10 Old School Wresting Gimmicks That Need To Return

10. Horsemen

All Elite Wrestling almost certainly won't call a new group The Four Horsemen should they reveal themselves within the next few weeks or months on Dynamite, but a new stable will be that in all but name.

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But...what's causing all this?!

Every tease - red herring or otherwise - of its future existence has been laden with references to the legendary quartet. It began in the background when Cody's relationship with "coach" Arn Anderson saw Andersons and Rhodes' breaking bread for the first time. In a legendary 1994 promo Dusty once told Dustin that "the view never changes" in relation to why he couldn't trust 'Double A' in his role as Ric Flair's enforcer. He wasn't around to do that for the 'American Nightmare'.

Since then, Tully Blanchard has resurfaced from wrestling obscurity, got inside the head of Shawn Spears to target Cody (and, latterly, given him Barry Windham's black glove to get f*cking serious) and helped guide FTR to tag team glory as natural successors to his devastating 1980s double act with Anderson. MJF has suggested he might need a stable, Cody has flashed the four fingers, FTR stood for "Fear The Revelation" despite not revealing anything and on and on it goes.

The gimmick doesn't need this list to show why it's still needed - it'll soon show it.

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