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Luke Harper and Erick Rowan
Luke Harper (left) and Erick Rowan (right) in April 2014
Tag team
MembersLuke Harper
Erick Rowan
Name(s)The Bludgeon Brothers
Luke Harper and Erick Rowan
The Wyatt Family
Billed heightsHarper:
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Rowan:
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Combined
billed weight		590 lb (270 kg)
Harper:
275 lb (125 kg)
Rowan:
315 lb (143 kg)
DebutNovember 2012
Years active2012–2014
2015–present

Luke Harper and Erick Rowan are a professional wrestling tag team in WWE, performing on the SmackDown brand as The Bludgeon Brothers.

The duo debuted in WWE's developmental territory NXT in 2012, as founding members of the Wyatt Family stable, performing as followers of Bray Wyatt. During their time in NXT, Harper and Rowan won the NXT Tag Team Championship, before debuting alongside Wyatt on the main roster in July 2013, as a dominant villainous faction terrorizing other WWE wrestlers. The trio began to go their separate ways in September 2014, after Wyatt announced he was "setting Harper and Rowan free". As a result, Rowan would turn into a heroic character by joining John Cena's team at Survivor Series, while Harper would remain villainous and side with The Authority.

Following a brief feud, Harper and Rowan would reunite in May 2015 and subsequently reconciled with Wyatt, reforming the Wyatt Family. After the Wyatt Family disbanded in 2017, with Harper betraying the group, and Rowan and Wyatt the only remaining members, Harper and Rowan briefly feuded once again before the duo began teaming again as The Bludgeon Brothers.

History edit

Formation and NXT Tag Team Champions (2012–2013) edit

See also: The Wyatt Family

Rowan signed a WWE contract in February 2011 and Harper in March 2012, with both wrestlers performing in NXT's predecessor Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). After FCW was rebranded to NXT Wrestling, Harper and Rowan debuted on NXT under the leadership of Bray Wyatt to form a faction known as The Wyatt Family in November, with the duo being referred to as Wyatt's "sons".[1][2][3] On the January 23, 2013, episode of NXT, Harper and Rowan entered the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament to crown the inaugural champions, defeating the team of Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu in the first round.[4] Following a win over Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty in the semi-finals with Wyatt's interference,[5] Harper and Rowan went on to the finals of the tournament, but were defeated by Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey.[6]

The Wyatt Family later assaulted Grey (who had suffered a legitimate injury) while Wyatt prevented Bo Dallas from winning a NXT Championship number one contender match due to Dallas refusal to join The Wyatt Family.[7][8] On the May 2 episode of NXT, Harper and Rowan won a triple threat elimination tag team match by lastly pinning Neville to earn a shot at the NXT Tag Team Championship.[9] On the May 8 episode of NXT, Harper and Rowan defeated Neville and Dallas, the latter of whom filling in for the injured Grey, to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.[10][11] After Harper and Rowan won the titles, The Wyatt Family went on to feud with Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno,[12]. On the June 19 episode of NXT, The Wyatt Family defeated the team of Graves, Neville and Ohno.[13] On the July 17 episode of NXT, Harper and Rowan lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to Neville and Graves.[14][15]

Main roster debut and split (2013–2014) edit

 
Harper and Rowan wrestling in a tag team match in September 2014

From the May 27 episode of Raw, WWE aired vignettes promoting the upcoming main roster debut of The Wyatt Family.[16] The vignettes showed the Wyatt Family's backwoods origins and Rowan wearing a sheep mask.[17][18] On the July 8 episode of Raw, The Wyatt Family made their debut by assaulting Kane.[19] Harper and Rowan made their main roster in-ring debut on the July 26 episode of SmackDown, where they defeated Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai) in a tag team match.[20] Over the next few months, Harper and Rowan competed as a tag team and went on a winning streak over many teams,[21][22][23] until Cody Rhodes and Goldust handed them their first loss on the October 11 episode of SmackDown.[24] In early 2014, Harper and Rowan feuded with The Shield,[25][26][27] while also supporting Bray Wyatt in his feud with John Cena.[28] While Wyatt and Cena's feud continued, Harper and Rowan also started a feud with The Usos, unsuccessfully challenging for the WWE Tag Team Championship at Money in the Bank[29] and Battleground.[30]

