Gene Anderson

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Gene Anderson (born 1933 in Minneapolis, Minnesota - October 31, 1991) was a professional wrestler famous for his days of teaming with his "brother" Ole Anderson.

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[edit] Career

Gene Anderson started wrestling in 1961 after being trained by Verne Gagne. In the late 1965, he formed the Minnesota Wrecking Crew with fellow collegian Lars Anderson as his "brother". They wrestled in the Florida territories and won some tag team titles together.

Gene then reformed the tag team with his "brother" (another fellow collegian) Ole Anderson in 1969 after Lars left. They became one of the most successful heel tag teams in the history of professional wrestling. They dominated the Southeastern tag team scene until Gene retired to become a manager in 1981.

Gene and Ole would hold tryouts for wanna-be wrestlers during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They would beat the guys who showed up until they were bloodied and beaten. They also charged them for this torture. If anybody made it through that, they really had to want to be a wrestler. Al Snow is one that did.

When Gene quit wrestling, he became a heel manager for a few years, before retiring from wrestling in 1984. During his career, he managed Ivan Koloff, Ray Stevens and Jimmy Snuka.

After retiring, Gene became a Deputy Sheriff in North Carolina but died of a sudden heart attack on October 31, 1991.

[edit] Trivia

  • Gene's son, Brad Anderson, is also a professional wrestler and still competes on the independent circuit.
  • Gene was only related to his son Brad. He was not related to Ole, Lars or Arn Anderson. He has sometimes been portrayed as Ric Flair's cousin, but this is not true either. These are all kayfabe storylines.

[edit] Profile

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

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