Eric Thompson was born on December 4, 1980  in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Apart from his birth date and place, there is no such information revealed about his early life.

There is no sufficient information regarding his personal life that includes parents, wife or kids.

Viktor started his professional wrestling career in 1999 when he took the training under  Bruce and Ross Hart. He began to work with Stampede Wrestling in 2001 with the ring name Bishop. During his time in Stampede Wrestling, he won the North American Heavyweight Championship and International Tag Team Championship twice once with partner Harry Smith and then with Dave Swift.

In 2003, Eric devoted her wrestling career to Independent Circuit where he performed at  New Japan Pro Wrestling, Derby City Wrestling, WFX Wrestling, Prairie Wrestling Alliance and Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he became OVW Heavyweight Champion twice and OVW Southern Tag Team Champion once with Vaughn Lilas . In 2011, Eric signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Rick Victor. He feuded with several superstars during his time in FCW. It includes Seth Rollins and Bo Dallas. Viktor defeated Seth Rollins to win  FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship. He also won FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with Brad Maddox.

Viktor made his WWE main roster debut in 2014 where he along with Konnor as The The Ascension defeated  The Miz and Damien Mizdow in their debut match.  The Ascension made their WrestleMania debut in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal where both failed to win the match.The Ascension also formed an alliance with  Stardust to form a new tag team named “The Cosmic Wasteland”. At Night of Champions, The Cosmic Wasteland defeated Neville and the Lucha Dragons on the pre-show. At Survivor Series, The Cosmic Wasteland, The Miz, and Bo Dallas tasted the defeat from The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley), Neville, Goldust and Titus O’Neil, in a traditional Survivor Series elimination tag team match.

In 2016, The Ascension were drafted to SmackDown and bagged an opportunity in a WWE World Championship No. 1 Contender’s Six-Pack Qualifying Battle Royal, which was won by Apollo Crews. Viktor and Konnor also competed in a tag team turmoil match  at Elimination Chamber, for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship where they were eliminated in the last.

 At WrestleMania 34, Viktor competed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal but failed to win the match. He also participated  in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal 2019 but failed to win the match  at Wrestlemania 35.

Viktor made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K15, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18 and WWE 2K19.

PWI ranked him No. 128 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014

Viktor is a two-time FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion

Viktor is a two-time FCW Florida Tag Team Champion with Brad Maddox

Viktor is a two-time OVW Heavyweight Champion

Viktor is a one-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion with Vaughn Lilas

Viktor is a one-time PWA Heavyweight Champion

Viktor is a one-time PWA Mayhem Champion

Viktor is a two-time Stampede North American Heavyweight Champion

Viktor is a two-time Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Champion with Dave Swift Harry Smith

Viktor is a one-time WWE NXT Tag Team Champion with Konnor

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