Retro Wednesday: Which Version Of The Four Horsemen Was The Best?
It all came from what the late Bob Ross calls, a "Happy Accident." Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard and the Andersons were involved in an intense rivalry with Dusty Rhodes and Sam Houston. During a match with Blanchard and Houston, Houston became the victim of a gang-style beatdown, even attempting to break his arm, by Blanchard and the Andersons.
In an attempt to save TV time, the three were bunched up with Ric Flair for an interview at the podium. Effortlessly, Anderson rendered the words, "The only time this much havoc has been wreaked by this many people, you need to go all the way back to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." This line was the beginning of a Hall of Fame legacy.
In the 13 years that the Horsemen existed, there have been a total of 13 different versions of the Four Horsemen. Out of those 13, WWE decided to choose the third version of the Horsemen as the best, which consisted of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Barry Windham. These four, as a unit, became the newest members of the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012, along with their manager J.J. Dillon.
While virtually everyone who was a Horseman member held a championship of some sort, Ric Flair defined himself as the leader of the group, being the only member during any version to hold the world championship. The group did create other world champions, though, as Barry Windham, Lex Luger, Sting, Chris Benoit, Sid Vicious and Jeff Jarrett all became world champions after being Horsemen members.
What was the turning point that the Horsemen as a unit lost its luster? What was the best version? Sound off below.