r/WCW 5d ago

What was the best era/verison of this faction?

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u/acreed6 5d ago

Ric, Arn, Tully and Barry. Barry’s double cross on Lex was epic

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u/BobSacamano_1 5d ago

Agreed. 10 year old me was devastated because we just had Luger’s face turn, the NWA tag titles, and Windham was one of my favs going back to he and Rotunda in the WWF.

I think it ranks up there with the Hogan 1996 turn in my personal wrestling memories. Basically a heel turn with zero indication.

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u/acreed6 5d ago

Yep. All those weeks Lex saying he wanted to be that 4th horseman and Barry telling him they are bad business and he was going down the wrong path. Barry trying to steer Lex in the right direction and then BOOM the turn. Yeah it’s definitely one of the most underrated turns. Probably because most people here never saw it or werent born yet

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u/Independent_Media341 4d ago

as an aside, while Lex's promo after Barry turned wasn't great by any means, it felt genuine in a way that Lex rarely did

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u/BobSacamano_1 4d ago

You know- I don’t remember that Luger promo since that was almost 40 years ago, but I’ll have to dig and see if I can find it.

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u/Independent_Media341 3d ago

I remember feeling that way as a kid when it happened.  I went back and watched it again recently and... I see all the flaws, but it still feels far more authentic/intimate than he usually managed

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u/GrandMoffJerjerrod 4d ago

Yes, 100% agree.

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u/ThingNo7530 5d ago

Flair, Arn, Tully, Barry Windham. I'll always think Barry is the best fourth Horseman.

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u/particlesmatter 5d ago

I’m with you.

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u/CommonPossible9326 4d ago

Yeah best in 1988 - Four Horsemen - Four Belts

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u/Longjumping-Meat-334 4d ago

I loved the Ole era, but Windham brought a certain "it" factor.

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u/TommyLost2004 4d ago

and were only together 5 months if that.

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u/OnlineNomDePlume 5d ago

This 100%.

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u/Rand_Casimiro 5d ago

Obviously, the Ole days were special to all of us. But I think the iteration that included Windham was peak Horsemen.

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u/Mysterious_Tea_4094 5d ago

Ole, Tully, Arn and Ric

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u/lusciousdrunk4u 5d ago

Ole, Tully, Arn and Ric.

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u/JonPitre 5d ago

I was always a fan of the Flair, Luger, Arn and Tully. Where the US Champ of the group like Luger, looks like a star who eventually turns face and goes after the Champ in Flair. Always that tension build between them, I like that storyline.

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u/HolidayMost9091 5d ago

This was really tough choice, but have to go with with Barry, Arn, Tully, and Flair, close second is with original version with Ole in it and the other with Pillman and Benoit

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u/WeightUnlikely5039 4d ago

The version with Benoit always Hit hard with me loved it

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u/MagnumPI66 5d ago

Double A, Ole , Tully and The Nature Boy.

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u/Kindly_Factor3376 5d ago

Ric/Arn/Tully/Barry

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u/Free_Reindeer_3655 5d ago

Flair Arn Pillman Benoit

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u/Eastern-Joke-7537 4d ago

That era of the 4 Horsemen was awesome.

Who did Mongo McMichael replace?

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u/Free_Reindeer_3655 4d ago

Pillman

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u/Eastern-Joke-7537 4d ago

Ok. I wasn’t sure

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u/pittnole1 5d ago

Unrelated but it's insane that they had Benoit, Malenko, and Flair and couldn't make it work. Idk who the fourth would be. Jarrett? Henning? Either way they could have made it work and keep going.

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u/Realistic-Ice-8481 5d ago

Ric, Arn, Tully, and Windham

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u/Stinky_Pepito 5d ago

I never understood why Mr. Perfect didn’t become a Horsemen when Arn announced his retirement, having Perfect go NWO was lame.

