The Biography

Todd James Smith is an American professional wrestler and trainer. As of January 2018, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Ivar. He is in a tag team with Erik called The War Raiders, where they are 2x World Tag Team Champions and one-time NXT Tag Team Champions. He is also a trainer at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL. He is also known under the ring name Hanson, which he used from 2013 to 2019, and under the ring name Handsome Johnny, which was used most of his career prior to 2013. Smith and Raymond Rowe (now known as Erik), have been a regular tag team since 2014, initially under the name War Machine, then later War Raiders, The Viking Experience, Viking Raiders and currently War Raiders. Smith and Rowe have held tag team championships on three continents, being two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions in Japan, the WCPW Tag Team Championship in England, and having won the ROH World Tag Team Championship, the NXT Tag Team Championship, and the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship in the United States.