The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)

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The Four Horsemen
Stable
Members	See below
Name(s)	The Four Horsemen The Horsemen Yamazaki Corporation
Debut	1985
Years active	1985–1991 1993–1999 2012 (reunions)

The Four Horsemen was a Professional Wrestlingprofessional wrestling stable in Jim Crockett Promotions as part of Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling and later World Championship Wrestling. The original group consisted of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard. Flair and Arn Anderson have been constant members in each incarnation of the group except once following Anderson's neck injury, when Curt Hennig was given his spot.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Original Four Horsemen (1985–1987) 1.2 Lex Luger and Barry Windham (1987–1989) 1.3 Sting and Sid Vicious (1989–1991) 1.4 Three Horsemen (May 1993–December 1993) 1.5 Reformation and feud with the nWo (1995–1997) 1.6 Final incarnation (1998–1999) 2 Legacy 2.1 Team Package 2.2 Evolution 2.3 Fortune 2.4 The Four Horsewomen 3 Members 3.1 Main 3.1.1 Original four 3.1.2 Various members 3.2 Associated members 3.3 Managers and valets 4 Incarnations 4.1 The original Horsemen (1985–1989) 4.2 Yamazaki Corporation (1989) 4.3 Reformation (1989–1991) 4.4 Horsemen reunion (1993) 4.5 Reformation and feud with the nWo (1995–1997) 4.6 Final incarnations (1998–1999) 5 Championships and accomplishments 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links

History

Original Four Horsemen (1985–1987)

Lex Luger and Barry Windham (1987–1989)

Sting and Sid Vicious (1989–1991)

Three Horsemen (May 1993–December 1993)

Reformation and feud with the nWo (1995–1997)

Final incarnation (1998–1999)

Legacy

Team Package

Evolution

Main article: Evolution

Fortune

Main article: Fortune

The Four Horsewomen

Members

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Main

Original four

• Ric Flair (1985–1991, 1993–1999)
• Arn Anderson (1985–1988, 1989–1991,1993–1999)
• Ole Anderson (1985–1987, 1989–1990, 1993)
• Tully Blanchard (1985–1988)
• James J. Dillon (1985–1989, manager)

Various members

• Lex Luger (1987)
• Barry Windham (1988–1989, 1990–1991)
• Sting (1989–1990)
• Sid Vicious (1990–1991)
• Paul Roma (May 23, 1993 – December 11, 1993)
• Brian Pillman (1995–1996)
• Chris Benoit (1995–1997; September 14, 1998 – May 24, 1999)
• Steve McMichael (1996–1997, 1998–1999)
• Jeff Jarrett (1997)
• Curt Hennig (August 25, 1997 – September 14, 1997)
• Dean Malenko (September 14, 1998 – May 24, 1999)

Associated members

• War Machine (1987)
• Hiro Matsuda (1987)
• Kendall Windham (1989)
• Butch Reed (1989)
• Michael Hayes (1989)
• David Flair (1999)

Managers and valets

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Incarnations

The original Horsemen (1985–1989)

Yamazaki Corporation (1989)

Reformation (1989–1991)

Horsemen reunion (1993)

Reformation and feud with the nWo (1995–1997)

Final incarnations (1998–1999)

Ric Flair Arn Anderson Chris Benoit Steve McMichael Curt Hennig

Championships and accomplishments

• Jim Crockett Promotions/World Championship Wrestling
  • NWA National Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Tully Blanchard
  • NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Ole and Arn Anderson
  • NWA (Mid-Atlantic)/WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (5 times) – Tully Blanchard (1), Lex Luger (1), Barry Windham (1), Ric Flair (1), Steve McMichael (1)
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (6 times) – Ric Flair
  • NWA (Mid-Atlantic)/WCW World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard (2), Arn Anderson and Paul Roma (1), Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko (1)
  • NWA/WCW World Television Championship (7 times) – Arn Anderson (4), Tully Blanchard (3)
  • WCW World Heavyweight Championship (8 times) – Ric Flair
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Feud of the Year – Four Horsemen vs. The Super Powers and The Road Warriors (1987), Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger (1988), Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (1989), Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger (1990)
  • Manager of the Year – James J. Dillon (1988)
  • Match of the Year – Ric Flair vs. Dusty Rhodes (1986), Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (1989)
  • Most Hated Wrestler of the Year – Ric Flair (1987)
  • Wrestler of the Year – Ric Flair (1985, 1986, 1989)
  • Ric Flair was ranked No. 2 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
• IWE
  • IWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2012) – Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Barry Windham, and J.J. Dillon
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Best Heel – Ric Flair (1990)
  • Best on Interviews – Arn Anderson (1990), Ric Flair (1991, 1994)
  • Feud of the Year – Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (1989)
  • Match of the Year – Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (1986), Ric Flair vs. Sting (1988), Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (1989)
  • Most Charismatic – Ric Flair (1993)
  • Most Outstanding Wrestler – Ric Flair (1986, 1987, 1989)
  • Readers' Favorite Wrestler – Ric Flair (1985–1993)
  • Wrestler of the Year – Ric Flair (1985, 1986, 1989, 1990)

See also

• Anderson family
• The Brain Busters
• Evolution (professional wrestling)
• Magnificent Seven (professional wrestling)
• The Millionaire's Club
• The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (professional wrestling)
• Pretty Wonderful
• The Revolution (WCW)
• The West Texas Rednecks

References

Further reading

External links