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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 road agent for WWE's RAW brand.

Career

Known as "Double-A" or "The Enforcer," Anderson is considered to be one of the greatest tag-team wrestlers in professional wrestling. In addition to holding the NWA Tag Team Championship belts twice with Tully Blanchard in the late 1980s, Anderson also held the WWF Tag Team Championship (w/ Blanchard) as the Brain Busters and the WCW Tag Team Championship three times, once each with Larry Zbyszko, Bobby Eaton and Paul Roma in the early 1990s. He is also a four-time holder of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)/World Championship Wrestling (WCW) World Television Title. He reformed the legendary Minnesota Wrecking Crew tag team with Ole Anderson from 1985 to 1987.

Some of his biggest feuds were with Dusty Rhodes, Manny Fernandez, the Rock 'N Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Barry Windham, Lex Luger, Sting and Dustin Rhodes.

He was a member of Ron Fuller's Stud Stable in Southeast Championship Wrestling in 1983 & 1984. He was a founding member of the Four Horsemen with Blanchard, Ole Anderson and his best friend, Ric Flair in the NWA and was in each of the group's incarnations over the years. He was also a member of the Dangerous Alliance in WCW with Rick Rude, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, Steve Austin, manager Paul Heyman and Madusa. He was a member of the Old Age Outlaws with Terry Funk, Larry Zbyszko and Paul Orndorff in WCW in 2000 that battled the nWo. He also formed the Enforcers with Zbysko in WCW.

Along with a DDT for a finishing maneuver, Anderson utilized a familiar array of holds and throws during his career, highlighted famously by his powerful left-handed punch and a spinebuster that was considered by most observers to be the finest in wrestling. Out of the ring, he was renowned for his ability to do quality interviews to further the storylines he participated in.

Anderson is currently retired from the ring due to chronic neck problems and is currently working behind the scenes of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). He is known to occasionally show up in "backstage" segments where he can be seen in the background of a scene. However, during WrestleMania X8, he made a brief in-ring appearance during a match between Ric Flair and The Undertaker, delivering his trademark 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 he backed down from a confrontation with Brock Lesnar, who had entered the ring to assist McMahon.

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 ours to the hospital, we send two of theirs to the morgue."

In wrestling

Managers

Factions

Finishing and signature moves

Personal information

Although he was billed as such at various times, Arn is not related to Ole or Gene Anderson or Ric Flair. He was given the Anderson name and billed as Ole's brother because of his resemblance to Ole in appearance and wrestling style. Flair is a longtime friend, whom Arn first met when he drove for him when Flair was in Florida defending the World title.

Arn is married to Erin, with whom he has 2 sons. 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-existant. *

Championships and accomplishments

Championship succession

WWF World Tag Team Championship Preceded by:
Smash & Ax First, with Tully Blanchard Succeeded by:
Smash & Ax WCW World Television Championship Preceded by:
Tom Zenk First Succeeded by:
Bobby Eaton Preceded by:
Johnny B. Badd Second Succeeded by:
The Renegade WCW World Tag Team Championship Preceded by:
Rick Steiner & Bill Kazmaier First, with Larry Zbyszko Succeeded by:
Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes Preceded by:
Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes Second, with Bobby Eaton Succeeded by:
Rick Steiner & Scott Steiner Preceded by:
Steve Austin & Lord Steven Regal Third, with Paul Roma Succeeded by:
Jerry Sags & Brian Knobbs NWA Southeast Tag Team Championship Preceded by:
- First, with Jerry Stubbs Succeeded by:
Ron Fuller & Jimmy Golden Preceded by:
Ron Fuller & Jimmy Golden Second, with Jerry Stubbs Succeeded by:
Steve Armstrong & Johnny Rich Preceded by:
Steve Armstrong & Johnny Rich Third, with Jerry Stubbs Succeeded by:
Steve Armstrong & Johnny Rich Preceded by:
Steve Armstrong & Johnny Rich Fourth, with Pat Rose Succeeded by:
Steve Armstrong & Johnny Rich NWA World Tag Team Championship Preceded by:
Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson First, with Tully Blanchard Succeeded by:
Lex Luger & Barry Windham Preceded by:
Lex Luger & Barry Windham Second, with Tully Blanchard Succeeded by:
Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane NWA World Television Championship Preceded by:
Wahoo McDaniel First Succeeded by:
Dusty Rhodes Preceded by:
The Great Muta Second Succeeded by:
Tom Zenk NWA National Tag Team Championship Preceded by:
Manny Fernandez & Thunderbolt Patterson First, with Ole Anderson Succeeded by:
— (Title retired)

Books

Autobiography: Arn Anderson 4 Ever 1998

External links

1958 births | American professional wrestlers | Professional wrestling announcers | People from Charlotte, North Carolina | People from Rome, Georgia | Anderson wrestling family | Professional wrestling managers and valets | American color commentators | The Four Horsemen | Living people

 

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