The Top Ten Moves of Arn Anderson

One final video for this run featuring the Four Horsemen. The legends theme may continue, but it's sort of up in the air at the moment. Arn Anderson got his start in 1982, losing his debut match against Bullet Bob Armstrong. Over the next couple of years, he would begin making a name for himself, winning the Southeastern Tag Team Titles on three occasions along the way. In 1984, his career would take a drastic turn. After a brief stint in Mid-South Wrestling as a part of the original Legion of Doom stable, Anderson caught the eye of Ole Anderson, and was introduced to the NWA as Ole's nephew. Collectively known as the Minnesota Wrestling Crew, the duo aligned themselves with the NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair, as well as Tully Blanchard, to form the group known as the Four Horsemen. The faction would be named by Arn himself during a now legendary promo. In 1986, Arn would win the NWA World Television Title by defeating Wahoo McDaniel. He would keep a stranglehold on the belt while also pursuing the NWA World Tag Team Titles alongside Ole. He would lose the title to Dusty Rhodes, and came up short at Starcade 1986 in a match with Ole against the Rock & Roll Express. 1987 would see Arn and Tully begin teaming more often, and the two became a rather dominant unit. Later that year, the duo would defeat the Rock & Roll Express for the NWA World Tag Team Titles. The reign would last half a year, when the duo was defeated by Barry Windham and Lex Luger. However, a month later, Barry would turn on Luger, allowing Arn and Tully to reclaim the titles. This time, the reign last roughly five months before the Midnight Express ended the reign, and Arn and Tully's tenure in the NWA. Arn would resurface alongside Tully in the WWF. The two would join Bobby Heenan's stable, and dominated the tag team division on their way to defeating Demolition for the WWF World Tag Team Titles. However, everything soon came crashing down after Tully's sudden departure. Arn would follow, and returned to the NWA. He would defeat the Great Muta for the Television Title, and this time, he wasn't going to let it go easily. Even after losing it to Tom Zenk, he quickly regained it, joining the Dangerous Alliance in the process. It was at this point that Arn jumped from reincarnations of the Four Horsemen to being a loner. He would win the WCW Tag Team Titles alongside Paul Roma, and also reclaimed the Television Title in 1995. He would rejoin Flair with a new group of Horsemen, comprising of himself, Flair, Steve McMichael, and Chris Benoit. However, as time went on, Arn's in-ring career began winding down due to nagging injuries. In 1997, it was all over, and Arn retired from the ring. He would remain a part of the wrestling world behind the scenes, occasionally appearing on camera, including at Wrestlemania 18, when he administered the Spinebuster to the Undertaker. Arn was known as the Enforcer of the Horsemen, and for good reason. Few could combat his technical skills in the ring, and few could withstand the truly brutal onslaught of Anderson. He loved to work over the arm, and threw a devastating Left Hand Punch. The Spinebuster is synonymous with Anderson, and few, if any, have done it better. The Gordbuster finished many an opponent in the 1980s, and as the turn of the century came, the DDT became Arn's preferred method of finishing off his foes.

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[UnstableProtagonist]

Arn Anderson is definitely my favorite wrestler of ALL TIME, without debate! In my eyes, everything about the man was near perfection. He can utilize shortcuts on his opponents yet still pin them cleanly, cut a convincingly brass promo without sounding overconfident, and most importantly, simultaneously throw fisticuffs and put on a technical clinic. I just love his in-ring work.

[AdamSandman]

Must have been difficult to select just one spinebuster for htis vid

[datocool56]

0:18 its like sex moment :D like aa didnt wear trunks

[Gigas0101]

@anthony1468 R-Truth uses a sitout variation of the Gordbuster frequently, and there's no power behind Triple H's spinebuster, he just flops over and rarely (if ever) does the rotation. Arn was the man, and it really does seem like nobody can do it better.

[anthony1468]

@Gigas0101 nobody uses the Gordbuster since he did & Triple H might have the best spiebuster since Arn

[justinsnowhill]

No vertical suplex to the turnbuckle?

[dacdaddy]

Big fan of your T10s, Dragon, been watching for quite some time. I was curious if you were ever going to post a T10 of MVP in the near future, since he seems to be doing really well in NJPW right now and added quite a bit to his repertoire.

[polarbear138]

Best...spinebuster...ever!

[taranaich]

It's only when you see a master of the craft perform a move that you understand how moves nowadays considered "regular" could be legitimate match-ending moments. Anyone else doing a gordbuster, it's a setup for another move: Anderson doing a gordbuster, and they're out for the count. It's all about the execution. The man could probably even make the Attitude Adjustment look like a career-ender.

[themikeholmnichols]

Gotta love Arn, thanks a ton!

[MrMoreno4You]

Thanks man!!