Evolution of Excellence: The ever-changing line up of the Four Horsemen

Horsemen no more

The Horsemen split in 1989, with Tully and Arn joining the then-WWF.

Money talks in pro wrestling. When Arn, Tully, and Barry all left the NWA for the greener pastures of WWE, the Horsemen were left in shambles.

Knowing that the group couldn't survive such a mass defection, the NWA decided to drop the Horsemen name entirely. Instead, Ric Flair would be joined by Michael Hayes and Kendall Windham--Barry's younger brother--in the Yamasaki Corporation, managed by Japanese legend Hiro Matsuda.

With bigoted Americans claiming that Japanese companies were buying up all of America (Though in reality the UK did, and does, own more land in the US than any foreign power) the NWA figured it would be a great way to get cheap heat. The effort fell mostly flat, and the Yamasaki corporation died a quiet death with little mention on television.