Erick Rowan

Erick Rowan is the ring name of Joseph Ruud, an American professional wrestler born on November 28, 1981, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He trained under Eddie Sharkey from 2003, worked the Midwest independent circuit, and spent time training and wrestling in Japan at the dojo of Pro Wrestling Noah before signing a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in 2011. He debuted on the NXT brand in 2012 as the second son of Bray Wyatt in The Wyatt Family, formed a tag team with Luke Harper, and won the NXT Tag Team Championship with him. On the main roster he was a two-time SmackDown Tag Team Champion, once with Harper and once with Daniel Bryan, and in 2016 he lost to The Rock at WrestleMania 32 in a match that set the record for the shortest in the event's history. Released in April 2020, he worked independent dates and All Elite Wrestling as Erick Redbeard, returned to WWE in 2024 with The Wyatt Sicks, and by late 2026 was working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.