History Wrestling / ArnAnderson

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When Arn Anderson made his debut, he would wear a pimp-style fedora and do outlandish, cocky promos.

* {{Heel}}: He was almost always a heel.

* Formerly Cody's coach in the Nightmare Family, which consisted of Cody, Dustin, and Brandi Rhodes, along with QT Marshall and Allie.

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/DustyRhodes, Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors

* TheDragon: Served as an enforcer to Ric Flair (hence his Red Baron "The Enforcer").

* Currently Cody's coach in the Nightmare Family, which consists of Cody, Dustin, and Brandi Rhodes, along with QT Marshall and Allie.

* TheWorfEffect: Well, WCW tried. They fed him to Erik Watts and the Renegade, even dropping the WCW Television Championship to the latter, but neither guy really had the talent needed to justify their pushes.

* BadassBeard: One of the most famed tough guys in wrestling and always sported an impressive beard.

* StillGotIt: A very much downplayed version, but at All Out 2019 he still managed to deliver his signature textbook perfect Double-A spinebuster on Shawn Spears.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arn_Anderson The Other Wiki]].

* FinishingMove: The "Double A" Spinebuster. Even to this day, The "Double A" Spinebuster is considered the standard against all other spinebusters to be measured. And, according to most wrestling fans, none have done (or will do) it better.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: During the Horsemen heyday of the mid to late 80s, he was paunchy and bearded with a receding hairline. He was in his late 20's during that time (and would say that if he was older, the (legit) Horseman lifestyle would've killed him!). When WCW hit national weekly TV with ''Nitro'', Arn was wrestling with a combover and cutting promos in giant tinted reading glasses; he was only ''37!''

Martin Anthony Lunde (born September 20, 1958) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Rome, Georgia best known as Arn Anderson. He debuted under his own name in 1982 and wrestled for various independents around the Southeast before arriving in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Alabama in 1983. He had a small run as the masked Super Olympia. He was given the name of Arn Anderson name because of his physical resemblance to Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski). He is best known for his work in the mid-1980s and 1990s as a member of Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen. He stayed with Jim Crockett's Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory until Crockett sold it to Ted Turner in late 1988, leading to Anderson, Tully Blanchard and manager Wrestling/JamesJDillon jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. (Dillon would be part of the office until he returned to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997 because he couldn't keep up with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's work ethic.) Anderson and Blanchard ("The Brain Busters", with manager [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]]) would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them back to Wrestling/{{Demolition}} in 1989. Anderson returned to WCW in 1990 and competed until neck and back injuries forced him to retire in 1997. He would work backstage as an agent until the bitter end in 2001, a role he continued in WWE. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 4x former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html NWA/WCW World Television Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]]. He is often considered one of the best wrestlers never to hold a major singles title.

Martin Anthony Lunde (born September 20, 1958) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Rome, Georgia best known as Arn Anderson. He debuted under his own name in 1982 and wrestled for various independents around the Southeast before arriving in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Alabama in 1983. He had a small run as the masked Super Olympia. He was given the name of Arn Anderson name because of his physical resemblance to Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski). He is best known for his work in the mid-1980s and 1990s as a member of Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen. He stayed with Jim Crockett's Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory until Crockett sold it to Ted Turner in late 1988, leading to Anderson, Tully Blanchard and manager JJ Dillon jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. (Dillon would be part of the office until he returned to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997 because he couldn't keep up with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's work ethic.) Anderson and Blanchard ("The Brain Busters", with manager [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]]) would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them back to Wrestling/{{Demolition}} in 1989. Anderson returned to WCW in 1990 and competed until neck and back injuries forced him to retire in 1997. He would work backstage as an agent until the bitter end in 2001, a role he continued in WWE. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 4x former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html NWA/WCW World Television Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]]. He is often considered one of the best wrestlers never to hold a major singles title.

** In WWE's developmental promotion OVW, Wrestling/BrockLesnar and Shelton Benjamin were known as the Minnesota Stretching Crew.

* RealSongThemeTune: He used Music/{{Metallica}}'s "The Four Horsemen" for his one Wrestling/{{ECW}} appearance, which was he and Terry Funk teaming up in a losing effort against Bobby Eaton and Wrestling/{{Sabu}} at ''ECW When Worlds Collide'', May 14, 1994.

