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Query #15 · full-name query comparison · Sport
Todd Smith.
One half of the Viking Raiders
Todd James Smith, known in professional wrestling as Ivar, is an American wrestler and former tag-team champion.
WWEThe Viking RaidersNXT Tag Team Championship
From Todd Smith to Ivar
Professional wrestler Todd James Smith performs under the ring name Ivar. WWE presents him as one half of the Viking Raiders, alongside Erik, and describes the team’s path through NXT and Raw. Their act draws on a Viking-inspired identity, pairing a forceful in-ring style with coordinated tag-team work. The ring name is the one used in WWE’s official profile and match records; Todd Smith is included here to connect the roster name with the performer. [1][3]
Tag-team titles and a global circuit
WWE lists Ivar’s career highlights as including World Tag Team, Raw Tag Team and NXT Tag Team championships, as well as the AAA World Tag Team Championship. The company’s biography recounts the Raiders’ international competition before their NXT debut in 2018 and their subsequent move to Raw. It also notes the team’s return after injuries in 2024. The official record documents a career built chiefly around tag-team competition and a distinctive shared presentation with Erik. [1][2]
A career built through tag teams
Before WWE, the performer now known as Ivar competed as Hanson and worked in Ring of Honor and Japan, according to his career biography. He and Erik became known as War Machine before adopting the Viking Raiders name in WWE. WWE lists their tag-team accomplishments across NXT, Raw and the World Tag Team division, underscoring a career in which partnership and a shared in-ring identity have been central. [3][1]
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A question we’d love to put to Todd Smith.
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Search interest over time
Following the curiosity.
Annual values for the full name query on one calculated comparison scale. These can combine people, brands or other meanings; they are not isolated-person rankings or search counts.
Read the methodology ↗| Period | Relative scale | Index |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9.48 | |
| 2022 | 8.58 | |
| 2023 | 8.39 | |
| 2024 | 8.68 | |
| 2025 | 8.01 | |
| Jan–Sep2026 | 11.40 |
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