On September 29, 2014, vignettes began to air of Bray Wyatt announcing he was setting Luke Harper and Erick Rowan "free".[31][32] Rowan returned on the October 31 episode of SmackDown,[33] while Harper returned on the November 10 episode of Raw, aligning himself with The Authority.[34] On the November 17 episode of Raw, Rowan joined Team Cena for Survivor Series, opposing Luke Harper and turning into a heroic character.[35] At the event, Rowan's team was victorious. During the match, Harper and Rowan attacked each other, with Rowan ultimately being eliminated from the match by his former partner (with assistance from Seth Rollins).[36]

Reformation and Wyatt Family reunion (2015–2017) edit

 
Harper and Rowan in January 2016

On the May 11, 2015 episode of Raw, Rowan reunited with Harper after he attacked Harper's opponent Fandango, turning heel in the process.[37] The following week, Harper and Rowan made their return as a tag team, defeating Fandango and Zack Ryder.[38] In late June, Rowan suffered a torn bicep,[39] leaving him out of action and resulting in Harper reuniting with Bray Wyatt on July 19 at Battleground by helping him defeat Roman Reigns.[40] After four months of inactivity, Rowan returned from injury on the October 19 episode of Raw, when he filled in for Harper (who was unable to show for personal reasons), teaming with Wyatt and Wyatt Family newcomer Braun Strowman against Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins, which his team won by disqualification after Ambrose attacked Strowman with a kendo stick.[41] During this time, The Wyatt Family feuded with several teams including The Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane)[42] and Team ECW (The Dudley Boyz, Tommy Dreamer and Rhyno).[43] In March, Harper suffered a knee injury during a Raw dark match and it was reported that the injury would sideline him for five to six months.[44]

On July 19, 2016, at the 2016 WWE draft, Wyatt and Rowan were drafted to SmackDown while Strowman was drafted to Raw, separating him from the group.[45] After the draft, Rowan and Wyatt continued their alliance,[46] and Harper returned at the close of the SmackDown brand's event No Mercy on October 9 in a match between Wyatt and Orton, whom Harper distracted to help Wyatt win the match, thus realigning himself with the group.[47] Prior to Harper's return, Rowan underwent surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff.[48]

During Rowan's absence, Harper betrayed the group, attacking Wyatt and his new ally Randy Orton during the 2017 Royal Rumble.[49] On the April 4 episode of SmackDown, Rowan returned from injury after nearly eight months of inactivity, sporting a new steampunk-style sheep mask, assisting Wyatt and attacking Orton (who betrayed Wyatt), but later that night they lost a tag team match against Orton and Harper.[50] The Wyatt Family seemingly disbanded again when Wyatt was moved to the Raw brand during the 2017 WWE Superstar Shake-up, but despite this Wyatt and Rowan continued their alliance, with Wyatt distracting Orton during his match with Rowan on the April 11 episode of SmackDown.[51] Harper and Rowan continued to rival each other until the feud seemingly ended at Backlash on May 21, where Harper defeated Rowan.[52]

The Bludgeon Brothers (2017–present) edit

After months without appearing on WWE programming, on the October 10 episode of SmackDown, Harper and Rowan returned in a repackage vignette, with the duo wielding hammers and dubbing themselves as "bludgeon brothers".[53] After a month of promotion, Harper and Rowan wrestled their return match as The Bludgeon Brothers on the November 21 episode of SmackDown, defeating The Hype Bros (Mojo Rawley and Zack Ryder).[54]

In wrestling edit

Championships and accomplishments edit

References edit

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