By creating an account, you verify that you are at least 13 years of age, and have read and agree to the Comicbook.com Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, By Connor Casey Guys like Arn and, I hope, myself and Tully and Barry will always have a place. "But I tell him, just imagine if we had been in the era of marketing? In a video posted to the Twitter page of Shawn Spears. AEW has had some influence from the Four Horsemen for months, most notably with the debut of Arn Anderson as the head coach of the Nightmare Family over a year ago.

Tully Blanchard came in some time later as Shawn Spears’ manager.

Hangman, as we know, is insanely popular with the AEW fan base, and could become the star of the industry if given the chance. AEW fans have noticed in recent weeks that stars like Cody Rhodes, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler have been subtly flashing the Four Horseman symbol during episodes of AEW Dynamite. While he is Dusty Rhodes’ son, there is a lot of Ric Flair influence coming out in his matches and segments these days. Two of the original four members are already in the company (Arn and Tully), and during a recent interview with Wrestling Inc. In that sense, I think it’d be very poetic to give Cody a babyface run against a group of dastardly heels as his father had before him. Few stables have had as lasting of an impact on the modern professional wrestling scene than the Four Horsemen. And of course the infamous JJ Dillon [laughs].". So, I'm happy to see them all making money for the Four Horsemen or whatever. But I'm happy for all the money that everybody makes because they earn it. Not many wrestlers can say they’ve sparked that much heat in their whole careers as the Horsemen did that night. It would be a nice balance between the past and the present; old fans would get to see a reboot of sorts to one of the greatest feuds in American wrestling, and new fans would likely find a new appreciation for the original Four Horsemen. Would Spears, Rhodes, Wheeler and Harwood be the men to bring this faction back? There’s a new, ongoing debate about the difference between genuine heel heat and plain, shoot bigotry.

AEW Four Horsemen- member speculation. Many men have been under the banner, but the most iconic lineup was Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, & Ole Anderson. I guess we’ll have to wait for All Out for his final decision. The Four Horsemen were masters of heel heat. These things are no conference With all the singles wrestling in AEW being booked … Let us know down in the comments! Add in FTR into the mix, who are basically the modern example of Arn & Tully, and you have to wonder if AEW are adding a new faction to the mix. That being said though, Hangman’s slow-burn storyline needs to go somewhere, and perhaps a stable with FTR and Shawn Spears is the right direction.

Their constant praise of Blanchard and Anderson, combined with Blanchard’s recent appearance at ringside for FTR, seems to suggest that the stage is being set for a stable of new horsemen. The Four Horsemen of AEW. As a younger fan, I first knew the Four Horsewomen of WWE. Two of these men have made their way to AEW as managers, … The crowd rushing the ring, and trying to break into the cage is in my opinion one of the most stark images in American pro wrestling. FTR & The Young Bucks vs. Tully Blanchard is managing Shawn Spears, and Arn Anderson filed a trademark to his own ring name recently. What a shock that kid was in for when her dad told her about a group of wrestlers that that old man Ric Flair (who I only really knew as Charlotte’s dad,) was once a part of. His position as the top guy in an AEW Four Horsemen … Also, we know how much Cody loves his father and honoring Dream’s legacy. Or if we had been working with WWE who knew and knows how to market? WWE AEW NJPW Soap Operas Daytime TV Netflix HBO. Instead of constantly referencing the past (most of which their prized demo is too young to remember), AEW needs to balance the old with the new.

Heel heat seems to be eluding many wrestlers of 2020.