WWE star Ivar has provided an update on fellow Viking Raider Erik’s road to recovery.
Last competing on Main Event back in September 2023, the former Tag Team Champion was sidelined with a neck injury. Posting an update in November 2023, Erik stated that the fusion surgery was successful and the road to recovery began. While one-half of The Viking Raiders is recovering, his partner Ivar has been used frequently on TV in a singles capacity and has been putting on great matches each week, including a recent match against NXT North American Champion Oba Femi.
Speaking with Fightful over WrestleMania weekend, Ivar stated that his partner was in Philadelphia for some appearances and the recovery in understandably not being rushed due to the nature of the injury:
“Yeah. I just saw him in the green room. He’s here for some appearances. I hadn’t seen him since a little after he got hurt. Actually flew down, he had surgery. I flew to Birmingham to surprise him in the hospital. So I hadn’t really seen him since then. It was nice. Then they saw me in the green room and were like, ‘Hey, you wanna do some media?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, okay. I’m wearing shorts, but let’s do it.’ Yep. But he’s doing good. It’s just slow and steady. Necks are weird. I had my neck injury before. Necks are weird. It just take time.”
Continuing, Ivar also detailed his own experiences of neck injuries and how it can be something that can affect him mentally:
“There was a week, it felt kind of insulting that I didn’t know what Erik was going through. I’m like, ‘Well, actually, I do. Mine was worse.’ Yeah, I was temporarily paralyzed. So I went through a whole mess of things. It was very questionable if I was able to return with double neck fusion and then the amount of trauma I had my spinal cord. So it does play in my mind quite frequently.
Honestly, man, I’d say on average once a month, medical pulls me aside and says, ‘Hey, man, you have double fusion. Please be careful out there.’ ‘Yes, thank you.’ I need Erik back to police me. But it does weigh on my mind and it is a concern. But also it makes me feel like, when I go out there, this could end at any moment. So when I go out there, it could be my last time and every time I go out there I want to put on the best show that I can.”
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Erik is married to Sarah Rowe, better known in WWE as Valhalla. In a recent announcement, Erik and Valhalla announced that they are expecting their second child together.
Inside The Ropes continues to wish Erik a full and speedy recovery.