FTR against the idea of replicating the 4 Horsemen

[markymark]

While speaking to the Pro Wrestling Illustrated podcast, the former AEW World Tag Team Champions discussed their comparisons to the Four Horseman.

“The idea is very flattering, to be mentioned in the same breath as the Four Horsemen and any sort of revival. Probably one of the best compliments we’ll ever get, but I don’t think there is ever going to be a way to copy that. What they had, everything they did, was organic and magic. That’s why it worked so well. It wasn’t forced or brought up in a creative room by a bunch of guys who had no wrestling experience. It was four guys, plus JJ [Dillon] who all had something special separate, and it worked well together. Tully has given us the details on how it started. Seeing how little the plan was going in, and what it became, is unreal. I don’t think we’ll be ever to truly copy that and do it justice, but it is very flattering,

Dax Harwood further added the following:
“As a team and unit, for what we want to accomplish, it would be a huge disservice to us both. People have asked Flair, Arn, and Tully and they’ve given us their blessing. If we were better wrestlers or talkers, it doesn’t matter because that was a once in a lifetime group that can never be replicated. To try and replicate it, you’re going backward. That’s one thing we don’t want to do. That’s why we left our former employer because we don’t want to go backward, we want to go forward. However, the blueprint of the Four Horsemen, is absolutely and goal and theme that we run with. There are a ton of talent that could be intriguing and we could turn AEW’s corner and make them, maybe the top wrestling company in the world, by having a group of individuals who work as one unit with the common goal of being the best in the world. That blueprint could change professional wrestling.”

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It’s been done, assholes!

[FinalGwen]

"To try and replicate it, you’re going backward." - I wish they'd apply this to their matches and the need to replicate 80s double team finishes.

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"Therefore, we are going to truly innovate with our 'Five Horsemen' idea."

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I'm starting to think The 4 Horsecocks (Batista, Scorpio, Lance Storm, Kane) isn't going to happen either.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

I think they just saw the possibility of having to deal with Shawn Spears in a faction and said "Nah we're good"

[badkarma]

Dec 9, 2020 18:37:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I think they just saw the possibility of having to deal with Shawn Spears in a faction and said "Nah we're good"

From my vantage point, if AEW is doing the Four Horsemen, Spears is a red herring.
He's teamed up with Tully, so why wouldn't he be included?
Well, if I'm reading my AEW tea leafs right, his spot will go to...MJF.
I know, you're saying "Wait MJF just joined the Inner Circle", which is another red herring.
Cody, and FTR, will start reforming the Four Horsemen in AEW.
When they do, Shawn Spears will ASSUME that he's in, via his relationship with Tully.
Not so.
Cody, and FTR with Tully, will turn Spears down for as the fourth member of the Horsemen.
Right around the same time that all this is all going on, MJF, will have secured himself as the new leader of the Inner Circle.
Just like any spoiled brat, he'll already be bored with the Inner Circle when he takes it over, so he leaves them high and dry for the Horsemen after ousting Jericho from the group.
MJF will oust Jericho from the Inner Circle, take the group over, and then say he got a better offer from the Four Horsemen, in short secession.
This will lead to MJF having super atomic nuclear heat with the crowd for him ruining the Inner Circle just for the hell of it.

[The Spelunker!]

Dec 9, 2020 21:00:04 GMT -5 badkarma said:

Dec 9, 2020 18:37:36 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I think they just saw the possibility of having to deal with Shawn Spears in a faction and said "Nah we're good"

From my vantage point, if AEW is doing the Four Horsemen, Spears is a red herring.
He's teamed up with Tully, so why wouldn't he be included?
Well, if I'm reading my AEW tea leafs right, his spot will go to...MJF.
I know, you're saying "Wait MJF just joined the Inner Circle", which is another red herring.
Cody, and FTR, will start reforming the Four Horsemen in AEW.
When they do, Shawn Spears will ASSUME that he's in, via his relationship with Tully.
Not so.
Cody, and FTR with Tully, will turn Spears down for as the fourth member of the Horsemen.
Right around the same time that all this is all going on, MJF, will have secured himself as the new leader of the Inner Circle.
Just like any spoiled brat, he'll already be bored with the Inner Circle when he takes it over, so he leaves them high and dry for the Horsemen after ousting Jericho from the group.
MJF will oust Jericho from the Inner Circle, take the group over, and then say he got a better offer from the Four Horsemen, in short secession.
This will lead to MJF having super atomic nuclear heat with the crowd for him ruining the Inner Circle just for the hell of it.

Exactly how I see this ending up too.

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They’re smart not to do it you never want to be The New version of anything especially in wrestling.Hopefully AEW doesn’t make that mistake with Darby by making him the new sting.