Evolution of Excellence: The ever-changing line up of the Four Horsemen

Ole's out, Luger's in.

The Horsemen underwent their first line up change in 1987

Time has a way of catching up to us all, and for veteran performer Ole Anderson the sands of time were running out.

Knowing that his body wasn't able to produce the kinds of matches that made him famous anymore, Ole Anderson proposed retiring from actual wrestling to become a booker (the man who makes the matches) backstage.

Instead of just retiring, Ole crafted a plan that would put a new, younger man in his role with the Horsemen while cementing their evil status. Ole would be blamed for the Horsemen losing the tag gold, and then missing a show because he wanted to watch his young son wrestle in an amateur tournament.

Though Ole had full permission and the blessing of the Horsemen backstage, it was used to generate kayfabe heat between Ole and the others on television. Eventually, they beat down Ole with the help of a new recruit; The supremely chiselled Total Package Lex Luger.

With the help of the walking wall of muscle that was Lex Luger in the 1980s, the Horsemen seemed poised to dominate the future as well as the past...but it was not meant to last.