Martin "Marty" Lunde, better known by his ring name of Arn Anderson (born September 20, 1958 in Rome, Georgia), is an American professional wrestler, regarded by some professional wrestling experts as the greatest professional wrestler never to have won a world title. His career has been highlighted by his alliances with Ric Flair and various members of the elite wrestling stable, "The Four Horsemen". He currently serves as the senior Producer for WWE's RAW brand. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. ... Nickname: Location in Mecklenburg County in the state of North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina Counties Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Government  - Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area  - City  280. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant (French: Lets go!) Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... January is the first month of the year and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rome is the largest city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Georgia, United States. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an iconic American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ... The Four Horsemen (also spelled IV Horsemen) were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling. ... In professional wrestling, a road agent is an employee who travels with the wrestlers and acts as a liaison between the wrestlers and management. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Career

Known as "Double-A" or "The Enforcer," Anderson is considered to be one of the greatest tag team wrestlers in professional wrestling. He held the NWA Tag Team Championship belts twice with different members of Ron Fuller's Stud Stable in Southeast Championship Wrestling in 1983 & 1984. In 1985, Arn Anderson left Georgia and formed the new version of Minnesota Wrecking Crew with Ole Anderson, and won the NWA National Tag Team Titles; Arn also held the NWA Television Championship throughout 1986, while still one-half of the NWA National Tag Team Champions, as well; the National Tag Team Titles were later vacated, and abandoned, after Dusty Rhodes and Road Warrior Animal injured Ole Anderson. He would become a founding member of the Four Horsemen with Tully Blanchard, Ole Anderson, James J. Dillon and Ric Flair in the NWA and was in each of the group's incarnations over the years. However, his ties with Ole Anderson grew sour after they lost to the Rock and Roll Express at Starrcade 1986, and Ole would take a vacation for two months. after turning on Ole Anderson in February of 1987, Arn Anderson teamed with Tully Blanchard and both became the NWA Tag Team Champions. In October of 1988, Anderson and Blanchard joined the World Wrestling Federation, and took Bobby Heenan as their manager, and even won the WWE Tag Team Titles in 1989 as well; while in the World Wrestling Federaton, Arn Anderson suffered a near fatal injury while facing the Rockers in October of 1989. After working with the World Wrestling Federation, Anderson returned to WCW in December of 1989, and reformed the Four Horsemen; Anderson remained as a wrestler with NWA/WCW until he officially retired from wrestling on the August 25, 1997 episode of WCW Monday Nitro. He was also a member of the Dangerous Alliance in WCW, which boasted some of the biggest talent in the future of professional wrestling. He was a member of the Old Age Outlaws in WCW in 2000 that battled the nWo. He also formed the Enforcers with Larry Zbyszko in WCW. A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ... The Stud Stable was a professional wrestling heel stable in World Championship Wrestling, Southeast Championship Wrestling and the Continental Wrestling Association. ... The Four Horsemen (also spelled IV Horsemen) were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling. ... Tully Blanchard (born January 22, 1954) is a second generation American professional wrestler, best known as one of the Four Horsemen. ... Ole Anderson Alan Rogowski (better known as Ole Anderson) was a professional wrestling performer and promotion executive. ... James J. Dillon with Tully Blanchard James J. Dillon is a former professional wrestler and manager. ... Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an iconic American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ... The Dangerous Alliance The Dangerous Alliance was a heel professional wrestling stable that made a name for itself in World Championship Wrestling. ... The New World Order was a heel stable of wrestlers, originally in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later in the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF). ... The Enforcers Larry Zbyszko & Arn Anderson The Enforcers were a professional wrestling tag team in World Championship Wrestling in 1991. ... Lawrence (Larry) Whistler (born December 5, 1953) is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Larry Zbyszko. ...

Along with a DDT for a finishing maneuver, Anderson utilized a familiar array of holds and throws during his career, highlighted by his powerful left-handed punch and a spinebuster. He was renowned for his ability to do interviews to further the storylines he participated in. His ability to improvise in interviews allowed him to coin the "Four Horsemen" moniker for the eventual stable, as he likened their coming to wrestle at an event and the aftermath of their wrath as being akin to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and the name stuck. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Four horsemen redirects here. ...

