Erik of The Viking Raiders returned to the United States from Saudi Arabia ill earlier this week, resulting in the WWE Superstar going home for a couple of days.
As a result of Erik getting sick while out of the country working the WWE Super ShowDown 2020 live special from Mohammed Abdou Arena at The Boulevard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this past Thursday, he missed his advertised appearances as one-half of The Viking Raiders at the non-televised WWE live events scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
Erik teamed with his tag-team partner Ivar in a losing effort at this year’s WWE Super ShowDown 2020 event, dropping a tag-team match to The O.C. (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson). The bout aired as part of the Kickoff Show pre-show for the first WWE special in Saudi Arabia of 2020.
With Erik off the lineups for the RAW brand house shows on Saturday and Sunday, Ivar teamed up with Kevin Owens and Drew McIntyre, defeating the trio of Seth Rollins and The AOP in the main event spot.
Featured below, courtesy of John Clark (@johnrclark12), is a recap of the main event change being announced and played out from the WWE live event held at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania on Saturday, Feb. 29th, including a video clip and photo.
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Main Event time as Kevin Owens will battle Seth Rollins. #wwestatecollege #WWE
— John Clark (@johnrclark12) March 1, 2020
Rollins brought a whole clan with him. Owens is alone at least for now. #wwestatecollege #wwe pic.twitter.com/sCRRYnwMIV
— John Clark (@johnrclark12) March 1, 2020
Rollins announces he wont be competing tonight and instead Murphy will take his place because State College doesnt deserve him. #wwestatecollege #wwe
— John Clark (@johnrclark12) March 1, 2020
Rollins attacks Owens ending the match in a DQ. They all attack Owens. Ivar of the Viking Raiders makes the save. McIntyre comes out also! #wwestatecollege #WWE
— John Clark (@johnrclark12) March 1, 2020
New main event is a 6 man tag. Rollins and AOP Vs. Owens, Ivar, and McIntyre. #wwestatecollege #WWE
— John Clark (@johnrclark12) March 1, 2020
Owens and Ivar chase AOP away and McIntyre finishes off Rollins for the win. "Tiny Balls" chants from the crowd for Seth. #wwestatecollege #WWE pic.twitter.com/NMW8YJVgYO
— John Clark (@johnrclark12) March 1, 2020
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One-half of the #VikingRaiders #TagTeam, veteran #WWE Superstar #Erik, comes back to #US from #SaudiArabia with #illness after working #WWESuperShowDown special — Misses #RAW live events as result. #VIDEO of main event being changed on Sat. & Sun.
LINK: https://t.co/bXYOJZ145j pic.twitter.com/GQF8JNu0sN
— Matt Boone (@MattBoone1984) March 2, 2020