Former WWE Superstar, Who Carried a Giant Spider, Makes His Shocking AEW Rampage Debut

AEW just keeps on surprising the pro wrestling fans. During the latest episode of AEW Rampage, a former WWE superstar made a surprise appearance. And that superstar is none other than Erick Redbeard (known as Erick Rowan in WWE).

Erick Redbeard came to Death Triangle’s aid. He marched into the ring and attacked the members of the House of Black.

The AEW security team prevented Erick Redbeard from causing any significant damage. But in doing so, they all got taken out by Erick Redbeard and the Death Triangle.

This was not Erick’s first AEW appearance. Back in 2020, following the death of Brodie Lee, Erick Redbeard appeared during the “Brodie Lee Celebration of Life” episode on AEW Dynamite.

On that night, he came to the rescue of the members of the Dark Order after Wardlow tried to attack them in the middle of a six-man tag team match.

Following the match, Erick once again appeared in the ring. He looked emotional as he held up a sign that had a message for Brodie Lee. It read “Goodbye for now, my brother. See you down the road.”

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But Erick Redbeard is yet to compete in AEW. But at AEW Revolution, he will finally compete in a match in AEW. He is going to team up with Death Triangle (Pac and Penta Oscuro) to take on the House of Black in a six-man tag team match.

A look back at the WWE career of Erick Redbeard

In 2011, Erick signed with WWE. And in 2012, he made his debut on WWE NXT as a member of The Wyatt Family. He was known as Erick Rowan in WWE.

During his time in The Wyatt Family, he formed a tag team with Brodie Lee (known as Luke Harper in WWE). They won the NXT Tag Team Championship during their successful run in NXT.

Erick and Brodie were also known as The Bludgeon Brothers in 2017 and 2018. They even won the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 34.

But the duo got separated after Erick suffered an injury. He then returned in 2019 and aligned himself with Bryan Danielson (known as Daniel Bryan in WWE).

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In April 2020, Erick got released from WWE. Since then, the former WWE superstar competed on the independent circuit.