During a tour in the United Kingdom, Sid Justice, reportedly drunk, had an argument in a hotel bar with Arn Anderson after Anderson overheard Sid insulting his friend Ric Flair. Sid later went up to Anderson's hotel room to settle the argument and (allegedly) hit Anderson over the head with a hotel chair when he answered the door. Sid then brawled with Anderson inside the room and ended up stabbing Anderson over 20 times with a pair of safety scissors. Anderson was rushed to the hospital and survived the incident, while Sid lost his World Title shot (which was then awarded to Ric Flair). WCW President Eric Bischoff fired Sid after several wrestlers threatened to walk out if he was not terminated. Sid has since apologized to Anderson for the incident and the pair are on good terms today.

Anderson retired from wrestling in 1997 due to extensive neck and upper back injuries and is currently working as a Road Agent for WWE. He does show up from time to time on WWE television trying to, with the help of other WWE management, pull apart brawls. Soon after the WCW/ECW Invasion storyline happened, Anderson did color commentary for a WCW Heavyweight Championship match between Booker T and Buff Bagwell, which would be his only appearance as a commentator in the WWE. During WrestleMania X8, he made a brief in-ring appearance during a match between Ric Flair and The Undertaker, delivering his signature spinebuster to the Undertaker. Several months later he attempted to help Flair gain sole ownership of the WWE during a match with Vince McMahon, but backed down from a confrontation with Brock Lesnar, who entered the ring to assist McMahon. Right now, he is currently helping WWE RAW Diva Candice Michelle improve on her wrestling skills. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... A number of people named Booker T have been well-known throughout history: Booker T. Washington, author Booker T Jones, musician and frontman of Booker T. & the M.G.s In the novel Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein, Mr. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... WrestleMania X8 was the eighteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by the World Wrestling Federation. ... Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1962[1][2]) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, (The) Undertaker. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Brock Edward Lesnar (born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Anderson made a special appearance at the October 2006 RAW Family Reunion special, in which he was in Ric Flair's corner for his match against Mitch of the Spirit Squad. Nicholas Edward (Nick) Mitchell (born February 1, 1983), is a professional wrestler currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ... The Spirit Squad was a five member tag team who wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on the RAW brand, as well as in farm territory Ohio Valley Wrestling. ...

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In 2007 an idea was thrown to Arn about possibly returning to the ring for 1 or 2 mathces with Ric Flair in an attempt to help promote the new four horseman dvd that WWE is releasing. Anderson at first was excited about a possible return, but due to legal liabilities with his health problems to his back and neck quickly halted that idea. One source even claimed that WWE tried to talk him into returning as a wrestler/coach deal almost like Finley has done. Anderson however claims that the only way he can return to the ring is with a full medical clearance, which not out of the picture, however seems very unlikely.

Wrestling facts

• Finishing and signature moves

• Spinning spinebuster
• Gourdbuster (Inverted suplex slam)
• DDT
• Left hand knockout punch
• Figure four leglock

• Nicknames

• Double A
• The Enforcer

• Managers

Ole Anderson Nancy Daus James J. Dillon Paul Ellering

Robert Fuller Ron Fuller Jimmy Hart Michael Hayes

Bobby Heenan Paul Heyman

• Factions

Alliance To End Hulkamania Brain Busters Dangerous Alliance Enforcers

Four Horsemen The Heenan Family Legion of Doom Minnesota Wrecking Crew

Old Age Outlaws Stud Stable

• Quotes

• "Only once has so much damage been caused by so few, and to find that source you need to go all the way back to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."
• "Adversity introduces a man to himself."
• "From the time I was a boy, I wanted to be a wrestling champion. You probably said " I wanna be a fireman!"
• "Just walk away. Find something else to do. Because the life you save may be your own!"
• "I don't want to toot my own horn but...toot, toot."
• "You don't jump a dog in his own backyard and you don't mess with family."
• "People don't ask how you won, they ask if you won."
• "...For all of you people out there that have ever bought a ticket to see Arn Anderson wrestle, whether ya' love me or you hated me, you know that when that bell rang you got all I had that night."
• "...Don't think you can stick four fingers in MY face and call yourself a Horseman!"
• "I'm not going to be responsible for what hits next. Because, we don't wear white hats. We are not nice guys. And I can tell you this -- heads are going to roll! So, I've said it. Be careful for what you wish for, because now, you have it. .."
• "See, we are the original gang and we're the most vicious in all of professional wrestling history. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send two of theirs to the morgue."

