Arn Anderson Net Worth

What is Arn Anderson's Net Worth?

Arn Anderson is an American retired professional wrestler who has a net worth of $3 million. In addition to being considered one of the greatest tag team wrestlers in history, Arn Anderson had a successful singles career and was a four-time NWA/WCW World Television Champion. After retiring in 2000, Anderson became a road agent for WWE, and later for AEW.

Early Life

Arn Anderson was born Martin Anthony Lunde on September 20, 1958 in Rome, Georgia.

Career Beginnings

Using the ring name Jim Vertaroso, Lunde began his career in late 1981 in Georgia Championship Wrestling. Over the subsequent years, he wrestled in sundry independent wrestling companies throughout the United States. In 1983, Lunde joined the NWA-affiliated Southeastern Championship Wrestling and adopted the ring name Super Olympia. He went on to enjoy success by winning the NWA Southeastern Tag Team Championship three times.

Rise to Fame

In 1984, Lunde joined Jim Crockett Jr.'s Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. Due to his heavy resemblance to legendary regional wrestler Ole Anderson, the pair decided to work together. Lunde adopted the ring name Arn Anderson, and with Ole Anderson re-formed the latter's old tag team the Minnesota Wrecking Crew. In 1985, the team won the NWA National Tag Team Championship and mounted multiple successful title defenses. Also that year, the Andersons established an alliance with Tully Blanchard and Ric Flair that resulted in the stable known as the Four Horsemen. Additionally, Arn Anderson enjoyed singles success by winning the vacant NWA Television Championship in 1986 and holding the title for most of the year. In 1987, Anderson and Tully Blanchard formed a tag team that became a powerful force, claiming the NWA World Tag Team Championship. They would win it again in 1988 before leaving for the WWF.

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WWF and WCW

After joining the WWF in 1988, Anderson and Blanchard formed the tag team the Brain Busters. The team quickly became a force to be reckoned with, and in the summer of 1989 won the WWF Tag Team Championship by defeating Demolition, who had held the title for well over a year. At the end of 1989, Anderson left the WWF and returned to Crockett's promotion, which was now called World Championship Wrestling. He found fast success in WCW, winning the NWA World Television Championship at the start of 1990. Anderson held the title for almost the entire year before losing it to Tom Zenk; he then regained the title in short order in early 1991. That summer, Anderson formed the tag team the Enforcers with Larry Zbyszko and claimed the WCW World Tag Team Championship. At the end of 1991, Anderson joined the new stable the Dangerous Alliance and formed a tag team with Bobby Eaton. The team went on to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship in early 1992, holding it for over four months. After the Dangerous Alliance disbanded later in the year, Anderson took a brief hiatus from WCW.

In the spring of 1993, Anderson re-formed the Four Horsemen with Ole Anderson and Ric Flair, and added Paul Roma as the fourth member. With Roma, Arn Anderson won the WCW World Tag Team Championship in the summer of 1993. However, the new Four Horsemen were viewed as a failure, and the stable disbanded by the end of the year. In the spring of 1994, Anderson formed a tag team with Dustin Rhodes; however, he betrayed Rhodes that summer at Bash at the Beach. Anderson went on to join the Stud Stable. In early 1995, he won his fourth and final World Television Championship, holding the title for just over six months. Also in 1995, Anderson re-formed the Four Housemen yet again, this time with Ole Anderson, Ric Flair, and Brian Pillman. However, due to years of damage to his body, he rarely competed in the ring in the years after that, and in the summer of 1997 he announced his retirement. This turned out to be a semi-retirement, as Anderson still appeared in some fights and was a member of the short-lived Old Age Outlaws.

Management Career

Following the purchase of WCW by the WWF, Anderson became a road agent for the latter, which was renamed WWE in 2002. He subsequently reestablished his alliance with Ric Flair, whom he helped until the two parted ways in the spring of 2008. Anderson remained in WWE until he was released in early 2019 for having allowed Alicia Fox to wrestle a match while inebriated. He went on to sign a contract with All Elite Wrestling at the end of the year, becoming personal advisor and head coach to Cody Rhodes. Later in the year, Anderson began coaching his son Brock as well as Lee Johnson. After Cody Rhodes left AEW in early 2022, Anderson continued his management of Brock and Johnson. In 2023, he assisted Wardlow in his TNT Championship win.

Physical Health and Injuries

Anderson has faced several physical health issues and injuries over the years. In 1993, during a violent altercation with fellow wrestler Sid Eudy, he was stabbed 20 times and lost over a pint of blood. The next year, Anderson suffered injuries from twice being thrown into the ring ropes. He never took time off to recover, and the injuries worsened. Anderson eventually had to undergo surgery to keep a functioning left arm. He was readmitted to the hospital in 1997 for symptoms resembling those of cardiac arrest and pulmonary failure, but he was soon released.

Personal Life

With his wife Erin, whom he married in 1985, Lunde had two sons named Barrett and Brock. The latter is a professional wrestler like his father, and the former passed away in 2023. Lunde lives with his wife in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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