[J.J. Dillion enters ring] 


J.J. Dillion: I would like to ask the enforcer Arn Anderson to come to the ring! 


[Arn Anderson enters ring] 


J.J. Dillion: I had a private conversation with you since you and I last appeared publicly in a ring such as this. And I feel that I owe it ... I owe to you, I owe it to all these 

great fans, and I owe it to myself ... To share with them publicly what I said to you, privately. And that is the fact that I owe you an apology for the things that I said to you. 

But my intensions were good. I mean't well. Quite frankly, a friend doesn't say to another friend the things I said to you, or put you in the position that I put you into. And for 

that, I owe you an apology and I hope that you will accept my forgiveness. 


Arn Anderson: Can you smell it, J.J.? Take a breath, can you smell it? When 15,000 people blow a roof off a place, that's what pop smells like. Take a bow! What you said 

to me is what all those people have been saying to me for a year and a half -- and only a true fan would say that. They said, "Arn Anderson, stand up and be a man -- like 

you've always been!" And I couldn't hear those words, because something was in the way. And I'm going to start at the beginning, because you have to start at the 

beginning ... because tonight is a new beginning for The Four Horsemen. [Tony Schiavone: Oh Yeah ... Bobby Heenan: What could that mean?] And when I was a kid like 

all kids, people asked you, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" There was no gray area for me. Always knew I wanted to be a wrestler. And when that finally 

happened to me, it was the proudest day of my life. And then in 1986, I started coming to the these towns -- just like Greenville, South Carolina -- as a Horsemen. And my 

life changed forever. And the doors that opened for me, I had never dreamed of. And wrestling the greatest wrestlers in the world -- in a town like this and all across this 

country -- showed me who I was. And everyday that I walk up since then, I tried to up-hold the standards, that we -- you and I and the rest of us -- set for ourselves. About a 

year and a half ago, I layed down on an operating table, and when I woke up, Arn Anderson -- the wrestler -- was dead. And I thought to myself, "How could I be a 

Horsemen if I couldn't be a wrestler?" Well, the fact is, I questioned my mind. [Crowd cheers We Want Flair] Trust me, everybody is going to get it -- what they want tonight 

.. Bischoff, Eric Bischoff ... And when I thought I could no longer be a Horsemen, Chris Benoit came to me first. And he said, "This could all happen." And with that 

prelude, I would like to bring the other three Horsemen down right now. [Bobby Heenan: This is history]. Steve "Mongo" McMichael, come on down! 


[Steve McMichael enters ring] 


[Tony Schiavone: What a wonderful night!] 


Arn Anderson: Chris Benoit, come on down! 


[Chris Benoit enters ring] 


[Bobby Heenan: What excitement, huh? ... Tony Schiavone: I'll let you speak for yourself here.] 


Arn Anderson: Dean Malenko, come on down! 


[Dean Malenko enters ring] 


Arn Anderson: [McMichael, Benoit, Malenko, and Dillion look upon Anderson] Now, before we go any further, Chris Benoit, you got this thing rolling, and I'm going to go on 

record saying, that if there's a finer wrestler in all land than you, I don't know who it is. Your intensity the first time I saw you wrestle, made you something special. You are 

something special in my eyes. You knew what it was to be a Horsemen. You will carry that tradition way past the year 2000. "Mongo" McMichael, you're a hard-headed. A 

lot of times, you're hard to be around. But the fact is, in my eyes, you're all-man. You're surving all pro. And when this is all and done, if I've got anything to say about it, 

you will mean to this sport what you meant to the sport of football. Now Dean Malenko, I've been out here yacking for the last 10 years about what it meant to be a 

Horsemen -- work ethic. respect for the buisness, espect for each other ... respect for the people that came before us. And while I was yacking the last year, and the last 

couple of months, you were out there fighting for the rights of The Four Horsemen. You exemplify exactly what a Horsemen has always meant -- over-achievement. Being 

the very best you could be, each and every day of your life, whether you were sick, or hurt, or whatever the case maybe. And it makes me proud. Now, and I'm going to say 

it one more time. I said, that you didn't get it -- well, I didn't get it. Because if there was ever a Horsemen, it makes me a little misty eyed, and real proud to call you this 

day ... The finest thing I can call you this day -- that's a Horsemen. Ladies and gentleman, for the year 2000, we're going to do exactly what all of you people across this 

nation have assked us. "Arn Anderson, bring back the Horsemen." And I feel it fair to tell you, I'm not going to be responsible for what hits next. Because, we don't wear 

white hats. We are not nice guys. And I can tell you this -- heads are going to roll! So, I've said it. Be careful for what you wish for, because now, you have it. Ohh, what a 

goof! What a goof! You know, I get accused of getting racked in the head a few times, and have a little touch of all-timers. My, God, I almost for the fourth Horsemen. RIC 

FLAIR, GET ON DOWN HERE!! 


[Bobby Heenan: Here we go!] 


[Ric Flair enters ring] 


[Tony Schiavone: Ho Ho Ho, Hooo! One week ago, ladies and gentleman, when Mark McGwire hit 62, you said you'd always know where you would be on that day. Well, at 

10:38 Eastern time, on Monday, September 14, you were part of Horsemen history. He is back ... Bobby Heenan: Look at the Horsemen of that man's eyes ... Mike 

Tenay: It tells the whole story ... Bobby Heenan: Oh, it sure does, Mike Tenay ... Mike Tenay: Words just do not do this moment justice ... Bobby Heenan: Look at the 

respect they show on Nature Boy] 


[Ric Flair, crying, hugs Horsemen] 


[Bobby Heenan: Boy, that looks good] 


Arn Anderson: Greenville, I give you the champ! 


Ric Flair: My, God. [Crying] Thank you. They're not stopping. Thank you. Thank you very much. I'm almost embarrassed by the response, but when I see this ... but when I 

know I spent 25 years trying to make you happy every night of your life, it was worth every damn minute of it! Now, someone told me the Horsemen were having a party 

tonight, in Greenville! Could that be true, that the most elite group, that Eric Bischoff said was dead, is alive and well?!? Bischoff, this might be my only shot. But, I got to 

tell you, I'm going to make it my best. Is this what you call a great moment of TV? That's wrong, because, this is real! This is not bought and paid for! It's a real life 

situation! Just like the night in Columiba, South Carolina, when you looked at me, tears in my eyes, and said, "God, that's good TV." That was real! Arn Anderson passed 

the torch! It was real, dammit! You think Sting would of beeing crying in the dressing room, like I was on TV, if it wasn't real? This guy [points to Anderson], my bessed 

friend, is one of the greatest performers to ever live. And you [referring to Eric Bischoff] ... you squashed him one night. Then you get on the phone and tell me, "Disban the 

Horsemen. They're dead." "Disban the Four Horsemen." Me, you know what? I look I myself in the mirror the next day, and I saw a pethetic figure that gave up and quit. 

And for that, I owe you, the wrestling fans ... I owe these guys ... an apology. Because, it won't happen again, where we let Bischoff disban what you think ....... 


[Eric Bischoff makes his way out] 


Ric Flair: You're an overbearing @$$****. You're obnoxious, overbearing ... Abuse of POWER! You ... abuse of power! Cut me off! 


Eric Bischoff: You will never ever wrestle here again! 


Ric Flair: Abuse of power! You suck! I hate your guts! 


Bischoff: My House. You're history! 


Flair: You are a liar, you're a cheat, you're a scam! You are a no good son of a bitch! Fire me! I'm already fired! Fire me! I'm already fired! 

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