Arn Anderson
Lunde 2003
Martin Lunde ( born September 20, 1958 in Rome, Georgia ), better known by his ring name Arn Anderson, is a former American professional wrestler. Today, he works as a road agent for the WWE wrestling league.
Private life
Lunde and his wife Erin have two sons, Barrett and Anthony Brock.
Career
Lunde operation already in his time at the high school in Rome, Georgia, Olympic wrestling in the 76 kg class and has since been a friend of the later referee Randy " Pee Wee " Anderson, who wrestled for another school. After high school, business Lunde Powerlifting and developed a corresponding physique. Finally, in January 1982, he began his career in Georgia under his real name, where he worked with Bob and Brad Armstrong. In Georgia, Ole Anderson acted as Booker and because of its similarity to each other and Lunde gave you this new name Arn Anderson. From then formed the " Anderson " The team The Minnesota Wrecking Crew. Together they fehdeten against the Road Warriors. Then Lunde went to Southeastern Championship Wrestling, a territory of the National Wrestling Alliance to Alabama and Tennessee. Here he won a Super Olympia 1983-1984 with various partners four times the NWA Tag Team Championship. In March 1985, Lunde won with Ole Anderson the NWA National Tag Team Champion.
The Four Horsemen
From 1985 to bookte the Andersons at Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling along with Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard and they denied numerous tag team matches in different constellations, which Lunde now with the biggest stars of the NWA, as Dusty Rhodes, Magnum TA or the Road Warriors could work. During an interview, which led Lunde, he likened the team of four with the riders of the Apocalypse Four Horsemen and the name remained the grouping since adhere. 1986 allowed the NWA Television Championship Lunde also win. In addition to Ric Flair, he remained the only permanent member of the Four Horsemen. Along with Blanchard, he won again in February 1987, the NWA Tag Team Championship.
WWF
In October 1988, Lunde and Blanchard went to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF ), where she formed the tag team The Brain Busters. In the WWF Tag Team Championship with Lunde won the WWF World Blanchard.
WCW
1989 Lunde returned back to the now renamed World Championship Wrestling Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling and was followed by a reformation of the Four Horsemen. In the years 1990 and 1991 Lunde the NWA / WCW Television Champion title was awarded three times before the tag team The Enforcers formed with Larry Zbyszko and the WCW Tag Team Champion could win titles. After the title loss he got with Bobby Eaton again one day team partner and in 1992 was again WCW Tag Team Champion.
In May 1993, there was another reunion of the Four Horsemen, as a result Lunde the WCW Tag Team title received a third time. 1995 Lunde received again the WCW Television title from 1996, his appearances were for health reasons, which resulted from an unfortunate fall in a match in 1994, but less. In late 1996, Lunde had to undergo an operation in August 1997 and was finally his final resignation.
End of career to date
After end of his career he joined from now on only occasionally in front of the camera, for example, as the WCW in 1999, a new, short-term resurrection of the grouping in the scene. Thereafter, Anderson worked as a road agent. Following the acquisition of WCW by the WWE, he holds the same post there now. Anderson has now again, due to his health condition, however, only limited sporadic appearances before the cameras in which he partly also participates in matches.
Achievements
- World Championship Wrestling / National Wrestling Alliance 3x WCW World Tag Team Championship
- 2x WCW World Television Championship
- 3x NWA World Tag Team Championship
- 3x NWA World Television Championship