*** Wrestling/PaulHeyman's Dangerous Alliance

Martin Lunde (born September 20, 1958) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Rome, Georgia best known as Arn Anderson. He debuted under his own name in 1982 and wrestled for various independents around the Southeast before arriving in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Alabama in 1983. He had a small run as the masked Super Olympia. He was given the name of Arn Anderson name because of his physical resemblance to Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski). He is best known for his work in the mid-1980s and 1990s as a member of Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen. He stayed with Jim Crockett's Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory until Crockett sold it to Ted Turner in late 1988, leading to Anderson, Tully Blanchard and manager JJ Dillon jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. (Dillon would be part of the office until he returned to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997 because he couldn't keep up with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's work ethic.) Anderson and Blanchard ("The Brain Busters", with manager [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]]) would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them back to Wrestling/{{Demolition}} in 1989. Anderson returned to WCW in 1990 and competed until neck and back injuries forced him to retire in 1997. He would work backstage as an agent until the bitter end in 2001, a role he continued in WWE. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 4x former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html NWA/WCW World Television Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]]. He is often considered one of the best wrestlers never to hold a major singles title.

* YoungerThanHeLooks: During the Horsemen heyday of the mid to late 80s, he was paunchy and bearded with a receding hairline. He was in his late 20's during that time. (And would say that if he was older, the (legit) Horseman lifestyle would've killed him!)

Martin Lunde (born September 20, 1958) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Rome, Georgia best known as Arn Anderson. He debuted under his own name in 1982 and wrestled for various independents around the Southeast before arriving in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Alabama in 1983. He had a small run as the masked Super Olympia. He was given the name of Arn Anderson name because of his physical resemblance to Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski). He is best known for his work in the mid-1980s and 1990s as a member of Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen. He stayed with Jim Crockett's Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory until Crockett sold it to Ted Turner in late 1988, leading to Anderson, Tully Blanchard and manager JJ Dillon jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. (Dillon would be part of the office until he returned to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997 because he couldn't keep up with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's work ethic.) Anderson and Blanchard ("The Brainbusters", with manager [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan Bobby "The Brain" Heenan]]) would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them back to Wrestling/{{Demolition}} in 1989. Anderson returned to WCW in 1990 and competed until neck and back injuries forced him to retire in 1997. He would work backstage as an agent until the bitter end in 2001, a role he continued in WWE. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 4x former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html NWA/WCW World Television Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]]. He is often considered one of the best wrestlers never to hold a major singles title.

* AlliterativeName: '''A'''rn '''A'''nderson.

* TheDragon: Served as an enforcer to Ric Flair.

* FinishingMove: The "Double A" Spinebuster. Even to this day, The "Double A" Spinebuster is considered the standard against all other spinebusters to be measured. And, according to most wrestling fans, none have (or will do!) done it better.

Martin Lunde (born September 20, 1958) is a retired American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er from Rome, Georgia best known as Arn Anderson. He debuted under his own name in 1982 and wrestled for various independents around the Southeast before arriving in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Alabama in 1983. He had a small run as the masked Super Olympia. He was given the name of Arn Anderson name because of his physical resemblance to Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski). He is best known for his work in the mid-1980s and 1990s as a member of Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen. He stayed with Jim Crockett's Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory until Crockett sold it to Ted Turner in late 1988, leading to Anderson, Tully Blanchard and manager JJ Dillon jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. (Dillon would be part of the office until he returned to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997 because he couldn't keep up with Wrestling/VinceMcMahon's work ethic.) Anderson and Blanchard would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them back to Wrestling/{{Demolition}} in 1989. Anderson returned to WCW in 1990 and competed until neck and back injuries forced him to retire in 1997. He would work backstage as an agent until the bitter end in 2001, a role he continued in WWE. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 4x former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html NWA/WCW World Television Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]]. He is often considered one of the best wrestlers never to hold a major singles title.

* {{Heel}}: He was almost always a hell.

-->''[[BadassCreed "Adversity introduces a man to himself."]]''

Martin Lunde (b. 1958) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Rome, GA as Arn Anderson. He debuted under his own name in 1982 and wrestled for various independents around the Southeast before arriving in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Alabama in 1983. He had a small run as the masked Super Olympia. He was given his name because of his physical resemblance to Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski.) He is best known for his work in the mid-1980s and 1990s as a member of the Four Horsemen. He stayed with Jim Crockett's Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory until Crockett sold it to Ted Turner in late 1988, leading to Anderson, Tully Blanchard and manager JJ Dillon jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. (Dillon would be part of the office until he returned to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997 because he couldn't keep up with Wrestling/{{Vince McMahon}}'s work ethic.) Anderson and Blanchard would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them back to Wrestling/{{Demolition}} in 1989. Anderson returned to WCW in 1990 and competed until neck and back injuries forced him to retire in 1997. He would work backstage as an agent until the bitter end in 2001, a role he continued in WWE. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 4x former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html NWA/WCW World Television Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]]. He is often considered one of the best wrestlers never to hold a major singles title.

