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Martin Anthony Lunde , better known by the ring name Arn Anderson, is an American professional wrestling road agent, author, and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a manager. Although he is widely regarded as one of the finest tag team wrestlers in history, he also had a successful singles career and became a four-time NWA/WCW World Television Champion, which he often called his "World Title".

Anderson's career has been highlighted by his alliances with Ric Flair and various members of the wrestling stable The Four Horsemen in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). After his retirement, he worked as a producer for WWE until 2019, when he joined AEW. On March 31, 2012, Anderson was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as a member of the Four Horsemen.

The son of former AWA President, Blanchard got started in the wrestling business at age 10, selling peanuts at the arenas and putting up flyers. Eventually he became apart of the ring crew, helping set up for matches. In high school, he played football. He attended West Texas State University where he was starting quarterback for 3 years. Fellow wrestlers Tito Santana and Ted DiBiase were also on his team. After college, he went on to Florida Championship wrestling with Tito Santana where they began their wrestling career. Was most influenced in wrestling by Harley Race, Terry Funk, Dory Funk Jr. and Ric Flair. Wrestled in the NWA for most of his career. Started the Four Horsemen group with Ric Flair, Arn and Ole Anderson. Had some memorable feuds with Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T.A., and Ricky Steamboat. Blanchard had a successful singles career, winning the United States Title as well as the World Television Championship. Had a classic battle with Magnum T.A. in a "I Quit" cage match at Starrcade '85.

He began teaming with Arn Anderson. The duo won the NWA Tag Team Championship from the Rock 'n Roll Express. After losing their titles to the Midnight Express, Blanchard and Anderson jumped companies to the WWF. There they were managed by Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, and were known as the Brain Busters. The duo won the WWF Tag Team Titles from Demolition on a live Saturday Night's Main Event. Eventually they lost the titles back to Demolition. They had a great running feud with the Rockers, Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty.

Blanchard was hoping to go back to the NWA with Arn Anderson to reform the Four Horsemen with Ric Flair, but the NWA refused to hire him. Blanchard explained on WWE Confidential that this was when he gave his life to Christ. He has wrestled several shows since then, but remained in active ministry to prisons, as well as those struggling with addictions.

Robert Louis Backlund is an American retired amateur and professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wide Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Federation from 1976 to 1984 and in the 1990s, where he held the WWWF Championship/WWF Championship on two occasions. His first reign was the second longest in history. Backlund was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.

Backlund began his career in amateur wrestling, competing for the North Dakota State University Bison from the late 1960s to early 1970s. He began training as a professional wrestler in 1973 under Eddie Sharkey and competed for the American Wrestling Federation. He then wrestled for the National Wrestling Alliance and won the NWA Missouri Heavyweight Championship in 1976. Later that year he joined the World Wide Wrestling Federation, defeating Superstar Billy Graham for the WWWF Heavyweight Championship in 1978. He held the championship until 1983, where he lost it in a match against the Iron Sheik. Shortly after losing the title, Backlund left the WWF, but returned in 1992 and was in the 1993 Royal Rumble match for over an hour, a record held until the 2004 Royal Rumble. At the 1994 Survivor Series, Backlund won his second WWF Championship, defeating Bret Hart. He held the championship for three days, before losing it to Diesel at a house show in Madison Square Garden.

In addition to his time with the WWWF/WWF, Backlund has had success in Wrestling and Romance, Championship Wrestling from Florida, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and was inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2016.

American professional wrestling manager, booker, composer and promoter from Memphis, Tennessee. He was a member of the 1960s band The Gentrys, best known for their hit "Keep On Dancing." He started his career in 1974 after being brought into the business by Jerry Lawler, Memphis' top star. He became a top heel manager with his stable the First Family, which had an ever-rotating cast of characters, including Kevin Sullivan, Randy Savage, the Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri), Kamala (Jim Harris), King Kong Bundy, Rick Rude, Eddie Gilbert, Jim Neidhart and MANY others. In 1985 he went to WWE (then the WWF). There he managed Greg Valentine, Bundy, the Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart), the Honky Tonk Man (Wayne Farris, who he had managed under his own name in Memphis) and many others. He turned face in 1993 after Ted DiBiase) tried to hit Brutus Beefcake (Ed Leslie) in his surgically-repaired face with a briefcase. He left WWE with the departing Hulk Hogan, and followed him to WCW in 1994. Turned heel on Hogan at "WCW Halloween Havoc 95" in the match with the Giant (Paul Wight), thus siding with Kevin Sullivan's stable the Dungeon of Doom (as Sullivan had turned on Lawler to join the First Family.) It was revealed that Hart had put a special stipulation in the contract that said that Hogan's WCW World Heavyweight Title could change hands on a disqualification, making the Giant the Champion. Hart stayed in the Dungeon of Doom all the way through the group's collapse at "WCW Bash at the Beach 1997" via Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore) turning on Sullivan, costing him his Career vs. Career match against Chris Benoit). Hart carried on as the manager of the Faces of Fear (Meng (Tonga Fifita) and the Barbarian (Sione Vailahi)) and Hugh Morrus (Bill DeMott), until the Barbarian turned on Meng, turning Meng face as a result. In early 1999, Hart reunited the Faces of Fear and Morrus as the First Family. Meng was randomly kicked out of the group again, and Hart added Brian Knobbs (Brian Yandrisovitz, who Hart had managed to the WWE World Tag Team Titles with Jerry Sags (Jerry Sags) as the Nasty Boys in 1991) and Jerry Flynn (Jerry Brenneman). After this group fell apart, Hart drifted, sometimes managing Hulk Hogan or challenging radio DJs to matches. He also worked behind the scenes writing theme songs for wrestlers. After WCW died, he and Hogan formed the short-lived XWF. Has since worked for TNA and many other promotions. Among his achievements, he is a 1x Southern (Memphis) Heavyweight Champion, won Dave Meltzer's "The Wrestling Observer Newsletter"'s "Manager of the Year" Award in 1983 and its "Best on Interviews" Award in 1984 and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. (He inducted Greg Valentine into the Hall a year earlier). He published his autobiography, "The Mouth of the South: The Jimmy Hart Story" in 2004.

McKenzie Mitchell is known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WWE NXT (2010).

Jim Ross was born on 3 January 1952 in Fort Bragg, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for WWE Raw (1993), WrestleMania X-Seven (2001) and Man on the Moon (1999).

Jim Cornette is an author, podcaster and former wrestling manager to The Midnight Express. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky and by the time he was 14 he was already a huge fan and working in the wrestling industry. He's worn many hats in the industry including photographer, ring announcer, color commentator, booker and co-owner of his own promotion, gaining an extensive collection of wrestling memorabilia in the process. He had a notable feud with Sunshine in WCCW and his team had feuds with The Rock & Roll Express, The Road Warriors and The Original Midnight Express all over the territories. Highly controversial, he still offers his opinion on stars of today and yesterday on his podcast and his website.

He was born in New York, and when he was ten years old his family moved to Florida. Attended Florida State University where he majored in Communications. After graduating he worked as a commentator for various wrestling networks until in 1996 he finally achieved his ambition and made it as a WWF commentator. He lives in Connecticut, is married and has one son.