The group, which was formed in March 2021, consisted of FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), Shawn Spears, and Wardlow.

Starting in late 2020, Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) was seeking to join The Inner Circle, another stable in AEW led by Chris Jericho.

Jericho agreed to allow MJF to join the stable if he beat him in a match at that year's Full Gear, broadcast on November 7.

[3][4] On the Dynamite episode The Crossroads (aired March 3), Spears and FTR were united on screen with Blanchard for the first time with former Four Horseman manager J. J. Dillon making a guest appearance; likewise, Arn Anderson (who was serving as the "coach" of Cody Rhodes) came out and acknowledged the group with everyone putting up the signature Four Horseman hand signal.

[7] Following this reveal, the lights went out in the arena, and when they came back on, Tully Blanchard, Dax Harwood, Shawn Spears, Wardlow, and Cash Wheeler had appeared in the ring and subsequently beat up the members of The Inner Circle.

Shawn Spears re-joined The Pinnacle on the October 12, 2022 episode of Dynamite after a five-month hiatus from appearing at AEW events.