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Championships and accomplishments

• National Wrestling Alliance
• World

• NWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Paul Roma

• National

• NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Ole Anderson

• Regional

• NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship (4 times) - with Jerry Stubbs (3) and Pat Rose (1)
• NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (2 times) - with Tully Blanchard
• NWA World Television Championship (3 times)

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI Feud of the Year award in 1987 - with the Four Horsemen vs. The Super Powers & The Road Warriors.
• PWI Tag Team of the Year award in 1989 - with Tully Blanchard.
• PWI Tag Team of the Year award in 1991 - with Larry Zbysko.
• PWI Editor's Award in 1997
• PWI ranked him # 62 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
• PWI ranked him # 15 out of the best 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Tully Blanchard.
• PWI ranked him # 72 out of the best 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Bobby Eaton.
• PWI ranked him # 79 out of the best 100 tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Ole Anderson.

• World Championship Wrestling

• WCW World Tag Team Championship (3 times) - with Larry Zbyszko (1), Bobby Eaton (1), and Paul Roma (1)
• WCW World Television Championship (2 times)

• World Wrestling Federation

• WWF World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tully Blanchard

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 1990 Best Interviews

• Broadcast Radio

• Inductee into the Wrestling-Radio.com Hall of Fame class of 2007

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Personal life

Although he was billed as such at various times, Arn is not related to Gene Anderson, Lars Anderson, Ole Anderson, C.W. Anderson, Ken Anderson (Mr. Kennedy) or Ric Flair. He was given the Anderson name and billed as Ole's cousin because of his resemblance to Ole in appearance and wrestling style. Flair is a longtime friend of Arn Anderson. Gene & Ole Anderson Gene Anderson (born 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died October 31, 1991) was a professional wrestler famous for his days of teaming with his brother Ole Anderson. ... Lars Anderson Lawrence Heinemi was a professional wrestler better known by the name of Lars Anderson. ... Ole Anderson Alan Rogowski (better known as Ole Anderson) was a professional wrestling performer and promotion executive. ... Chris Wright (born January 7, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name, C.W. Anderson. ... Ken Anderson also known as Ken Kennedy is a professional wrestler currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand. ... Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an iconic American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ...

Arn is married to Erin (maiden name not available), with whom he has two sons Barrett and Brock. A "daughter" named "Susan Lunde" was a work (a.k.a. an angle) involving Independent Wrestler Trent Wylde in North Carolina. This "daughter" is a fictional person and completely non-existent.

As stated in his biography, in a match in 1994, Arn was thrown into the ring ropes. The top rope broke from the turnbuckle, but he was able to land on his feet. Six months later, the same events happened again, but this time he landed full-force onto concrete and hit his neck and upper back. He never took time off to heal. As time passed, with no down time, the injuries got worse and worse. In his biography, Arn states that the first sign of problems was, during a match, his left arm suddenly went numb and unresponsive. Later on, they found a rib, possibly torn away from the spine during the accident, was popping in and out of joint, causing shoulder discomfort and weakness. But, upon seeing his Chiropractor in Charlotte, North Carolina, and consulting medical experts in Atlanta, Georgia, the damage was found to be much more severe and surgery was deemed the only option to keep his left arm functioning at all. Surgery occurred in Atlanta in late 1996 (resulting in a left posterior laminectomy of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th cervical bones and a fusion of the 7th cervical and 1st thoracic bones) and was successful in repairing most of the damage, but there does remain some muscle weakness, loss of fine motor control, and loss of muscle mass in his left arm. He spent many weeks in the hospital during that time, crediting his recovery to his wife, his physical therapist, and the fact he did not want his children to be orphans. However, he would be readmitted in March 1997 with symptoms akin to cardiac arrest and pulmonary failure, but was released soon afterwards. In July 1997, while working out, a friend saw him at a gym and gave him a hearty slap on the back (he recounts this in his retirement speech). He dropped the water bottle he was carrying and could not regain use of his left arm for several hours. He realized that to step back in the ring and take another injury to the neck could leave him paralyzed or worse. Hence, his retirement and subsequent speech on WCW programming.

Books

Autobiography: Anderson, Arn. Arn Anderson 4 Ever: A Look Behind the Curtain. Kayfabe Pub Group, 1998

External links

• Arn Anderson Tribute Site