#1 The Four Horsemen
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At number one is arguably the greatest faction to have ever assembled in a wrestling promotion, The Four Horsemen. The legendary stable initially consisted of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard and their manager, JJ Dillon.
For the better part of two decades, The Four Horsemen were seen as the measuring stick in professional wrestling, and together, they won countless titles, which coincided with Ric Flair’s ascension to the top of the wrestling world.
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However, according to JJ Dillon, the idea for the group came about as an accident! During an interview with WGD, Dillon revealed the very first instance when the ‘band’ got together, and how it was fate that saw the unravelling of the greatest stable in modern professional wrestling!
“It wasn't really an idea that had been laid out in advance. Baby Doll was there with Tully and there was the deal where I orchestrated the thing and got Tully away from Baby Doll. Dusty came to her aid, and that's how I'm with Tully. Flair was the World Champion, Ole and Arn were the World Tag Team Champions, and Tully was the National Champion, and he was the only one I was managing…One of the weeks, I don't know if it was short on time or what, somebody said, 'You guys have all the belts, all of you go out together. Just tell everybody where you're gonna be this week.”
Dillon then went on to describe the first time the four men stumbled across the term in the ring, which eventually ended up catching Jimmy Crockett’s attention.
“That's what happened. Flair went out with the World Title over his shoulder, Ole and Arn went out with the tag belts, Tully went out with his belt, and I went out because I managed Tully. As the microphone passed around, Arn Anderson took it and said, 'You people at home take a good hard look at your screen, we're all champions. Never have so few wrecked so much havoc on everyone,' and he said, 'you'd have to go back in the history books to the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse,' and he held up the four fingers. It was just a statement that he threw out there.
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