I am a little behind the times. I just discovered all the easter eggs on the "Ultimate Ric Flair" dvd.
On the first disk I found it interesting the easter egg interview with Flair. First he challenges Tully Blanchard, telling him to "listen up!" He insults Tully's watch and his United States title belt.
Then in the ring is Buddy Landell, with James J. Dillon by his side; I was unaware that Dillon managed Landell. This is leading to a lot of other questions for me, and I am looking for a Horseman guru to help.
First is when was this interview done? Flair is champ, Blanchard is United States champ, and Dusty Rhodes is called Television champ. So the time frame seems 84 or 85-ish. How close was this interview to the beginning of the Four Horseman? Did Flair and Blanchard ever have a match? and how did James J. Dillon come to manage the Horseman?
PAM ANDERSON on being named E!'s best blonde: "The carpet don't match the drapes!" "... Just kidding, there is no carpet."
This was during the time period where Flair was a tweener in Crockett, which occurred for most of the summer of '85 due to his feud with the 'Russian Nightmare' Nikita Koloff. Tully won the U.S. Title from Magnum T.A. in late July due to the interference of Baby Doll, so with Flair congratulating him on winning the belt, that puts this in August of '85. Flair turned full fledged heel with the beatdown of Dusty in the Omni when he came to save him from the Russians at the end of September of '85 (for context, they should have put the easter egg in of Flair screaming at Dusty a few weeks prior on TBS for saving him from a beatdown, and threatening him should he try to save Flair again). Flair and Blanchard never had a match, as shown during the Dusty section of the DVD, Flair after injuring Dusty states that Tully Blanchard isn't such a bad guy after all. J.J. managed Landell in '85, and Landell won the National Title from Terry Taylor at Starrcade '85. Landell would drop the belt shortly after to Dusty and leave the company due to 'personal problems'. At the same time, Tully Blanchard had dumped Baby Doll as his personal assistant due to her botched interference at Starrcade in the I Quit match against Magnum T.A. Thus, J.J. needed someone to manage, Tully needed a manager, so that grouping occurred. At the same time, the Ole/Arn/Flair 'cousin' triumverate had an 8 man with Tully as their partner, and from that, the Horsemen as a whole were born in early '86. What also helped bring about the Horsemen was Crockett having a virtual stranglehold on the NWA Champ's booking, which allowed Flair not to have to work in 4-5 territories a week.
The Public Demands: Replace the Star Spangled Banner with Brass Bonanza.
I wouldn't know about this myself, but what about the old time wrestlers, like Bruno Sammartion, Lou Thesz, Rikidozan, etc. etc.? Did they have any crap angles, also what about Dynamite Kid?