Beat a dead horse booking: 4 Horsemen edition

[Mister Pigwell]

You are a lowly unappreciated writer for WWE.
You live on Red Bull and ramen noodles because your ex-wife and 3 children get most of your paycheck.
Your boss thinks you're a loser millennial even though you're 32 and see a huge difference between yourself and "the kids".
You suck.

Your boss gave you some hope today. He got into a fight with Ric Flair and wants to remake the legendary stable with zero involvement from The Nature Boy.
You're tasked with reviving the 4 Horsemen using any combination of RAW/SD/NXT stars to be featured on Smackdown.
No restrictions, except no Ric Flair.

Give me your 4 and a possible manager.







Personally I go with
Bobby Roo
Revival
Big E as a silent enforcer to start to shake off the New Day feel from him and get him groomed for the top spot.

Arn Anderson starts them together, face pops, all feel good New Generation crap, until the revival beat up ol' Arn one day.
Turns out HHH "bought them out" and takes over in a JJ Dillon role as manager and occasional shit talker. Don't worry, he only comes out for the role once in a blue moon when they need some extra heat or H needs an ego boost.

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Given these circumstances give me every reason to want to sabotage things for Vince and make it intentionally awful...

Primo, Mojo Rawley, Erick Rowan, and D-Von Dudley, with manager Carmella.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

Here's how it goes.

Seth Rollins as the leader
Kevin Owens
The Revival
Austin Aries as the sleazy manager but that's not necessary.

The first victim is Finn Balor, who they brutally assault in the parking lot

This builds to the first War Games in WWE history between the New Horseman and Finn and his merry band of babyfaces.

The match ends with Finn getting destroyed by the Horseman and defeated, forcing him out of WWE forever.

After that, the Horsemen return to their mansion to bake cookies and drink the finest of wines.

The End.

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I legit had this thought last night during the tag team title match when I realized Flair was front row watching these guys. The Revival and Bobby Roode are absolute musts in the new Horsemen. No clue on who the fourth guy could be. I was thinking maybe Ziggler since Flair loves him so damn much.

Austin Aries would also work.

[Georgina's Fancy Water]

Well, cause you guys sure as f*** aren't paying me enough, here's how it's gonna go.

First of all, it's gotta be more literal. The audience doesn't like to read in to complex metaphorical philosophicals, so that's gotta go. We're gonna run a segment where Erick Rowan breaks down crying in the middle of the ring for no reason. Next week, he comes out to address the audience and reveals the secret he's been hiding for years. He's half man, half horse. Rowan takes off his shirt, revealing his furry exterior to the shocked audience. For the next half hour, Erick Rowan gives the most heartfelt speech you've ever heard and informs the world that he's not alone. Out comes The Ascension and Roman Reigns without their shirts on, as furry as can be. They all hug in the ring and join together as The Four Horsemen.

[Reflecto]

Okay.

First off, I use the obvious loophole here that you forgot about: I can't use "Ric Flair", but I can use "Charlotte Flair" instead. Boom- she and Dana Brooke are my managers.

From there, they bring in:

Seth Rollins as the leader.
Try to work things out enough with the two suspensions so that Alberto Del Rio will come back as the second member, hoping that the trade to Raw and the big spot placates him. If I have to throw Paige in as a third manager...I can live with that. Shit, I'd even do that anyway and give a Four HorseWomen as their valets/female auxiliary to make it work on both groups.
Bobby Roode and Austin Aries as the new member/tag team of the group- and then throw Alexa Bliss as the fourth female member and their manager.

[Big Bad Kahuna]

Bobby Roode
Samoa Joe
Austin Aries
Eric Young

[RedSmile]

Seth Rollins
Rusev
Chad Gable
Jason Jordan

managed by: Corey Graves

Seth Rollins makes the most sense as your "main eventer". Arguably the best wrestler on the planet, and his inclusion into the Horsemen would be a symbolic FU to HHH and Stephanie, whom have been holding him back from finally reaching the apex of stardom.

Rusev (w/Lana of course) would serve very nicely as the "badass bruiser/enforcer" type. Character-wise he is completely different than Arn Anderson, and that's why I want him. This isn't your daddy's Four Horsemen.

American Alpha is my pick for the token tag team. I know that The Revival is the easy, "go to" pick, but you can make AA's inclusion to the Horsemen into a story. The Revival, who would be considered a shoe-in for getting into this prestigious stable, getting overlooked and being jealous of American Alpha. Furthermore, you could occasionally include both Jordan and Gable into midcard singles feuds if you really wanted.

I also picked Corey Graves as the manager, because he can be a tremendous asset while he's on commentary. He's got credibility along with enough sleaziness, that would make that pretty entertaining, IMO.

All in all, I think that this is a group that you could get over as either face or heel, and could serve steadily as a stable for quite a long while.

One non-WWE guy that I'd really want in this group is Kenny Omega. He would be complete money in a Horsemen group.