Sarah Rowe (

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Bridges; born September 10, 1993) is an American

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currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown

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under the

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Valhalla. From 2017 to 2019, she was a member of the stable The Riott Squad with

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and Ruby Riott and performed under the name Sarah Logan.

Early life

Sarah Bridges was born in

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, United States on September 10, 1993. She attended Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2011–2016)

Bridges began her wrestling career in 2011, under the ring name Crazy Mary Dobson, with her first match being against

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for the IWA East Coast promotion. She also pinned

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in a ten-person tag team match in her debut in the American Pro Wrestling Alliance. Dobson then wrestled for various independent wrestling organizations across the United States and Europe including Insane Championship Wrestling,

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, and

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(JCW). On February 21, 2015, at JCW's ''Take Me Home'' show, Dobson teamed with Mad Man Pondo to defeat The Hooligans (Devin Cutter and Mason Cutter) to win the JCW Tag Team Championships.

WWE

Early appearances (2014–2017)

Bridges made an appearance during a segment on the September 1, 2014, episode of '' Raw'' as the makeup artist for

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On November 17, Bridges made her NXT debut at the

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Ticket Party, defeating Macey Estrella. On the January 11, 2017, episode of '' NXT'', Bridges made her first televised appearance under her real name, teaming with Macey Evans in a losing effort against The Iconic Duo ( Billie Kay and Peyton Royce) in a tag team match. Bridges returned on the June 7 episode of ''NXT'' under the ring name Sarah Logan, where she was defeated in singles competition by Royce. After being absent from NXT in-ring competition, Logan returned on the August 23 episode of ''NXT'', where she was again defeated by Royce. On the October 25 episode of ''NXT'', Logan participated in a battle royal to gain a spot at the

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for the vacant NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: WarGames, in which she was unsuccessful, and turned out to be her last live broadcast appearance in NXT. On June 16, 2017, Logan was announced as one of the first four participants competing in the Mae Young Classic. On August 28, Logan was eliminated in the first round by

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. On September 11, despite being eliminated from the tournament, Logan teamed with other eliminated competitors in a six-women tag team among them

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and

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being defeated by

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, Kay Lee Ray and Jazzy Gabert.

The Riott Squad (2017–2019)

On the November 21, 2017, episode of '' SmackDown'', Logan made her debut, along with Ruby Riott and

, by attacking both

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and Naomi. On the same night, they interrupted a match between SmackDown Women's Champion

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and Natalya and attacked them both. The following week on ''SmackDown'', the trio, now called The Riott Squad, made their in-ring debuts for the brand, defeating Flair, Natalya, and Naomi in a six-woman tag team match. Over the following months, The Riott Squad continued to compete against Flair and Naomi. On the December 19 episode of ''SmackDown'', Logan and Riott lost to Flair and Naomi. On the January 16 episode of ''SmackDown'', The Riott Squad defeated Flair, Naomi, and Becky Lynch. Logan then participated in the first women's

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at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view as the third entrant, but was eliminated by

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. During the

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, The Riott Squad was drafted to Raw and caused the match between Bayley and

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to end in a no contest. During the July 16 episode of Raw, Sarah picked up her first singles victory in WWE with a win over Ember Moon. Logan also debuted a new Viking-inspired gimmick, wearing war paint and the commentary team making several references to her "discovering her Viking heritage". On February 17, 2019, Logan and Morgan competed in a six–team

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for the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, at the

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pay–per–view, where they were the third team eliminated by

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and Tamina but the eventual winners were Bayley and Sasha Banks. Logan competed at

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in a women's battle royal match to decide the winner of a trophy, but after assuming she had won, Carmella eliminated her at the last moment.

Singles competition (2019–2020)

On April 16, as part of the

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, Liv Morgan was moved to SmackDown, effectively ending The Riott Squad. Logan would transition into a singles competitor, debuting a new look and entrance theme, while also beginning a feud with

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on ''

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'', where they traded wins with one another. At

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on November 24, Logan was part of Team Raw and competed in the triple threat women's elimination match against Team SmackDown and Team NXT, where she was eliminated by

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. On the January 6 episode of Raw, Logan began a feud with Charlotte Flair after she attacked her before their match and stepped on her robe. The following week, Logan was defeated by Flair while also declaring herself as an entrant in the Women's Royal Rumble match. At the event, she entered the

at number 22 but was eliminated in less than 30 seconds by Flair. On the February 10 episode of Raw, Logan lost to Rhea Ripley in a squash match. Logan would then be the guest referee during Liv Morgan’s match against Ruby Riott, where she helped Morgan win by fast counting Riott. After the match, Logan would attack Morgan. Logan was announced as part of the

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match against Morgan, Riott, Natalya, Shayna Baszler and half of the

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Asuka for a chance at Becky Lynch's

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at WrestleMania 36. At the

pay–per–view, she was the third entrant, but the first to be eliminated by Baszler, who was the eventual winner, earning a shot at the Raw women's title and setting a record by eliminating every other woman, in what was essentially a squash match. On April 13, 2020 edition of ''Raw'', Logan once again lost to Baszler in a Women's Money in the Bank qualifying match by referee’s decision after Baszler stomped Logan’s arm. On April 15, 2020, Rowe was released from her WWE contract as a result of budget cuts due to the

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. On June 22, 2020, Rowe announced that she would be stepping away from professional wrestling "for the foreseeable future".

Valhalla (2022–present)

On January 29, 2022, Rowe made a surprise return to WWE at the

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, reprising her Sarah Logan character, entering the match at number 25, briefly reuniting with Morgan and lasting only 43 seconds until she was eliminated by The Bella Twins ( Nikki and Brie Bella). Later in November she made a full-time return, joining The Viking Raiders and adopting the new ring name of Valhalla. The character, a more viking inspired one, drew criticism since it was similar to the character portrayed by independent wrestler Max the Impaler.

Other media

Logan made her WWE video game debut as a playable character in '' WWE 2K19''. She also appears in '' WWE 2K20''.

Personal life

On March 29, 2011, Bridges was involved in a car accident after a CSX train struck her white Chevy coupe on

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. She was airlifted to the hospital in Louisville. During her time with WWE, Bridges began dating fellow wrestler

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(who wrestles under the ring name "Erik" as part of the tag team The Viking Raiders). The pair were married on December 21, 2018, in a Viking themed wedding. On February 9, 2021, Bridges and Rowe welcomed a son named Raymond Cash Rowe.

Championships and accomplishments

* American Pro Wrestling Alliance ** APWA World Ladies Championship (1 time) *

** JCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Mad Man Pondo * ''

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'' ** Ranked No. 33 of the top 100 female wrestlers in the '' PWI Female 100'' in 2018 * Resistance Pro Wrestling ** RPW Women's Championship (1 time) ** Samuel J. Thompson Memorial Women's Tournament (2015)

References

External links

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