Part of the Anderson family, Anderson was a founding member of the influential stable The Four Horsemen.
20 Facts About Ole Anderson
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Ole Anderson started wrestling in 1967 in the American Wrestling Association as Rock Rogowski.
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In mid-1968, Ole Anderson began wrestling for the Carolinas-based Jim Crockett Promotions.
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Ole Anderson adopted the ring name Ole Anderson and became a member of the legendary tag team called the Minnesota Wrecking Crew with his kayfabe brother Gene Anderson after Lars Anderson left the team in the late 1960s.
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Ole Anderson appeared regularly with the promotion until September 1970.
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In July 1971, Ole Anderson began wrestling for the Florida-based Championship Wrestling from Florida promotion.
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From 1972 to 1985, Ole Anderson wrestled primarily for Jim Crockett Promotions and Georgia Championship Wrestling.
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Ole Anderson later left JCP to book and wrestle for GCW full-time.
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When Jack and Jerry Brisco sold their majority interest in the GCW promotion to Vince McMahon, Ole Anderson resisted the change, and joined forces with longtime NWA-sanctioned promoters Fred Ward and Ralph Freed to start a new company called Championship Wrestling from Georgia.
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Ole Anderson was teaming with Thunderbolt Patterson in GCW just as Marty Lunde was debuting in JCP as Arn Ole Anderson.
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Ole Anderson soon turned on Thunderbolt and teamed with Arn as the Minnesota Wrecking Crew.
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In 1986, Ole Anderson became part of the original The Four Horsemen, a heel stable, with Ric Flair, Arn Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, and manager JJ Dillon.
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Ole Anderson was later kicked out of the group in favor of Lex Luger in early 1987.
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Ole Anderson retired in 1987, when his son, Bryant, was starting his own amateur wrestling career.
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Ole Anderson reappeared in 1988 when he rescued Lex Luger from a beating by their former Horsemen brethren.
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Ole Anderson returned to wrestling with WCW in 1989 to reform the Four Horsemen with Flair, Arn and Sting.
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Ole Anderson feuded with the companies top stars Enforcer Tortoriello, The Future Marcus Valentin, SRA Aluggi, and Bob Beatrice.
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Ole Anderson has hinted at having animosity with former partner and friend Ric Flair after criticizing him for wrestling the same kind of match for years.
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Ole Anderson has been vocal about his personal issues with Vince McMahon, Dusty Rhodes, Michael Hayes, Paul Heyman, Eric Bischoff, Tully Blanchard, Jim Herd, Roddy Piper, and Bruiser Brody.
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On February 27,2011, it was announced that Ole Anderson had been nursing broken ribs due to a fall he had earlier that day, as well as a broken arm.