!!! '''"You're gonna get a dose of Anderson and tropes — Horsemen Style!"''':
* AlliterativeName

* [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]]: ''Arn Anderson [[Letters2Numbers 4]] Ever''
* BadassMustache

* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/RicFlair, Ole, Tully, Larry Zbyszko, Bobby Eaton
* BeardOfEvil[=/=]BadassBeard
* TheDragon: To Ric Flair

* FinishingMove: DDT, Spinebuster
** Even to this day, The "Double A" Spinebuster is considered the standard against all other spinebusters to be measured. And, according to most wrestling fans, none have (or will do!) done it better.

* {{Heel}}: Almost always.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: with Ric Flair

* [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Team]]: Two, in fact.

* OnlySaneMan: In The Horsemen he was this a lot, both in promos and in real life.

** (in NWA -> WCW): Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen, of course.
** [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman The Dangerous Alliance]]
** [[VillainTeamUp The Alliance to End Hulkamania]], with Flair and Arn teaming with six members of the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom
** On the January 10, 2000 episode of ''Wrestling/WCWMondayNitro'', Arn, Wrestling/TerryFunk, Larry Zbyszko and "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff came together as the Old Age Outlaws, though it barely lasted a week.
** (in WWE): [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]] with Tully Blanchard as "The Brain Busters".

* ShoutOut: On the August 5, 1996 episode of ''Nitro'', he cut a [[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=93&nr=61 promo]] on the NWO which ended with him saying, [[Film/TheUntouchables "They send one of yours to the hospital, you send two of theirs to the morgue."]]

** The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, with Ole
** The Brainbusters, with Tully in WWE
** The Enforcers, with Larry Zbyszko
* {{Unrelated|Brothers}} WrestlingFamily: He is a member of the {{Kayfabe}} Anderson family. He was Ole's cousin, nephew and/or brother depending on the week.
* TheWorfEffect: Well, WCW tried. They fed him to Erik Watts and the Renegade, but neither guy really had the talent needed to justify their pushes.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: During the Horsemen heyday of the mid to late 80s, he was paunchy and bearded with a receding hairline. He was in his late 20's during that time. (And would say that if he was older, the (legit) Horseman lifestyle would've killed him!!)

'''Martin Lunde''' (b. 1958) is a retired American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Rome, GA as '''Arn Anderson.''' He debuted under his own name in 1982 and wrestled for various independents around the Southeast before arriving in Southeastern Championship Wrestling in Alabama in 1983. He had a small run as the masked '''Super Olympia.''' He was given his name because of his physical resemblance to Ole Anderson (Al Rogowski.) He is best known for his work in the mid-1980s and 1990s as a member of the Four Horsemen. He stayed with Jim Crockett's Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territory until Crockett sold it to Ted Turner in late 1988, leading to Anderson, Tully Blanchard and manager JJ Dillon jumping to Wrestling/{{WWE}}. (Dillon would be part of the office until he returned to Wrestling/{{WCW}} in 1997 because he couldn't keep up with Wrestling/{{Vince McMahon}}'s work ethic.) Anderson and Blanchard would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]] before losing them back to Wrestling/{{Demolition}} in 1989. Anderson returned to WCW in 1990 and competed until neck and back injuries forced him to retire in 1997. He would work backstage as an agent until the bitter end in 2001, a role he continued in WWE. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a 4x former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html NWA/WCW World Television Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/midatlantic/nwa/ma-nwa-t.html NWA World Tag Team Champion]], a 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]] and a 1x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]]. He is often considered one of the best wrestlers never to hold a major singles title.

!!! "You're gonna get a dose of Anderson and tropes — Horsemen Style!"":

!!! "Horsemen Style Tropes":

** (in NWA -> WCW): The Wrestling/FourHorsemen, of course.

** (in NWA -> WCW): The Four Horsemen, of course.

* {{Unrelated|Brothers}} WrestlingFamily: He is a member of the {{Kayfabe}} Anderson family.

* RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor: While he was a heel for most of his career, he is one of the few guys in wrestling that just about everybody likes in real life.