Editing Arn Anderson (section)

=== World Championship Wrestling (1989–2001) ===

==== World Television Champion (1990–1991) ====
{{see also|Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|l1=The Four Horsemen}}

In December 1989, Anderson left the WWF and went back to WCW.<ref name=AlumArch/> Blanchard was slated to return as well but WWF accused him of testing positive for cocaine. Crockett's company was now called [[World Championship Wrestling]] and was under the ownership of billionaire mogul [[Ted Turner]]. Anderson helped to reform the Horsemen and he quickly found success in the company, winning the [[WCW World Television Championship|NWA World Television Championship]] on January 2, 1990.<ref name=AlumArch/> Anderson remained the champion almost the entire year before dropping it to [[Tom Zenk]]. Zenk's reign would be short lived, however, as Anderson regained the title, having been renamed the [[WCW World Television Championship]] on January 14, 1991.<ref name=AlumArch/> His third reign with the title was also considered successful as he held the title a little more than five months before dropping it to [["Beautiful" Bobby Eaton]] on May 19, 1991. Afterwards, with Horsemen members [[Ric Flair]] and [[Sid Eudy|Sid Vicious]] gone to the WWF and [[Barry Windham]] having turned face, Anderson entered the tag team ranks of WCW.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1554| title = Reference at www.cagematch.net}}</ref>

==== World Tag Team Champion (1991–1992) ====
{{see also|Enforcers (professional wrestling)|l1=Enforcers|Dangerous Alliance}}

In the summer of 1991, Anderson formed a tag team with [[Larry Zbyszko]] and they called themselves the [[Enforcers (professional wrestling)|Enforcers]]. After competing for several months and moving up in the tag team ranks, they successfully captured the [[WCW World Tag Team Championship]] on September 2, 1991. The reign would be short lived, however, as they lost the titles roughly two and a half months later to [[Ricky Steamboat]] and [[Dustin Rhodes]]. Anderson and Zbyszko wrestled their final match as a tag team in December 1991 as part of WCW's "Roar Power" tour of Europe.

Later in December 1991, Anderson joined [[Paul E. Dangerously]]'s new stable the [[Dangerous Alliance]], where he formed a new tag team with [["Beautiful" Bobby Eaton]]. They quickly moved up the tag team division and were soon a threat to Steamboat and Rhodes. Anderson and Eaton quickly won the titles on January 16, 1992, and defended the titles against all comers for the next four and a half months before losing the titles to the [[Steiner Brothers]] in May 1992.<ref name=AlumArch/> The Dangerous Alliance disbanded in November 1992 following [[Clash of the Champions XXI]], following which Anderson took a short hiatus from WCW.

==== The Four Horsemen reunion (1993–1994) ====
{{see also|The Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|l1=The Four Horsemen}}

Ric Flair returned to WCW in February 1993; as a result of a "no-compete" clause he was initially unable to wrestle, so he hosted a short-lived talk show segment called "A Flair for the Gold". Anderson usually appeared at the bar on the show's set.

While still under WCW contract, Anderson wrestled a handful of matches for [[Smoky Mountain Wrestling]] in March and April 1993, teaming with the [[Rock 'n' Roll Express]]. At [[Slamboree '93: A Legends' Reunion]] in May 1993, Anderson unsuccessfully challenged [[Barry Windham]] for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]].

In May 1993, Anderson joined Ole Anderson and Ric Flair to once more reform the Four Horsemen. The Horsemen introduced [[Paul Roma]] as their newest member. Although athletic and a skilled in-ring competitor, Roma had spent much of his career as a [[Job (professional wrestling)|jobber]] in the WWF. As part of an interview segment for the ''Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen'' DVD, [[Triple H]] stated that he thought the addition of Roma made the membership the weakest in the history of the group, and Arn himself referred to Roma as "a glorified gym rat". Although Anderson and Roma won the WCW World Tag Team Championship in August, the group was seen as a failure by WCW.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=479&page=4&search=roma| title = Reference at www.cagematch.net}}</ref> The stable disbanded in October 1993 after Anderson was [[legit (professional wrestling)|legitimately]] injured in an altercation with Sid Vicious.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesportster.com/brutal-story-arn-anderson-backstage-fight-sid-vicious/|title=The Brutal Story Of Arn Anderson's Backstage Fight With Sid Vicious|first=Malik umar Khalid|last=mahmood|date=September 27, 2021|website=TheSportster}}</ref>

Anderson returned to the ring in December 1993, facing his former stablemate Paul Roma in a series of matches. In February 1994, he formed a short-lived tag team with Ricky Steamboat. In May 1994, Anderson wrestled at the [[Eastern Championship Wrestling]] event [[ECW When Worlds Collide|When Worlds Collide]] as part of a talent exchange between WCW and ECW. At the event, Anderson teamed with Terry Funk in an unsuccessful challenge to [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] and Bobby Eaton.<ref>Chris (June 2nd, 2022), "[https://www.retroprowrestling.com/2022/06/event-review-ecw-when-worlds-collide.html Event Review: ECW When World's Collide 1994]", ''Retro Pro Wrestling'', (Retrieved: August 20th, 2022)</ref>

