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Raymond "Ray" Rowe is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Ring of Honor, where he performs as part of the tag team War Machine alongside Hanson.
After performing for several independent promotions since 2003, Rowe made his Ring of Honor debut on June 1, 2013 in a losing effort against Bobby Fish. Following this, he returned to ROH on January 4, 2014, as part of that year's Top Prospect Tournament and defeated Kongo in a first round match. After managing to advance to the finals, Rowe ultimately lost the Tournament to Hanson. Despite this, Rowe began performing regularly performing for ROH following the tournament in addition to forming the tag team War Machine with Hanson on April 4, 2014.
In August, Rowe was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident and was out of action for several months. On March 1, 2015, Rowe made his return to ROH at the promotion's 13th Anniversary Show by assisting his partner Hanson after the World Championship main event. On August 22, War Machine defeated Killer Elite Squad (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) in a non-title match and afterwards challenged them to a match for their GHC Tag Team Championship, a title owned by the Japanese Pro Wrestling Noah promotion. War Machine received their title shot in Japan on September 19, but were defeated by the Killer Elite Squad. On December 18 at Final Battle, War Machine defeated The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Michael Bennett) to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship.
In wrestling
Finishing moves
Death Rowe (Full nelson lifted and dropped into a knee lift to the back of the opponent's head)
Signature moves
Double leg takedown followed by a waist-lock takedown
Forearm smash
Multiple suplex variations
Exploder
High-angle belly-to-back
Overhead belly-to-belly
Saito
Suicide dive
With Hanson
Double team finishing moves
Fallout (Belly-to-back suplex (Rowe) / Diving leg drop (Hanson) combination)
Double team signature moves
Double chokeslam
Hanson powerbombs Rowe onto a grounded opponent
Nicknames
"Mr. Right"
"Death Rowe"
Entrance themes
"Am I Evil?" by Metallica
"Death Rowe" by Dog Race
"Blood and Tears" by Eric Baumont & Jean-Michel Bacou