Talk about it here.

Flair, Arn and Ole are great at doing heel interviews, but this still killed some enthusiasm. That said, I'll try to get over it, since there is still lots of good stuff ahead in spite of that.

Dumb as the heel turn itself was, this was a classic promo. They raise a pretty good point...what WAS Sting expecting when he signed a title match against Flair?

 

"You think I got a big mouth? SHUT IT."

Agree with Loss that whats done has been done so you have to clean the slate. Flair does give a great invigorated promo.

Yep, it would not have made much sense for Horsemen to just go along with Flair putting the title on the line against Sting. Ole does a good job of explaining that. I think they should have not had Sting scheduled to face Flair in the first place and delay the turn a few months at least.

Great promo by all involved. Love the return of coked up Flair promos. Liked Ole using the phrase "work like us" before correcting himself and saying "wrestle like us." Kizafizabe brother!

Great promo here with the Horsemen back in full fledged heel mode. This does a nice job of recovering from the stupidity that was Clash of Champions.

Ole is one of the great underrated promo guys.

 

Not the best Flair interview in the world though.

Nice job by Ole here, explaining that the Horsemen compromised who they are to see if Sting had the makeup to join them, then realized he didn't when he broke the cardinal rule: never challenge the big boss (Flair). Arn and Ole seem a lot more comfortable as their old heel selves, and Flair's back to the cocky style that made him a legend. However poorly executed the turn might have been, the Horsemen are back on track and hot times are ahead.

Ole shines here, especially compared to the louder voices of Flair and Arn. Ole lays out the goods, Arn and Flair put the exclamation points on it. Good promo.

I thought this was great. I love this angle and haven't seen any of it in over a decade so its great to revisit it. I think this is some top level classic wrestling storytelling. Also, Flair throws the same exact right hand as he does five years later.

Ole says that for a change they can be themselves, then can be the Horseman again. He tells Sting does he think that he’s dealing with a couple of kids? He’s dealing with the Horsemen, the men that made wrestling. There was a point when they thought there was a change in Sting,and that when he became a member of the Four Horseman he wanted to be like them, but then he made the big mistake. Did he think that they were going to stand by and let him go after Ric Flair’s title? Take his money? Take his home? He’s wearing black because they are all in mourning, and before it’s done they are going to bury him. Arn says that Sting is just like these spoonheads who don’t know what they want to be when they grow up, ‘I want to be a Horseman, I want to be world champion’. In life there are people that want things and people that have things. Sting didn’t want to run with the pack or hang round for the parties, now the partying is going to be on his lap. Flair says how they have bled, sweat and partied their way across this universe. They own it, they rule it and if Sting doesn’t like it, do something about it! They’re through being anything less than they are and that is the very best this sport has to offer. If Sting thinks he’s got a big mouth, shut it!

 

Another strong promo from Ole and good stuff from the Naitch too. Arn is slipping, and after starting out strong in the previous month, I now have him at number three in the interview stakes when it comes to the Horseman.

Once again, it has to be said that even though this isn't where you want things to be, it's where they are. Great heel promo to re-establish the Horsemen. Depressing when you think about all of the ways this could have gone though.