Arn Anderson has had a long career in professional wrestling. Anderson made his in-ring debut for Georgia Championship Wrestling, losing to Ronnie Bass's outlaw. Eventually, Anderson would wrestle for a variety of promotions, including Mid South, World Championship Wrestling, and WWE. Anderson was a regular member of the Four Horsemen in WCW alongside Ric Flair and Tully Blanchard, and he also held the WWE Tag Team Championships alongside Blanchard as a member of The Brain Busters.
Since his retirement, Anderson has worked as a backstage producer for WWE until his departure from the promotion in 2019. Since leaving WWE, Anderson has worked in AEW, first working alongside Cody Rhodes and his son Brock Anderson. While Cody has left AEW to return to WWE, Anderson has remained with AEW alongside his son Brock where he works as the promotions head coach.
10 Loves - Cesaro
Given Anderson's penchant for preferring the technically gifted wrestlers, it isn't surprising that the Enforcer loves the extremely gifted Cesaro. Anderson and Cesaro worked together while Arn was a producer in WWE, and has heaped praise on the Swiss Superman in his podcasts.
Anderson seemed to lament the fact that others in WWE's management team failed to see Cesaro as a main event-level talent. Anderson was especially proud of Cesaro's work in the tag team division alongside Tyson Kidd. Given Cesaro's status as a free agent since requesting his release, Cesaro may soon be able to reunite with Arn Anderson in AEW.
9 Hates - Sami Zayn
Unlike other wrestling commentators, Arn Anderson tends to not hold too many controversial positions. The former tag team champion and road agent has gotten along with most people over his 50 years in professional wrestling. However, one of the few wrestlers that Anderson has had an issue with has been current WWE wrestler Sami Zayn.
While Zayn is a popular character among fans of WWE, Anderson claimed that the former Intercontinental Champion was a nightmare to work with as a road agent. Anderson stated in the Podcast that Zayn would question every decision that the road agents made and would annoy management to the point that Zayn would have his push canceled.
8 Loves - Cody Rhodes
When Arn Anderson started in AEW, his first charge was managing Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes. Anderson was introduced during Cody's feud with Shawn Spears. Not long later, Spears would take on Anderson's former tag team partner and fellow Four Horseman Tully Blanchard. Anderson's son, Brock Anderson, would also get signed by AEW and would team with Cody Rhodes against QT Marshall and Aaron Solo.
Arn would tease turning on Cody, cutting a fierce and popular promo, but nothing eventuated from the tease. Cody has also spoken about being mentored behind the scenes by Arn Anderson, as Anderson told Cody that he was "too generous" with talent, and didn't book himself higher up the card to avoid the criticism his father received while working as a booker in Florida and Georgia.
7 Hates - Kevin Owens
Arn Anderon's criticism of Kevin Owens was similar to Anderson's criticism of Owens' close friend Sami Zayn. According to Double-A, Owens would also question the booking, making him annoying to work with as a road agent.
Anderson claimed that Owens would argue over trivial matters instead of focussing on what was important. Anderson would clarify that while he thought Owens was talented and popular, he hated working alongside Kevin Owens and would dread when he saw his name lined up with Owens on a rundown.
6 Loves - Tully Blanchard
Tully Blanchard and Anderson first teamed in 1985 for Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling. Together, Blanchard and Anderson would wrestle across several promotions as a part of the Four Horsemen and as the Brain Busters in WWE. The two shared in-ring success as they held the Tag team titles in both the NWA and WWE, and in 2012 the group was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame together as a part of the Four Horsemen.
Not long after Anderson arrived in AEW to manage Cody Rhodes, Tully Blanchard was brought in to manage Shawn Spears, playing off Anderson and Blanchard's long-standing relationship. While the two hated each other in the storyline, the truth is the two of them are still close in real life and Anderson has had Blanchard on as a guest on Anderson's podcast called ARN.
5 Hates - the NWO
It is pretty difficult to find people that Arn Anderon has a genuine dislike for, the enforcer of the Four Horsemen seems to get along with most people in the business of professional wrestling. While many wrestlers will conduct shoot interviews where they tear down other wrestlers, it's hard to find Arn Anderson shooting on anyone. However, there are a few incidents that have stayed with Anderson throughout his career.
One specific incident involved the New World Order stable in WCW. Following Arn Anderson's retirement in 1997, the NWO came to the ring dressed as the members of the Four Horsemen including Kevin Nash as Arn Anderson. Anderson was incredibly offended by the segment where Nash proceeded to call him fat, bald, ugly, and dumb.
4 Loves - Fit Finlay
While it may be difficult to find people that Arn Anderson is willing to tear down, there are also a few figures that Anderson has effusive praise for and one of them is current WWE producer Fit Finlay. Finlay and Anderson never met in the ring, but the two of them did work alongside each other as producers in WWE.
Anderson has heaped praise on Finlay for his role in revolutionizing WWE's Women's division. Anderson credits Finlay as "single-handedly" changing the way women's wrestling was viewed in WWE from Divas to respected female wrestlers.
3 Hates - Disco Inferno
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Given that Arn Anderson spent many years working with wrestlers as a road agent, producer, and booker after his in-ring career ended, it isn't surprising that the legendary enforcer for the Four Horsemen stable has had some run-ins with other wrestlers. One of the best stories Anderson has told involves a confrontation he had with controversial WCW wrestler Disco Inferno. Anderson slapped Disco Inferno across the face after Inferno repeatedly teased Hugh Morrus for his lack of popularity.
According to Arn, the producer watched Disco repeatedly tease the rookie wrestler on a WCW tour, even after the senior wrestler told him to stop. After not stopping following Arn's request, the enforcer decided that violence would solve his problems with Disco and make him stop, slapping Disco Inferno across the face in front of other members of the roster. The trick reportedly worked as Disco kept quiet for the rest of the tour.
2 Loves - William Regal
Another wrestler-turned producer that Arn Anderson has praised is William Regal. Regal who was previously the on-screen general manager of NXT has since joined Anderson in All Elite Wrestling as the manager for the Blackpool Combat Club. Unlike Finlay, Regal and Anderson squared off against each other in the ring while both worked for WCW. Regal and Anderson had three televised singles matches against each other in WCW and two ended in time-limit draws, while Regal emerged victorious in the other encounter.
After wrapping up their respective in-ring careers, Regal and Anderson would have worked alongside one another in WWE as backstage producers. During this time, Anderson admitted that he was incredibly proud of the work that Regal was doing as the General Manager in NXT. Now that Regal has crossed over to AEW, it will give Anderson and Regal another chance to work closely together for the first time since Anderson was fired from WWE in 2019.
1 Hates - Sid Vicious
One of the most famous incidents involving Arn Anderson also involved Sid Vicious in a hotel room. According to the story, Anderson and Sid got into a fight after Sid insulted Ric Flair out loud in a bar. At the end of the fight, Sid reportedly stabbed Anderson multiple times with a pair of scissors. The two were both sent to the hospital after the fight, and Sid was fired from WCW after returning from the trip.
After being fired, Sid would wrestle for WWE before returning to WCW again in 1999. Sid would continue wrestling until his in-ring retirement in 2017 but has not been a part of a major wrestling promotion since WWE purchased WCW in 2001, aside from a single squash match against Heath Slater on Monday Night Raw in 2012.