Rowan entered Royal Rumble match at number 3, and was quickly eliminated by Brock Lesnar.
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The next week on Raw, Erick Rowan competed in his final match against Drew McIntyre, where mid-way through the bout, McIntyre crushed the cage with steel steps.