WWE Reveals Viking Raiders’ Erik Out Indefinitely With Injury

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown lineup incorporates a Fatal 4-Way Match to resolve the Number 1 contender for the WWE Tag Team Championships, and it options Imperium, The New Day, Hit Row, and The Brawling Brutes. Some have been shocked to not see The Viking Raiders in that match, particularly since they have been on a tear just lately after going heel. Unfortunately, it was revealed throughout SmackDown by Michael Cole that the rationale for that’s an harm, as Cole stated Erik suffered a foot harm within the Viking Rules match and can be out of motion for an indefinite time period. We want Erik a speedy restoration and hope he can return to the ring higher than ever quickly.

The Viking Rules match was a bodily match that includes the Raiders and The New Day, and the Raiders would defeat The New Day in that match. It’s unclear when the harm occurred through the match, and it is also unclear if Ivar can be used in any respect whereas Erik is injured, so we’ll simply have to attend and see.

The Raiders got a brand new appear and feel earlier within the yr, going heel and revealing extra brutal personas. They even had a Viking Funeral the place they burned New Day shirts and a field of Booty O’s, and it was thought that Sarah Logan may need additionally been concerned in that, however that was by no means confirmed.

It additionally stays to be seen whether or not the Viking raiders can be introduced again as heels or faces once they do make their eventual return. WWE may use the time away to reset them a bit into extra face roles, although they’ve delivered some nice matches as heels, so that you would possibly wish to hold that going and never disrupt the momentum they’ve constructed even with the extended time away.

As for the contenders who win tonight’s match, they are going to face The Usos on subsequent week’s SmackDown, and after an exhilarating match of close to falls and spectacular spots, it was the Brawling Brutes who would find yourself profitable the match and changing into the brand new number one contenders.