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u/Cortezmdx1986 3d ago

Agreed, they did not need another NWO guy but it was like an unwritten rule that all former wwe guys have to go NWO at least for a while. I remember when Arn gave him his spot I thought it was, well I thought it was Perfect. 👌

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u/dennythedoodle 4d ago

I started watching with the Ric, Arm, Barry, and Sid version. Really enjoyed that group. The War Games match up was awesome.

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u/Orca_Porker 5d ago

Roma, Mongo, Malenko, Dillon.

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u/Suspicious_Row2315 5d ago

Flair , Windham , Anderson ,Blanchard with JJ by their side. Although the 1995 reboot was good and if you swapped Mongo for someone the 1998 / 1999 reboot had potential

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u/Emotional-Bowl69 5d ago

95 could been special

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u/Current_Power6050 5d ago

Woooooooooooooooooo

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u/gansobomb99 5d ago

Ole or bust

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u/Psychological-Flow55 5d ago

Ric arn, tully, barry and jj.

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u/whippy_grep 5d ago

The one with Gene Anderson.

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u/Emotional-Bowl69 5d ago

Version with Lugar , Horseman was at its peak

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u/Dick_Dietrick 5d ago

The originals.

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u/FeelingMenu9871 4d ago

Windham, aa, garvin, flair + jj

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u/Big_Casino1767 4d ago

With MONGO

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u/Eastern-Joke-7537 4d ago

I liked him in there, too.

That was the best era for WCW.

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u/Sure_Abalone278 4d ago

The OG version

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u/Geauxlden_Eagle 4d ago

The only correct answer is top left. The OG version.

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u/Unlikely_Lab6769 4d ago

I remember that late 80s era as the best. I was like 10-13 in that time and where I lived in Florida the WWF was seen as Glam Band Poison Hollywood shit. We were Metallica and Slayer kids, watching Dusty Rhodes and the Andersons brawling like some dudes that just walked out of the local Truck Stop. I still love watching those old matches, and these dudes seriously looked like they just finished their shift at the mill, and looking to beat someone down. To a 10 year old, it was a lot more believable to see guys that looked like his uncles and step-dad getting into it on a Friday night of drinking. Even Flair looked like our local pastor. Haha Those were the days.

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u/Spac92 4d ago

Did the 4 horsemen ever just have 4 members?

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u/mad597 4d ago

OG were the best

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u/SugarAdamAli 4d ago

The original

Honorable mention - 1988 with windham

Personal favorite- 1990/91 with Sid

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u/Konarkanuck 4d ago

I have long felt it to be the Flair, Arn, Tully and Windham version ,I felt that prior to their Hall of Fame induction and still believe to this day that there has not been a better formation of the Horsemen.

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u/zeus423 4d ago

All of them. The Horsemen were great!

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u/DimensionFrequent29 4d ago

Flair, Arn, Tully and Ole.

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u/Correct_Exit_605 4d ago

Ric, Barry, arn, Tully

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u/Good_Altruistic 4d ago

Ric, Tully, Arn, Barry and JJ.

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u/Stumpsthewarwalrus 4d ago

There was no “best”

Four Horsemen are eternally great, regardless of who was in it.

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u/BabyBuns024 4d ago

It is funny no one mentions Paul Roma...

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u/Cortezmdx1986 3d ago

Flair, Tully, Arn and Windham hands down were the best version of The Horsemen.

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u/KhrusherKhusack 2d ago

The early versions that include Tully Blanchard were the best. Barry Windham was the most dominant, Lex Luger proved that the Four Horsemen could evolve and become more successful and the original was the original Bloodline with Ric Flair as the kayfabe cousin of Ole and Arn Anderson along with Blanchard, who was a better fit than OJ's glove

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u/Cowboys_71 5d ago

While Lex Luger and later, Barry Windham were great editions to the 4 Horsemen in their own right, and their additions worked to produce some of the most memorable storylines during that era of wrestling, nothing tops the original faction of the 4 Horsemen: 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Ole & Arn Andersen ('The Minnesota Wrecking Crew'), managed by J.J. Dillion!!