Four Horsemen created. Original members: Tully Blanchard; Arn and Ole Anderson; and Flair himself. They were managed by JJ Dillon.
July 26: Loses NWA World title to Dusty Rhodes at The Great American Bash in Greensboro, NC.
Auguest 9: Regains the title from Rhodes in St. Louis, Mo.
September 25: He is defeated by Ronnie Garvin in Detroit, MI.
November 26 (Thanksgiving Day): Defeats Roonie Garvin at Starrcade '87 in Chicago.
-Ole Leaves the group, and is replaced by Luger.
-Herritage Champion Barry Whindham has a series of matches with Ric.
-Luger is dropped from the roster. Luger and Whindham team up to face Blanchard and Anderson, the NWA tag champions. They win the titles, then a month later, Barry turns on Luger during the rematch, and joins the Horsemen.
January: Dillion signs Flair and Barry Windham to wrestle Eddie Gilbert and a mystery partner. The mystery partner was Ricky Steamboat. Steamboat gained a pin over Flair in that match, promting the championship committee to grant Steamboat a title shot. Flair promptly fires Dillion. Horsemen split for the first time.
February 20: Steamboat defeats Flair at WrestleWar '89 in Chicago.
April 2: In their 54-minute, 2-out-of-3 falls re-match at the Clash of Champions in New Orleans, LA, Steamboat won the 3rd and deciding fall. However, Flair;s foot was on the ropes.
May 7: To settle the controversy, another re-match was signed in Nashvile.
June: Due to the neck injury from Funk, Flair was out of action for a month. The 30-day title defense rule was waved.
July 1: Announced he would face Funk at The Great American Bash on July 23 in Baltimore.
July 23: Defeats Funk in Baltimore at the Bash.
August: Arn Anderson rejoins Flair's side.
October: Sting and Flair team up against The Great Muta and Funk in a Thunderdome cage match at Halloween Havoc '89. Ole Anderson seconded Flair and Sting. They won the match, adn soon, Sting was asked to become a Horsemen. The Horsemen came together again.
December: Sting wins the Ironman round-robin tournament at Starrcade '89 by defeating Flair in the finals. The executive committee gives Sting a NWA World title shot at WrestleWar '90.
December: Flair recieves PWI's Wrestler of the Year Award
February 6: At the Clash of Champions, Sting is asked by the Horsemen to forfeit his title shot. He refuses. The Horsemen attack Sting's knee causing him to forfeit his shot.
February 20: Luger defeats Flair by DQ at WrestleWar '90.
-Pillman starts to face Flair in revenge of Sting
July 7: Sting returns to face Flair at the Great American Bash in Baltimore. Sting wins the NWA World title.
August: Black Scorpion appears and harasses Sting.
December 16: At Starrcade '90, Sting defeated the Black Scorpion, who is revealed to be Ric Flair.
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