THE FOUR HORSEMEN (THE GREATEST OF THE GREATS)

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Three Horsemen RIC FLAIR, ARN ANDERSON, PAUL ROMA (1993)

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The next incarnation was from May 1993 to December 1993. Flair returned from the WWF to WCW to rejoin Arn and they promised a Horsemen reunion at the Slamboree pay-per-view. Pretty Paul Roma became the third horsemen after Tully Blanchard and WCW could not come to terms on a deal for him to return. Ole Anderson was on hand as the adviser but made only one appearance on A Flair for the Gold. This group of Horsemen is considered by many wrestling fans to be the weakest incarnation of the group. They were faces again and feuded with Barry Windham and the Hollywood Blondes (Steve Austin and Brian Pillman). This group ended, due to Arn Anderson's stabbing incident with Sid Vicious during a tour of England in October, and Paul Roma turning on Erik Watts during a tag team match to join Paul Orndorff as the tag team of Pretty Wonderful

Arn Anderson & Paul Roma vs Steve Austin & Lord Steven Regal


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Horsemen Files: Magnum Attack Aftermath
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THE FOUR HORSEMEN (Reformation) RIC FLAIR, ARN ANDERSON, BRIAN PILLMAN, CHRIS BENOIT 1995

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n 1995, Flair and Arn (back to being heels) were teaming with Vader to torment Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. After Vader lost to Hogan in a steel cage match at Bash at the Beach, Flair entered the cage and lambasted him. Vader snapped and attacked Flair, and Arn came to his rescue. This led to a handicap match at Clash of the Champions XXXI, in which Vader defeated the team of Flair and Arn. Flair and Arn began to bicker, as Arn always felt he was doing Flair's dirty work; a feud developed that led to a match at Fall Brawl on September 17, 1995 in Asheville, North Carolina. Arn defeated Flair with the help of Brian Pillman. Flair begged Sting to help him against them and though Sting did not trust Flair he eventually agreed. Flair ended up turning on him at Halloween Havoc to reform the Horsemen with Arn and Pillman. They added Chris Benoit to complete the group. This version of the Horsemen feuded with Hogan, Savage, Sting, and Lex Luger. Flair eventually took Miss Elizabeth and Woman from Hogan and Savage, and they were his valets for the next six months.

Brian Pillman joins the Four Horsemen


Chris Benoit joins the Four Horsemen
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Postmatch Interview Chris Benoit Brian Pillman Arn Anderson


 
Horsemen Files: Revenge is sweet
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Jerry Lawler, Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA vs Ole & Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard - Memphis Wrestling


A bloody and brutal Bunkhouse Match where anything goes featuring Jerry "The King" Lawler, Dusty Rhodes and Magnum T.A. versus Ole Anderson, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard in Memphis at the Mid-South Coliseum.

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THE FOUR HORSEMEN (Reformation) RIC FLAIR, ARN ANDERSON, CHRIS BENOIT, STEVE MC'MICHAEL 1996

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In early 1996, Pillman started his infamous "Loose Cannon" storyline and started a feud with Kevin Sullivan. He ended up leaving WCW, going to ECW, and eventually the WWF in February and Benoit took over to create one of the most talked about feuds of all time. In this feud, Woman, who was really married to Sullivan, left him for Benoit. However, life imitated art, and Woman actually left Sullivan for Benoit. This feud got heated and some of the matches were shoot-style with the performers using stiff or even full contact moves, rather than the typical North American style of softening maneuvers.

In June 1996 at the Great American Bash, former football player Steve "Mongo" McMichael turned on Kevin Greene in a "gimmick match" and joined them. During this match, McMichael's then-wife Debra was chased to the back by Woman and Elizabeth, but later came back with them and a steel briefcase, which she handed to her husband. Mongo opened it to reveal a Horsemen t-shirt and money; after thinking it over, he closed the briefcase and hit Greene with it, allowing Flair to score the pin on Greene. McMichael was officially inducted as the fourth Horseman, and in the process gave the group another ringside valet in Debra. The rumors said that Debra and Woman did not get along behind the scenes. This played out on TV, as they constantly bickered, and Benoit and Mongo had to step in.


Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs. Kevin Greene & Mongo McMichael WCW Great American Bash 1996 Part 1&2




The Nature Boy & the Enforcer take on NFL greats Kevin Greene & Steve McMichael in tag team action. This event climaxes with Mongo joining the Horsemen.

