The goal in the wrestling industry is to get a reaction, and create buzz. That’s what the name The Viking Experience did. Yet, it got so much backlash from fans, that WWE changed the name to The Viking Raiders the following week. Along with the name change, WWE changed the Thor’s Hammer move to The Viking Experience. Erik and Ivar themselves were not renamed.
The Viking Experience is a great punchline! You can add the words “the” and “experience” to almost anything, and it has a nice ring to it! The puns and memes are endless!
For example, “The Joey Ryan Experience”, being used in reference to Robert Roode’s moustache.
Or “The Firefly Funhouse Experience”.
Or “The TNA Experience”, referencing the TNA originals AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Robert Roode, and Eric Young.
The name, The Viking Experience, is gone… for now, but it has the potential to be the longest, episodic punchline in the history of the wrestling industry. The Viking Experience was brought to us by the “Vince McMahon Experience”. It should be Vince’s new moniker. He himself may take a chance on it. Imagine the fans watching Raw or SmackDown from their homes. Then, Vince McMahon’s music plays and you see the words “The Vince McMahon Experience” on the Titantron. They would laugh so hard, the chairman himself would be trending on social media, and they would love it!
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