WWE made the interesting decision to rename the War Raiders to ‘The Viking Experience’. Many fans took to social media to rip into WWE for the name change after it happened.
So why did WWE decide to change their names?
A popular theory was that WWE changed it because they didn’t want a name with ‘war’ in it. That doesn’t appear to be the case though.
According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer (subscribe here), Vince McMahon simply didn’t like the War Raiders name and wanted it changed:
“There’s nothing to do with ‘war’, Vince just wanted to change the name, that’s all. He didn’t like ‘War Raiders’ and he wanted to change the name. That’s all there is to it. There’s no other reason. Vince just on the day of the show, on Monday, decided he didn’t like the name and told them to come up with a new one.“
According to a previous report, they were almost called ‘The Berserkers’. Vince eventually settled on ‘The Viking Experience’ and the rest is history.
What do you think of the name? Let me know in the comment section below.
On a related note, check out 5 of the top candidates to have their name changed next by WWE.