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Road to Superbrawl VII - 4 Horsemen Interview


 
Ric Flair leads out a united Four Horseman


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THE FOUR HORSEMEN (Reformation) RIC FLAIR, ARN ANDERSON, CHRIS BENOIT, STEVE McMICHAEL, JEFF JARETT 1997

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When the New World Order (nWo) was founded the next month, the Horsemen became de facto babyfaces along with the rest of the WCW roster. In September, Flair and Anderson teamed with their bitter rivals, Sting and Lex Luger, to lose to the nWo (Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and an impostor Sting) in the WarGames match at Fall Brawl when Luger submitted to the impostor Sting's Scorpion Deathlock. This angered Anderson, and he feuded with Luger for the next month. In October, two developments occurred that affected the group. First, Jeff Jarrett came over to WCW from the WWF, and expressed his desire to join the Horsemen. He immediately gained a fan in Ric Flair, much to the chagrin of the other Horsemen. The next week, Miss Elizabeth officially announced that she had joined the nWo.

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WCW Nitro- Jeff Jarett new member for the Four Horsemen


Flair finally let Jarrett join the group in February 1997 but the others did not want him. Jarrett began bickering with Mongo over Debra's attention, and in June won the U.S. Title from Dean Malenko, with the help of Eddie Guerrero; in July he was kicked out of the stable by Flair, who had enough of the instability Jarrett's presence caused the Horsemen. In a move uncharacteristic of the Horsemen, however, Jarrett was allowed to literally walk away, instead of receiving a classic Horsemen beatdown as was expected. He eventually took Debra from Mongo, but Mongo took Jarrett's U.S. Title. To this date, amongst fans and members of the Four Horsemen, there is still debate whether to include Jarrett as a Horsemen. In his biography, Arn Anderson states that "Jeff Jarrett was never a Horseman." His "membership" and his easy departure leave the situation ambiguous.

The Four Horseman join forces with Roddy Piper

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Road to Slamboree '97 Part 11 - Harlem Heat vs. Jeff Jarrett & Mongo McMichael


Jeff Jarrett defends himself from Four Horseman critics
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The Four Horsemen usually pick their own members, but at the time, WCW held extreme control over storylines and this may have forced them to accept a member for those purposes only and not by choice. In August 1997, Arn Anderson retired due to a neck/back injury that did not allow him to wrestle. Curt Hennig took his spot as "The Enforcer". The next month, Hennig turned on the Horsemen and joined the nWo. Flair disbanded the group and they went their separate ways.

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The final incarnation RIC FLAIR, ARN ANDERSON, CHRIS BENOIT DAN MALENKO(1998–1999)

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The last incarnation came in September 1998. On the September 14 edition of WCW Monday Nitro in Greenville, South Carolina when Ric Flair returned after a hiatus from the ring after a disagreement with WCW president Eric Bischoff. Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit kept going to Arn about reforming the Horsemen. He kept saying no. James J. Dillon, back in WCW's front office, even made a request. Arn eventually gave in and they reformed the Horsemen with Mongo, Flair, and Arn who was the manager. They feuded with the nWo and Eric Bischoff.

Dean Malenko tries to convince Arn Anderson to reform the Four Horsemen


In early 1999, the Horsemen turned heel again. Mongo had recently departed the wrestling world and they were down to Benoit, Malenko, Flair and Arn as the manager. They also had a referee biased to them, Charles Robinson, whom members of the Horsemen even referred to as "Little Nature Boy" (due to his resemblance to Flair). Flair's personal nurse, Double D (aka Asya), acted as an enforcer for the group and Ric Flair's son David Flair, who wrestled with them and wore Horsemen shirts though never an official member. Ric Flair, the (onscreen) President of WCW at this time, had awarded him with the U.S. Title and had the Horsemen help David to keep it. Eventually, Benoit and Malenko left him in May in protest over Flair's selfishness, and joined Shane Douglas and Perry Saturn to form the Revolution, thereby effectively ending the Four Horsemen.

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WCW Nitro 9/14/98 - Four Horsemen reformation
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THE FOUR HORSEMEN HALL OF FAME 2012

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The Four Horsemen - WWE Hall of Fame class of 2012



The Four Horsemen inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame 2012
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