==== Stud Stable; World Television Champion (1994–1995) ====
{{see also|Stud Stable}}

In May 1994, Anderson formed another new tag team, this one with [[Dustin Rhodes]]. At [[Bash at the Beach 1994]], Anderson and Rhodes faced [[Robert Fuller (wrestler)|Col. Rob Parker]]'s [[Stud Stable]]; during the match, Anderson betrayed Rhodes and cost him them match, subsequently joining the Stud Stable alongside [[Terry Funk]], [[Bunkhouse Buck]], [["Stunning" Steve Austin]] and [[Tonga Fifita|Meng]]. The Stud Stable feuded with [[Dusty Rhodes|Dusty]] and [[Dustin Rhodes]] until late 1994 when Funk left.<ref name=Stud>{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/s/stud-stable.html|title=Stud Stable|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|access-date=2009-09-08}}</ref>

Anderson's last championship run began on January 8, 1995, after winning the World Television Championship from [[Johnny B. Badd]]. Anderson helped restore the prestige of the title, which he held for just over six months before dropping it to [[Rick Wilson (wrestler)|The Renegade]] at [[Great American Bash 1995]]. He briefly feuded with long-time friend Flair, and was assisted by [[Brian Pillman]] in his efforts.

==== The Four Horsemen reunion (1995–1997) ====
{{see also|Four Horsemen (professional wrestling)|l1=The Four Horsemen}}

In 1995, Anderson reformed the Four Horsemen yet again with Flair, Anderson, Pillman, and a partner to be named later (who ended up being [[Chris Benoit]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metafilter.com/62384/Chris-Benoit-19672007|title=Chris Benoit, 1967-2007|website=www.metafilter.com}}</ref>

By the end of 1996, Anderson rarely competed in the ring as years of wear and tear on his body finally started to catch up with him. On the November 25 edition of ''Nitro'', Anderson fought Luger to a double count-out in a quarter-final tournament match for the vacant WCW United States Championship.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=4092| title = Reference at www.cagematch.net}}</ref>

==== Semi-retirement (1997–2002) ====
On the August 25, 1997, episode of ''[[WCW Monday Nitro|Monday Nitro]]'', Anderson formally announced his retirement from the ring.<ref name=AlumArch/> While standing in the ring, surrounded by Ric Flair and newest Horsemen members [[Steve McMichael]] and Benoit, Anderson declared that his last official act as the "Enforcer" for the Four Horsemen was to offer his "spot" in the group to [[Curt Hennig]], as he was forced to retire due to extensive neck and upper back injuries. He worked a couple tag matches afterward, including teaming with [[David Flair]] on an episode of ''[[WCW Thunder]]'', but his physical involvement was extremely limited in those bouts.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web| url = https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=479&page=4&search=david+flair| title = Reference at www.cagematch.net}}</ref>

On the September 14, 1998, edition of ''Nitro'', alongside Steve McMichael, Dean Malenko, and Chris Benoit, Anderson ceremoniously reintroduced Ric Flair to WCW after his 12-month hiatus. In doing so, they reformed the Horsemen who then feuded with WCW President [[Eric Bischoff]]. Flair won the presidency of WCW from Bischoff on the December 28, 1998, episode of ''Nitro'' followed by winning the [[WCW World Heavyweight Championship]] at [[Uncensored (1999)|Uncensored 1999]] and turn heel in the process. Anderson remained Flair's right-hand man during this time as he attempted to keep Flair's delusional hunger for power at bay.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=1704| title = Reference at www.cagematch.net}}</ref>

In 2000, Anderson was a member of the short-lived Old Age Outlaws. Led by [[Terry Funk]], the group of veteran wrestlers battled the [[New World Order (professional wrestling)#Revival|revived]] [[New World Order (professional wrestling)|New World Order]].<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profile/arn-anderson/|title=Online World of Wrestling profile|date=May 22, 2023 }}</ref> On May 9, Anderson wrestled and lost to [[David Flair]] and a week later teamed with Ric Flair to defeat David Flair and [[Crowbar (wrestler)|Crowbar]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

WCW was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in early 2001, ending Anderson's tenure there. He later made his return to the WWF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wrestlingheadlines.com/arn-anderson-says-the-spinebuster-he-gave-to-undertaker-at-wrestlemania-18-was-his-favorite-all-time-talks-involvement-in-the-match/|title=Arn Anderson Says The Spinebuster He Gave To Undertaker AT WrestleMania 18 Was His Favorite All-Time, Talks Involvement In The Match|first=Joey|last=G|work=Wrestling Headlines |date=November 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingnewssource.com/news/67205/20-Years-Ago-Today-WWF-Bought-WCW/|title=20 Years Ago Today WWF Bought WCW|date=March 23, 2021}}</ref>